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Fruit fly battle

California's billion-dollar fruit crops threatened by a tiny fly.

California's billion-dollar fruit crops threatened by a tiny fly. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Sun 6 Sep 198109:15
BBC Radio 4

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PresenterAlistair Cooke

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  • Fri 4 Sep 198121:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 6 Sep 198109:15
    BBC Radio 4

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