CURE FOR BLIGHT.
■ •- — j— ;»,,«; Mr Fred Towler; of building, has discovered what he believes to be a certain preventive and cure for the American blight. The manner of the discover/ (says the Star) was very simple. He had tried every reputed method of curing to a particular apple tree, without success, By' accident as much as design he planted an onion bulb at the foot of the tree, and he found that as the onion grew and developed, the bligh t gradually disappeared, and. now not a vestige remains. If Mr Towler is correct m his opinion that the growth of the onion near' the affected.. (ree was the cause of the extinction of the blight, a" most ' useful discovery has been made. A few experiments with an extract will be 'made/ the results of which we will watch for with much interest.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 69, 20 February 1884, Page 2
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