Many amateur gardeners have been puzzled over the second bloom on the fruit trees this season. A local nurseryman told a Wairarapa “ Age ” reporter that this was actually next spring’s bloom. Owing to the dry September, October, and November of last year, the buds were formed early, and the consistent rain of February has caused the buds to break early, which accounts for the present abundance of bloom now, which will not be apparent when spring arrives.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4544, 26 March 1923, Page 2
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