IRISH BLIGHT
Potato Crops Affected
(N.Z.P.A.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 30. Market gardeners in Otago and Souuxxand are racing neavy losses on account of an exceptionally severe outbreak of Irish Blight in their potato crops. Blight is usually prevalent at the end of January, by which time early potatoes have been dug, but the recent humid weather has accelerated the onset of the disease and has necessitated the digging of crops before they are fully ready for normal marketing. North Otago growers an likely to be the worst sufferers from the ravages of the blight. The district is fairly dry and is rarely affected disease, but this year a double loss is feared as many of the early crops were spoiled by late frosts and the present unexpected appearance of Irish Blight has further affected the potato harvest. Hopes are entertained that the drier weather of the last day or two will continue. If this occurs the spread of the blight will be arrested, but there is no guarantee that the disease will not recux- should there be more wet weather.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23114, 31 January 1945, Page 4
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179IRISH BLIGHT Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23114, 31 January 1945, Page 4
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