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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1907, Page 5

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of. affairs, in that 'district, says a southern cxcliahgc.' Tho fruit crops, without an exception, are very fmo; apricots, peaches, plums, chorrics, and strawberries looking hotter than for many yearn. The lato frosts did very littlo moro damage to apricots tnan to'judiciously thin them, while some growers havo', heavier crops and hotter fruit than tlioy'have before experienced. A largo number of young trcos nave this year come into bearing, so that in a. few.years this district will bo in a position to supply tho whole of the' Dominion with apricots. A very largo quantity' of apple trees have boon planted, arid are looking very healthy. Growers are combating successfully with tho codlin moth by bandaging and spraying. Bountiful rainß have, fallen, with the result that the district has nover looked so well, grass being plentiful. Tho growers are in high spirits, and look forward to a good season, the only rifi in the lute being want cf the railway.: