PEACH CROP RUINED.
- (PeslJPeess. Association.) Hastings, October 18. Nine degrees o£ frost/last night swept the peach crop. completely out- of existence. In Hastings alone the ripe peach crop is' worth £IO,OOO, : every penny of which has vanished' as!completely as if a fire had swept the district. In tho great Karapo orchard, . where stone fruits are grown almost exclusively, the crop would have been worth £3OOO. The manager remarked this morning that he would give £5 for every case of peaches likely to ripen there. Plums in the district, usually worth about £3OOO, will probably he mostly destroyed. The usual preventive methods of warding off frost by smoking fires were carried on all night, but were utterly futile. The misfortune will givethe district a serious set-sack.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 18 October 1910, Page 4
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125PEACH CROP RUINED. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 18 October 1910, Page 4
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