A retired sugar .planter from Fiji, who has come to Auckland to live, says that he has been much struck by the prevalence of leaf curl amongst the peach trees !(reporjts the Auqfkland “ Star.”). In Levuka. it was a recognised cure for the disease, to plant nasturtium right at the foot of the trees, and let it grow about a foot up the trunk. Very often the result was a good crop of fruit: He considers it would be worth trying in New Zealand, for nasturtium has some chemical properties connected with it, that it does not impoverish the soIT. but. on the other hand helps to nourish the plant, life pX least of peach trees.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16748, 1 June 1922, Page 8
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116Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 16748, 1 June 1922, Page 8
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