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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16297, 23 March 1927, Page 8

During the gale at this beginning of the week great damage was done to the commercial fruit crops throughout Poverty Bay, and investigations made since indicate that the "first estimates of the damage were conservative. Ml'. Mclndoo, Government Orchard Instructor, lias made a calculation of the amount df good marketable fruit spoiled by the gale, and has assessed it at not less than 5000 cases. This is equal to nearly three-quarters of last year's exports irOm the Bay, and more than doubly what would have been exported in the ordinary course during the current season. Ballarat Seedlings, a favorite apple on the local market, suffered heavily, and Delicious, Muntods, and Stunners were likewise affected., Doherty.s, the latest local variety, 'suffered least of all, but did not escape unscathed. Poverty Bay growers await with interest news of the effect of the gale on Hawkc's Bay orchards.