TRIMMING HAWTHORN

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 100, 21 October 1938, Page 3

TRIMMING HAWTHORN

c; IS BORN K FIRF B U 0 H T CON'T R 0 B ISSFFi OF WARN INC; in tut- Gisborne commercial liuitiji'owillarea, which embraces pi action Ily all of the* Hat land in Poverty Raw it is compulsory fur all hawthorn to be triumicd each year, in the months of June or July, so as to prevent any part (lowering. .Most owners of hawthorn attend to this work in a satisfactory manner, stated Mr. I’. FYerett, orchard instructor for ihe district, when iclei riivy to the matter to-day. “However, during the present season a considerable number of farmers and others have made no attempt to eomplv with the regulations. he added. “It is expected that all ounces of hawthorn hedges 'and hushes are now thoroughly acquainted with their obligations in this connection, consequently it is not intended to go on continually issuing warning notices to offenders. “It is during the blossoming period that firoblight is most readily spread in hawthorn, and this period "ill commence within the next leu da\s. If certain, untrimmed hawthorn hedges are not given immediate attention the department may he compelled to institute legal proceedings against the offenders.”