A NEW PEST.
■■'■■■ • (Feildioß^tir.^. ./,' r ' A new/ehe/roy to the grajje has mad* its appearance m the vifieyWda m aiid a^ut. jthe JtfaßQheater. JBlock. 'Mr WilliHPa Nicholas; had bpea noticing^ for 'some lew days, « sudden, and unao countable destruction of the grapes as they approach ripeness. 'On making at Mamuiation he discovered that tlio .causp^ .4 ! ak' a "small oaterpillar. ? 'He brought one of them down to the meeting of the Horticultural Committee Jast night for. inspection* Several of tbo most experienced vine growers deolared the pest was entirety a new one. We observed that, of its kind, it was th» most aotive and muscular we Bail eVfir -seep. It attacked a grape,, which 'was placed betore it, with avidity, and 90011 made its mark perceptible. We hare reason to, thiak that it is the; same creature which is playing such havoo 'with the peaches, : '• >.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 83, 6 March 1884, Page 2
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144A NEW PEST. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 83, 6 March 1884, Page 2
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