THE POTATO DISEASE.
. ——^—r : STATEMENT BY PROFESSOR THOMAS. • In regard to the disease which i? attack ing the potato crop this year, notably it the neighbourhood of Onebunga and;.£ur rounding districts, Professor Thomas, whi has been paying Some attention to the Stih ject, informs us that he made a micvoscopi cal examination yesterday of some of th< affected stalks. The result, he states proves thai the crops have been attaches by the well-known potato .phytopJp- ; thbra, inseatans,' and that therefore -the effect on 1 the. seasons yield will ;|. probably be moist serious, especially as the disease is reported tc be spreading rapidly ; Pro- \ ■■■■■"■ fessor Thomas says that the same disease made its appearance in the district some* 12 years ago, but that it was not then so ; prevalent as on the present occasion, c .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12712, 15 November 1904, Page 5
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134THE POTATO DISEASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12712, 15 November 1904, Page 5
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