FEWER STRAWBERRIES
RL r TCTION IN PLANTING The financial stringency, coupled with the disastrous effects of the root disease, is responsible for the reduction in the area being planted in strawberries for the forthcoming season. A large number of growers have temporarily abandoned cultivation of the plant, especially in Northcote-Bir - kenhead area, as last season the root disease was responsible for the destmr ticn of the major portion of the plants and the public demand, owing to th«financial depression, was responsible for the unremunerative prices which existed, leaving the growers with comparatively no profit. The areas under cultivation are practically confined to the XorthcoteBirkenhead districts, which include Cxlenfield, Birkdale, Albany and portions of Takapuna. South Avondale is also now a serious competitor as a producing district. The recent showery season has enabled growers to proceed with the planting out, and they are now taking full advantage of the favourable weather conditions. The plants are grown principally in the Waikato and Otamatea districts while an exceptionally fine lot have been forwarded from the Pollock district.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300526.2.118
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 981, 26 May 1930, Page 13
Word Count
174FEWER STRAWBERRIES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 981, 26 May 1930, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in