. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. 13. Fig. 11 .—Ornamental trees and shrubs grown in Hawaii that support the fruit fly. It is useless to protect edible fruits when ornamentals are allowed to grow near by that harbor the fruit fly: a, The bestill, showing drops of white sap that exude when the fly punctures the skin; b, a coffee cherry sectioned to show the maggots feeding on the pulp; c, the lichee nut is not attacked by the fly unless the outer skin has broken; d,& damson plum, showing an adult fly caught in the sticky
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY. 13. Fig. 11 .—Ornamental trees and shrubs grown in Hawaii that support the fruit fly. It is useless to protect edible fruits when ornamentals are allowed to grow near by that harbor the fruit fly: a, The bestill, showing drops of white sap that exude when the fly punctures the skin; b, a coffee cherry sectioned to show the maggots feeding on the pulp; c, the lichee nut is not attacked by the fly unless the outer skin has broken; d,& damson plum, showing an adult fly caught in the sticky sap; e, a cotton bollinfested by the pink bollworm and the fruit fly; /, a cluster of mock-orange berries; g, a rose apple sectioned to show fruit-fly attack; h, the carissa, showing drops of white sapthathave exuded from punctures made in the skin by the fruit fly; i, the elengi berries, that develop many fruit 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. , G. P. O.
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