HAWKE’S BAY FRUIT CROPS.
ESTIMATED LOSS /j 20,000
Hastings, Oct. 18
The early reports of the damage to the fruit crops by last night's unprecedented frosts were in no way exaggerated, and the authorities now estimate it at no less than ,£20,000. The famous Kaipai and Frimley orchards will be practically fruitless this year, and the loss there alone is estimated at ,£IO,OOO. Mr Thomas Horton estimates his nursery loss at ,£4OOO,
It is twenty-two years since so severe a frost was experienced here at this season of the year. The orchards on the Havelock Hills were not seriously affected, although some on the lower slopes suffered severely.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 907, 20 October 1910, Page 3
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108HAWKE’S BAY FRUIT CROPS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 907, 20 October 1910, Page 3
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