DISEASE IN ORCHARDS.
A NEW ENEMY FOUND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Tauranga, Last Night. What is* considered a new disease has made its appearance in local orchards, giving fruitgrowers some concern. Departmental officials at Wellington, after examining specimens, think it might ba brown rot and advise as to temporary treatment, but they have made no definite pronouncement, as an expert if not at present available to make a thorough uivestigation. Pear trees ara principally affected, in some orchards seriously. Apple trees are also attacked, especially at the Government horticultural station, and peaches slightly. Orchardists feel the matter demands prompt attention by the Qotf eminent.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19200109.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1920, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
103DISEASE IN ORCHARDS. Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1920, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. 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