. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. Bui. 536, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Relation of Flora of Hawaiian Islands to the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Fig. 1.—Men grubbing out a guava scrub which has taken possession of pasture land. Many thousands of acres are thus overrun in Hawaii and furnish excellent breeding grounds for t he fruit fly. The ripening fruits fall into the dense grass and the larvae within them develop unmolested by the heat of the sun. Fig. 2.—Thickets of guava bushes often crowd upon the country roads and ripen tons of fruit. This fruit is ga
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. Bui. 536, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Relation of Flora of Hawaiian Islands to the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Fig. 1.—Men grubbing out a guava scrub which has taken possession of pasture land. Many thousands of acres are thus overrun in Hawaii and furnish excellent breeding grounds for t he fruit fly. The ripening fruits fall into the dense grass and the larvae within them develop unmolested by the heat of the sun. Fig. 2.—Thickets of guava bushes often crowd upon the country roads and ripen tons of fruit. This fruit is gathered by pedestrians and autoists and carried to all parts of the islands, thus becoming a medium for the wide dissemination of the pest. (Original.). 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 Department : Supt. of Docs. , Govt. Print. Off.
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