BITTER PIT IN APPLES.
NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCES. fßt TEIiEGEAI»H~PKBSS ASSOCIATION.) HASTINGS, 12th May. Writing to the Tribune with, reference to the cause of bitter pit in apples, Mr. F. E. Noitage, inspector of orchard* for Bawkes Bay, mentions' two facts which appear on the surface largely to discount the value of the theory advanced by Dr. Jean White and Professor Ewart, of Melbourne University. They a?o: — (1) In Western Australia, where the. codlin moth, is unknown and arsenical spraying has never been resorted to, bitter pit is alarmingly prevalent, and occasions great less to i'ruit growers every year ; (2) in his travels around the orchards of the Dominion during the past four years 1 he frequently noticed bitter pit en trees which had never been sprayed for the control of codlin moth or any other pe3t. Mr. Nottage is a practical grower of many years' experience.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 3
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