. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. BULLETIN 643, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. other vegetables to-day can not be grown in many parts of the islands except with great eiffort; they must be imported from across the sea, as a result of melon-fly attack. The melon fly is capable of living and causing damage through- out the warmer portions of the mainland United States. As it is. Fig. 1.—Tip of watermelon vine, showing adult melon fly laying eggs in ovary of a flower still in bud, an unaffected male bloom, and withered and drooping grow
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. BULLETIN 643, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. other vegetables to-day can not be grown in many parts of the islands except with great eiffort; they must be imported from across the sea, as a result of melon-fly attack. The melon fly is capable of living and causing damage through- out the warmer portions of the mainland United States. As it is. Fig. 1.—Tip of watermelon vine, showing adult melon fly laying eggs in ovary of a flower still in bud, an unaffected male bloom, and withered and drooping growing tip of vine. A female melon fly has deposited eggs In the vine at base of leafstalk, and the young larvEe hatching have nearly severed the vine at this point. (Authors' illustration.) being intercepted rather frequently by official inspectors at Cali- fornia ports on ships from Hawaii, the importance of cooperation by all in making the quarantine of the Federal Horticultural Board a success in keeping out this very serious pest will be readily appre- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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