Australian Oranges

For Fiji

ALTHOUGH it might be imagined that a country with Fiji’s climate could produce all the oranges needed for local requirements, this is evidently not the case. Permits have been granted for the importation of Australian navel oranges during the winter months when danger from fruit-fly is not so great.

Because of the danger of introducing the fruit fly, which is a major pest in Eastern Australian coastal orchards, im portation of oranges from Australia was prohibited in Fiji last October.

The fruit fly affects Australian oranges very little—but it plays havoc among the soft fruits grown in the coastal areas of NSW and Queensland.