CHERRY ORCHARDS
Damage And Losses Total £15,000 Canterbury Crop Ruined (N.Z.P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. July 20. Damage and losses equivalent to about £15,000 have been suffered by cherry orchards near Christchurch in the snowstorm last week-end, according to an estimate by the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture. This estimate has been made after a survey of the Ranglora, Loburn, and Papanui districts and Cashmere Hills valleys. Damage and estimated losses to general fruit crops and orchard properties are relatively small, and it is believed that damage to market gardens will amount to only a few hundred pounds. Material damage to cherry orchards (netting and support) is put at about £6OOO, loss of crop for the coming season at 5000 to 6000 101 b boxes (or £5OOO to £6000) and Joss of productivity in the next two yeans about £3OOO.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23259, 21 July 1945, Page 4
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