ORCHARDS SUFFER
WIND IN THE WAIMEA
' (From Our Own Correspondent) NELSON^ 20th March. A south-westerly gale experienced in Nelson on Wednesday caused more damage in the fruit areas on the Waimea Plain than was at first suspected. Mr. J. H. Brunt, local' shipping supervisor for the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Association, after a tour of the orchards, estimates that 20,000 cases of fruit were blown off the trees, and in addition to that amount' there is still much fruit on the trees which has been bruised by the blowing about of the branches and thereby rendered practically useleas. In the majority of orchards the Jonathan and Delicious varieties suffered" most, as the fruit is fairly well matured and heavy. Although' the loss as the .result of the wind will not materially affect the huge total export anticipated this year, it is a serious matter for Stoke, Hope, and Waimea" West growers, a number of whom have already cancelled some of their booked shipping space. Fortunately the larger apple-growing areas on theMoutere Hills or further across the bay in Eiwaka were • not affected, otherwise, taking the loss on the same scale an in the Waimea, it would have been over 100,000 cases. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1931, Page 14
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200ORCHARDS SUFFER Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 68, 21 March 1931, Page 14
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