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Show I 1 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTj I I FRUIT FLIES SPREAD I , 1 J The Bermudas probr.iiJy wvuld I 4! not now be infested by the Med- J ! iterrnnean fruit fly had not a 1 4, sailing vessel bound for New 4. j York from the Mediterranean re- : 41 gion during the Civil war times, 4. , been blown from her course- and it forced to unload her cargo J containing lnfester fruits at J i St George. The Mediterra- nean fruit fly did not become es- Jt tabllshed In Australia until 5 steamships and cold storage 4 made it possible for the infested $ 4, Mediterranean countries to ship J oranges to Perth and Sydney, j 4! With the pest- established in eastern Australia the ships ply- 4 Ing between Australia and Ha- 4. wall carried the maggots to Hon- olulu, and today the Inspectors 4. of the state of California and the United States are intercept- ing infested fruits on ships ar- J -f riving at San Francisco and San 5 Pedro from Honolulu and Hilo. J |