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Title: The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Agriculture Agriculture -- Australia Victoria
Publisher: (Melbourne): Dept. of Agriculture, Victoria
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ore advisable that immediate action be taken to stamp it out. * * * * -^f -x * Mr. F. de Castella, Government ^iticulturist. submits the following note : — I have read with interest the proof of your note on the Light Brown Apple Moth, now appearing as a vine pest. I have long known vines, indifferent parts of the State, to be attacked, at flowering time and after,by small green caterpillars, which spin a web and make a nest in the young bunches, thereby interfering with their development and causing more or less .serious damage. I distinctly remember these at St. Huberts,on the Yarra, as long ago as the early seventies ; in general appearance,at least, they were the same as the caterpillars which T recently saw at Mildura. It is reassuring to know that this is an Australian native, and netone of the French bunch caterpillars, for w^e have but little idea here._ of the fearful havoc which is sometimes wrought in Europe by allied species. Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. (lo Feb.. 1912.
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LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH. (Tortrix (Caccecia) responsana.) lo Feb., 1912.) Bee-keeping in Victoria. xix The 1910 vintage, in parts of Burgundy and Champagne, was reducedby fully one-half, owing to the ravages of two web-forming, bunch cater-pillars, known locally as Cochylis and Eudemis. Another species thecommon name of which is Pyrale* is often very destructive, especiallynear Bordeaux. Though satisfactory to know that we have not to deal with either ofthese, we must not underestimate the enemy, for we have no guarantee thatthe Australian Cacacia, if left to itself, might not develop into an equallyredoubtable pest, especially under such conditions as prevail at Mildura.where the vine-planted areas are so continuous as to practically constituteone vast vineyard, as is also often the case in France. I do not wish tobe thought an alarmist, but I consider that we have here a pest whichrequires careful watching, and I am glad that you are advising growersto take immediate steps to stamp i

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