FROST IN HASTINGS
FRUIT CROPS DAMAGED GROWERS' HEAVY LOSSES (Per United Press Association) HASTINGS, Oct. 15. Widespread damage to fruit and similar crops was caused by an unexpected and heavy frost which.occurred this morning and growers in the orchard area in the vicinity of Hastings report losses ranging from 50 to 100 per cent. The extent of the frost as recorded in Hastings was nine degrees, but it is probable that in some outlying areas it would not have been so severe. It is said that the frost was the most severe for this time of the year for 20 years. Stone fruit was particularly badly hit and the most modest opinion of the damage is that the yield will be only 10 per cent. Pip fruits are estimated to have suffered to the extent of 50 to 100 per cent. It is too early yet to estimate the damage so far as apples are concerned, but pears have fared badly Small fruits and ground crops suffered equally, but it is fortunate that so far as the ground crops are concerned the main commercial crops have not been set out yet.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23013, 16 October 1936, Page 9
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191FROST IN HASTINGS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23013, 16 October 1936, Page 9
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