ORCHARDISTS’ LOSSES
FROSTS IN BRITAIN. LONDON, May 17. Fruitgrowers from Devon to the Wash had to stand by helplessly 10 days ago and witness the most disastrous'late frosts in living memory. The frosts spread ruin through orchards and fruit gardens and put an end to all hopes of a bumper harvest. Although it was full moon the blackout regulations prevented the use of
fire-barrels which would have thrown a protective smokescreen over the blossoming trees and bushes. Many crops were wiped out overnight and there will be a serious shortage of fruit later m the year and increased prices. The farmers' losses are expected to run into many thousands sterling.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 May 1944, Page 5
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