. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VIII. Xo. 180. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. 93. INSECT NOTES. Fruit FI3- at Bermuda. The ai;cauiit nf the ravatres of the -fruit fly at Beniimhi, and (' the mea.'^ that have been adopted for the exteiminatioii of tlie pest, has lieen received from iTr. T. J. Harris, Superintendent of the Botanical Department in that colony:— The Mediterranean fruit tiy {Crrcititis cajiihihi. Weid.) lias been at work at Bermuda ssince about the year 1><(54, and is .su]iposed to have been introduced, into t
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VIII. Xo. 180. THE AGKICULTURAL NEWS. 93. INSECT NOTES. Fruit FI3- at Bermuda. The ai;cauiit nf the ravatres of the -fruit fly at Beniimhi, and (' the mea.'^ that have been adopted for the exteiminatioii of tlie pest, has lieen received from iTr. T. J. Harris, Superintendent of the Botanical Department in that colony:— The Mediterranean fruit tiy {Crrcititis cajiihihi. Weid.) lias been at work at Bermuda ssince about the year 1><(54, and is .su]iposed to have been introduced, into tlie islands through the medium of some peaches brought from Madeira. Tp to that time, all the fruits of both the temperate and tropic zones of the East and West grew and yielded in alnindant profusion, while the nnicjue climatic conditions of Bermuda imparted to them a distinctive flavour, and developed. 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 Great Britain. Imperial Dept. of Agriculture for the West Indies. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;
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