FIREBLIGHT APPEARS
Orchards Near Nelson PEAR TREES AFFECTED Dominion Special Service. Nelson, October 31. -It has beep established that fireblight has made its appearance in Nelson, pear trees in several domestic orchards af Wakapuaka being affected 1 . A meeting of the Waimea Fireblight Committee was held to-day to consider ways and means of dealing with the outbreak in the best interests of the fruit-growing Industry. Mr. J. H. Thorp, orchard instructor for the Nelson area, stated to-day that specimen branches of pear trees from a domestic orchard at Wakapuaka, about five miles from the city, which were sent to the Plant Research Station at Palmerston North for examination, were found to be infected by the firebllgbt organism, erwinia amylovora. A survey of .the position is being made by. inspectors of the Horticulture Division, who will at the same time instruct. owners of fruit trees as to their responsibility in connection with the control and destruction of the infected material.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 8
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159FIREBLIGHT APPEARS Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 8
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