FIRE BLIGHT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15316, 11 September 1920, Page 5

FIRE BLIGHT.

(To the Editor of. the llcmld.) I Referring to the article of Mr. 3.\ f "\V. Kirk, director of the HoVticultural Division, oh the above subject |h your . issue of 31st -August, concerning- ;thc habits of ••fire blight," J beg to state,, that the pateijt recently Cfimpletea hy.j.' ;ne. the undersigned, and patented, in j'■ New Zealand and the CuinmonvwjaHn of | ] Australfa, will cure ihe fmit'pests' known i I as fife blight^ as" described by Processor { Kirk-'in, his. article • mentioned. '.1 have i: been ah orchardist all my life, and have !' studied, the habits, of fire blight. The ' habits are similar to the codlin moth j in most respects. The process of com- .>, bating the fire blight as set, but by Professor Kirk' will run orchardists Into much expense., btlt my method is simple and less expensive, and I feol that the . public are ldjoking for. the most simple and cheapest method of treating fruit trees. I quire-Utriderstand opposition, seeingr that myj^^process does away with spraying material,* pumps, etc. Imuking' you.—l am, etc. ;;'■' J V .SANGWELL.: ;