THE FIRE BLIGHT MENACE.
WARNING BY DEPARTMENT.
[BT TELEGBAPH. —PKESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. Officers of the Agricultural Department are concerned about the action of a fruitgrower in the Nelson "district, who asked someone in the North Island to send him a specimen of the wood affected with fire blight in order to see what it was like, and to enable him to guard against its introduction. The infected wood was sent unprotected by "chemicals. The -agricultural Department considers this is a good way to spread the disease. Application should have been made through the proper channels. They desire it to be known that prosecutions will follow if persons ignore the regulations as to the spread of this disease. ..,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17648, 8 December 1920, Page 6
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118THE FIRE BLIGHT MENACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17648, 8 December 1920, Page 6
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