Japan e«?e plum trees m Manawatu das- ' tricts are affected this year with a peculiar disease which manifests itself by causing the young fruit to assume a deformed appearance, being m many cases twisted and hollow. Tlie fruit falls off m a few weeks. The disease is caused by a minute fungus parasite, which is found m the tissue of the young branchesand enters the ovaries m the spring. Spraying, with Bordeaux is reported to bo a specific for the disease.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11125, 14 November 1907, Page 5
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