PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3120, 22 February 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Our Resident .Reporter). Saturday. Ihe Woodville Band is now on a sound footing, t&nd there is every prospect of it having a successful career. Mr_James, who arrived in Woodville a week ago, is, 1 understand, going to take charge of the Band, and the members are infusing | a large amount of enthusiasm into | their work. I An effort is being made to avoid j the expense of a licensing election j this year. The Liquor Party has expresssd its willingness to accept the present committee, notwithstanding the fact that four out of the five members are nominees of the NoLicense party. Five names, including one L'quor party representative, have been submitted for approval of both sides, and if agreed to, an election will not ba necessary unless sume other candidate forces himself into the arena. The expenses of an election run into seventy or eighty pounds, which falls upon the Pahiatua County and Borough. For several years past Messrs Horton and Sons' Premier Nursery at Scarborough has been a well-known name, and a visit to the nursery at the present tima is well worth the trouble. The flower beda are a picture to look at, but perhaps what takes the eye most is the splendid assortment of well loaded fruit trees, some of them being only three years ■old, and persons desirous of planting fruit trees during the coming winter could not do better than see for themselves the prolificness of the different varieties of dessert and culinery apples. In some instances the branches are bending to the ground with the weight of fruit, and without seeing the trees one would hardly believe the enormous quantity of fruit on them. The pear trees are also well loaded, and on these trees there is not the least sign of what is known as "black spot." As a rule the late frosts in this district interfere with the Japanese plum crop, but this season has been a most favourable one for the above mentioned fruit. There is no blight to be seen nn the trees or a sign of codlin moth. As a preventive measure the trees are sprayed about every three weeks with Bordeaux mixture and Swift's arsenate of lead, and McDOugall's Insecticide is used as a preventive, -against woolly aphis. From a small nursery, the manager, .Mr Horton, Tias built up a large business, and only recently Mr Horton removed to the firm's nursery at Hastings, which was a great loss to this district, as he always took a leading part in the horticultural shows and gave generous donations to further the interests ofsuch shows. The firm have also built up a good trade in Australia, large quantities of fruit trees going over there evei'y winter. An announcement from the firm will appear in a later issue.