A SIMPLE CURE FOR WOOLLY APHIS.
C.G., writing in “The Garden,” says: In the. autumn of 1913 1 took over about half an acre of orchard garden, in which there were several largo apple trees badly infested with woolly aphis. Last spring I planted round each tree seeds of climbing Nasturtiums, and allowed the plants to cover the ground all round the stem of the tree. The woolly aphis, which
was plainly visible early in tho season, gradually disappeared as the season advanced, and by August (February in New Zealand) the trees were clear. I am repeating the treatment this year. 1 was led to try the.above, after reading an extract from the “Revue Horticole,” headed “Plants Antagonistic to Insects” (published about twelve years ago), in which it was stated: “The insects arc much reduced 111 number the first year, and all disappear the semnd season if planting is repented.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 243, 18 October 1921, Page 3 (Supplement)
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