Show housekeepers asked to watch for pest mediterranean fly threat ens all fruit in country housekeepers throughout a large section of the united states are being enlisted by tho the united states government as inspectors and scouts in the effort to repel a thoroughly dangerous foreign enemy the mediterranean fruit fly which has baa already invaded the country fruit from florida where the ln in fest atlon of the fruit fly was first discovered has been placed under an embargo eni bargo but only after much fruit which may have been harboring the pest hafid been shipped to distant states federal authorities urge the utmost care in inspecting any fruit imported from florida except for tile the watermelon and the pineapple pin bapple all fruits grown growa in the united states are vulnerable to the attacks of the mediterranean fruit fly the fly Is to be found in tile the form of small maggots or worms inside the pulp of tile tho fruit when these maggots have reached full size or abou they have been working for some time the infestation Is easily ered since they will destroy most of tile the pulp before that time any fruit which Is conspicuously soft or in which any sort of worms wor ms or maggots are found Is open to suspicion destruction of such fruit Is urged by the government to make sure of killing the maggots the fruit should be be boiled lie d or baked for a long period throwing it into the garbage Is tile the surest method oi of giving the maggots an opportunity to grow and spread |