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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 November 1924, Page 7

A frost which occurred on October 31 is likely to be a. memorable event to horticulturists in the 'NVyuclham district (says a local contemporary). In olden times it would be regarded as a punitive: visitation by an evil spirit, demanding some propitiating sacrifice. Certainly the full extent of the damage could not be at once realised. The worst effect coming into, evidence is among the fruit trees. Apple trees, which were hearing an unusually prolific crop, have suffered an almost total destruction of tbe young fruit, which shrivels and drops to the ground. Quince must . lie more susceptible to frost, for the forming fruit at once showered down. Pear tree fruit suffered severely, especially on the outside, where the leafage was tender and thin. Gooseberry and current bushes will have very little fruit —in some cases (small bushes) they are hare. Scarcely a fruit tree escaped. Plum fruit has been wiped out and cherries thinned. Many cherry growers throughout Hawke’s Bay have experienced the disappointment of seeing the prospect of a record season vanish (states an exchange). As far as the yield of fruit is concerned, something of a record has been established, hut the heavy rain experienced a couple of weeks ago upset many orchards, a fairly heavy percentage of the cherries having been cracked by the rain and rendered practically useless for market.