(To bhe Edibor.)

Sir, —I see in to-night's Star a report tho Papaknra Produce Show. My name i s mentioned (re exhibits). I wish to to the Secrotary by saying I only heard o* tho Show the day previous. I remarked ib was a pity, as I fully intended sending an exhibit of fruit. I will try and be in the run of things next year. ISlow, Mr Editor, with your kind permission, I would liko to ask our fruit-growers what is their ex perience this season with the codhn moth ? Judging from my own and other people's experiences, I think we have in this moth an enemy which ig going to get possession of our orchards, unless we fight for it. This is a very serious question for us, as it must seriously affect our export trado. Why, one gentleman told me lately he had planted 13,000 apple trees, the best to be got in Auckland, and they are now from four to ten years old. I must confess, I don'o like syringing with Paris green ; it seems to check the growth of the fruit and leaves. Cannot we find something better than this ? But I would like to mention we have had a little brown beotlo that wo find almost as bad as the moth. I think our Chambers of Commerce, or tho Government, would do bhe colony good service by getting all possible information on these subjects. Our climate is so mild that these insects seem to propagate much faster than in colder countries. — I am, etc., Charlks Plummer. March 10, 1892.
