Thrips Aid Fiji Settlers
Killing Koster’s Curse Thrips Aid Fiji Settlers
MESSRS. X. and H. Faddy, two settlers in Fiji, recently advised the Polynesian Gazette, Levuka, that the thrips liberated at Tailevu were doing great work in exterminat ing Koster’s Curse.
They stated that two colonies of thrips were liberated and they have extended to millions and are spread ing rapidly. The thrips can be ob served eating the stem, and they kill it very quickly, but time will have to elapse before it can be ascertained whether extermination is completely effected.
These two settlers are of the opinion that the thrips are doing even greater work than was expected of them.
“We are all very enthusiastic about them,” they added, “and we think it will prove a greater miracle than the Levuana.”