POTATO BLIGHT PREVENTION.
To the Kditor. Sir,—!, read with iutereM; in the Auckland Herald Uic statement copied from your paper that u dei-ocLion of dock root has been found to be a cure and }>reventative for potato Might. Would a ''Local liesident' -be gx>od enough to say through your valued medium what strength of decoction he employed and give further details of lii.s experiment*'? J notk-e that a number of gardeners? are trying the alleged remedy, Their experience would be of groat value to your reader*; indeed, throughout the Dominion, it may be noted that simple as it is the remedy would involve a good deal of labor, employed on the sealc it -would need to be, and in the long run would, i think, prove fairly costly. The main point, however, js, is it effective?—l am, etc.. "BLIGHTED." Pirongia, 25/11/00.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 251, 29 November 1909, Page 4
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141POTATO BLIGHT PREVENTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 251, 29 November 1909, Page 4
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