. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. EiG. 26.—Men cutting down a dense thicket of guava bushes. In such a guava scrab ripening fruits are present throughout the entire year and in them the Mediterranean fruit fly breeds, often far from culti- vated fields. (Authors' illustration.) that it is seldom that in the lowlands, except in very arid areas, a bush can not be found within a stone's throw. In pastures and moun- tain gulches up to an elevation of at least 1,500 feet, particularly where sheltered from strong winds and well watered, the guavas may become very treelik
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. EiG. 26.—Men cutting down a dense thicket of guava bushes. In such a guava scrab ripening fruits are present throughout the entire year and in them the Mediterranean fruit fly breeds, often far from culti- vated fields. (Authors' illustration.) that it is seldom that in the lowlands, except in very arid areas, a bush can not be found within a stone's throw. In pastures and moun- tain gulches up to an elevation of at least 1,500 feet, particularly where sheltered from strong winds and well watered, the guavas may become very treelike and form dense thickets. While the guava fruits most heavily during the spring and fall months, the bushes are continuously in bloom and ripen a sufficient number of fruits to support the fruit fly every month in the year. Second to the guava as a host occurring in the wild uncultivated areas is the prickly-pear cactus. Though the fruits of this plant are not preferred by the fruit fly, they are sufficiently infested in the absence of more favored hosts to serve as food, and, as in the case of the guava, there is almost no time during the year when a few ripe fruits can not be found in any cactus 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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