PHYLLOXERA. AT MASTERTON. Wellington, December 7.
Phylloxera was discovered by Mr Schulbz, the Government expert,, among th« vines first planted by Mr W. H. Beetham at his reiidence at Maslerton. The vines there have been planted from seven to 10 years. List year they showed signs of falling of, bnt Mr Beetham attributed the cause to enoroachment of a maorocurpa hedge. As he gathered over 20001b of grapej from an eighth of an acre he anticipated no blight or disease. The parasite is supposed to have travelled from Auckland, where phylloxera has -existed for years, but Mr B^cthem-U perplexed respecting it, as be had no consignment of. < plants from the nosthl" Tne irnecb has been detected on vines in ona or two. other gardens in the neighbourhood, and the necessary notices have been issued by the Minister for Agriculture with the view of eradicating the pesfc. As y«fc no signs of disease have been discovered at Lansdowne, close to Mastert-on, whore Me Beetham has been cultivating vines on a somewhat extended §o+la. It is Mr Beetharn's intention to substitute for those infected vines grafted on diseaee-proof stock — viz., the wild vines of America.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2285, 16 December 1897, Page 41
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193PHYLLOXERA. AT MASTERTON. Wellington, December 7. Otago Witness, Issue 2285, 16 December 1897, Page 41
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