THE BITTER PIT.
AN APPLE SCOURGE.
[By Electbic Telegraph —Copyright.]
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, May 11. Dr Jean White and Professor Ewart, of Melbourne University, are believed to have discovered the cause of bitter <"pit iii apples. It is supposed to result Ifroin certain spray used to destroy the <;odlm moth. The scientists are cautious, but sufficient reliance is placed on the discovery- to justify the. postpone'mentof the Federal State investigation, on which it was intended to expend ten thousand. The prevention of bitter pit [Would mean, ; the saving, of millions to, apple'-growers'. .-■■.; ■',-•■•
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10764, 11 May 1911, Page 4
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93THE BITTER PIT. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10764, 11 May 1911, Page 4
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