AUCKLAND HIT BY FROST
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AUCKLAND, Nov. 11. Witli growiug eonditions worse this -pring than they have been for many vears, \egetabies and trops in the Auckland jirovince received a further seiback this morning wlien a sharp frost all'ected the area with varying intcnsity. (iardens in Waihi which sur- \ ived the frost about a month ago, were iiimosi ruined I y seven degrees recorded, wlnle ;it Poi orua some of the more siisceptable plants received a tatai i'lor. . In Hamilton three degrees which I'oilowed the frost 011 fctaturday, did miic.h to stunt tlie growtli of plants while in rural districts of the Waikato wliere the frost was more severe, considcrable damage was dono to home and market gardens. The abseiice of wet, humid weather that usually cliaracterises Auckland 's spring, has niade tliis season one of the worst for gardeners for many years. t'old winds have stunted tlie growth ot yoimg plants which were planted in very wet grouiid duriug the winter iiiniiths. In the more sheltered Auekiand gardens, peas and potatoes are groving slowiy but by 110 means as wcll as usual at this time of the year.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1946, Page 5
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194AUCKLAND HIT BY FROST Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1946, Page 5
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