Rain and Fruit Crops
The rain which fell in the Gisborne district last night and to-day, while not sufficient to do any permanent good, is expected to assist the frUit crops in filling out. Small-siZed pip fruit can be expected, from trees not properly thinned, although this rain will help to some extent. On the other hand, however, stone fruit will have to be watched closely following the rain to guard against brown rot. Mr. J. D. Kennedy, Government orchard instructor, recommends a sulphur spray—not lime-sulphur—to check brown rot, while he also urges the spraying of tomatoes with bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20649, 27 December 1941, Page 7
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104Rain and Fruit Crops Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20649, 27 December 1941, Page 7
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