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We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents). :o: — A LITTLE ADVICE. TO THE EDITOR. Dear Sir,— Permit me through the medium of your columns to recommend those of your readers who have fruit trees whose leaves are being eaten off by that little pest commonly called the “ brown beetle ” to use the remedy that I have for some years successfully tried—viz., after sundown to go round their orchard and having spread some sacking or matting, to gently shake each branch, and the beetles will drop off, and can be destroyed, or even if not killed, they will burrow in the soil and not rise again the same night. This must be done till after New Year, when they will disappear. Of course, some of the fruit will very likely drop off also, but it is better to lose some of the fruit than to have the trees stripped of leaves, from the effects of which they will not recover for two years, even if they do then. I am, &0., Jas. W. Witty, Lytton Road. Gisborne, Nov. 29th, 1883.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 16, 1 December 1883, Page 3
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