FIREBLIGHT APPEARS
ORCHARDS NiELARJ NELSON. PEAR TREES AFFECTED (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NELSON, Oct. 31. It ha>s been established that fiyeblight ’has made its appearance in Nelson pear trees in several domestic orchards at Wakapuaka being affected. A meeting of the Waimeai Fireblight Committee was held to-day to consider ways and means of dealing with the outbreak in the best interests of the fruit-growing industry. Mr J. H. Thorp,' orchard, instructor for the Nelson area, stated to-day that specimen branches of pear trees from a domestic orchard at Wakapuaka, about five miles from t'he city, ‘which were sent to the Plan Research Station, were found to be infected by the fireblight organism, erwinia amylovora. A survey of the 'position/ is being made by inspectors of the Horticulture Division, who will a.t the same time instruct owners of fruit trees as to their responsibility iii connection with the control and destruction of the infected material.—“Dominion” Service.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 1 November 1933, Page 5
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