POTATO BLIGHT.
“You want to hold your nose of run a mile,” was how one owner of a potato crop put. it to a Dannevirko News reporter when askid how hi.' “spuds" were turning out. His remark was made owing to tin condition in whltcls Robin Adairs were turning out. Magnificent in siae, the majority of them were a rotten mess on account of blight. Other varieties in the same patch were not touched. Other growers in the district have had similar experiences. One variety would be practically a total failure, while others would be clean iand* good. Potato blight has also been very prevalent in the Pahiatua district this year, but a number of crops that were threaten-! ed have escaped serious damage. Blight made its appearance during humid moist weather and some growers gave up hope, hut a cold snap followed and the ravages of tho visitation were checlod. Many crops have now recovered and are showing good yields of tubers unaffected by blight.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5362, 21 February 1916, Page 6
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166POTATO BLIGHT. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5362, 21 February 1916, Page 6
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