PARASITIC DISEASES.
■ Parasitic .diseases that .affect .tho, production of tho fields and orchards .(says, an Ashburton paper) appear to be yearly on the increase, despite the, vigilance of the Department of Agriculture. Recently Mr. TJrquhart, of Hampstead, discovered that his fruit treos were covered with a .species of scaly, aphis the-size of butter beans. This, is the first occasion on which he has notioed tho in-, sect-s in tlio district, though lie has had a great;deal.'to;.do..witk orchards in the country.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 10
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80PARASITIC DISEASES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 10
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