BAD SEASON
FOR GROWING OF FLOWERING PLANTS. TREES BLASTED BY WIND. “The present season is the worst I have known for growing flowering plants,” said Mr H. Sturgeon, custodian of the Masterton Park this morning. Although a fairly good spring was experienced, he added, the persistence and the strength of the wind in January and the dry weather experienced this year were very detrimental to the culture of flowers. Mr Sturgeon pointed to rrtany of the ornamental autumn foliage trees which had had their leaves blasted by the wind as if a fire had burnt them. Portion of the Park resembled a scene usually associated with the depth of autumn, as large quantities of leaves had fallen prematurely as the result of wind damage. Other gardeners report similarly and one tomato enthusiast asserts that he has never known a worse season than the present one as far as tomatoes are concerned.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1939, Page 4
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151BAD SEASON Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1939, Page 4
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