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"BITTER PIT" IN APPLES.

ADVANTAGES OF SPRAYINGi (By Telegraph—Press Association.* Writing to the "Tribune" tc fBWi Pit," a disease which Ulosses to apple growers, Mr. W ffiS tage. (Inspector of. OrehaToi.in H&wtA ! Bay) mentions two facts on the surface to largely | value of the theory advanced, by. j> r sZ ' White and Prof.Ewait; ofStt&J i Umywaty. They are : (lj &.■<&££ Australia, where codlin moth.: known, and arsenical spraying Was nev ~ resorted to, bitter pit is alarmingly pre . ' valent, and occasions great loss'to fait ; growers every year; (2) in las.twell I ■ aroTinrl-thß orchards of the Bfoafoien dur. ! ing the past four years -he iteqnaitly ' noticed bitter pit-on trees waidihjdißver been sprayed for the moth or any other pest. : ' f 9 a practical grower of many j&ij'Sjpgjji ence. . --•'-..-i.'ffJi, .

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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 113, 13 May 1911, Page 4

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"BITTER PIT" IN APPLES. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 113, 13 May 1911, Page 4

"BITTER PIT" IN APPLES. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 113, 13 May 1911, Page 4