FIREBLIGHT.
OUTBREAK AT WHANG AREI. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAN D, Thursday. A serious outbreak of lireblight was discovered in the Whangarei town area by inspectors of the Horticultural Division of the Department of Agriculture. The disease was mainly confined to holdings with two or three trees. Within the last fortnight between 50 and 1 Oil pear trees have been destroyed. In some cases where the blossom has been infected -the crop is completely spoiled.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 December 1928, Page 5
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74FIREBLIGHT. Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 December 1928, Page 5
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