HAWKE'S BAY FRUIT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 9 October 1914, Page 7

HAWKE'S BAY FRUIT.

SEVERE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FROST. [PIB PBTIM A-BOOUMON.] Hastings, October 8. < Sufficient time has now passed since . last week's frosts to enable a eorrec* estimate to be made, of the actual dam age to the stone fruits in"the district. The orchards on the plains suffered most, the greatest damage occurring to late peaches, Japanese plums, apriu-, cots and nectarines. It is authoritatively stated that the orchardists n:ho failed to light fires have lost mere than half their- crops and that the peaches in the orchards where fires were lighted did not suffer to any appreciable extent. In all the orchards early peaches are said to have escaped damage. Had the frost occurred a week later, much more damage would have been done. The apple and pear crops are only slightly damaged. Contrary to expectations, the orchards on the Havelock Hills, always considered to be outside the frost area, were touched by last' week's frost, but the damage will cause no financial loss. At Olive and Pakiwhai the frost has riearlv saved the orchardists the trouble of thinning their crops. The frost dso affected Waipawa and Dannevirke n-chards, where peaches and apricots suffered very slightly on the hills. On hhe flats, however, it is stated that icctarines and apricots have been oractically wiped out. It is stated that the orchards on the hills at Waipawa are carrying exceptionally heavy crops