FIREBLIGHT
disease in mahawatu district ■PAIiMERSTON N., Jan. 18. Fire-blight has reached the Manorwatu district,' several affected trees hem-* found within the borough. t ± have been destroyed to prevent tic spread. Orchardists are endeavouring to have the area brought under the FirebQight Act, which gives to remove the hawthorn, which -rtV as a host for the disease. Although it .is known that America has fr r Lite last hundred years had the fiveblicht it only reached New ZeaI Lnd in December 191.9- the first outbreak being in the Auckland dis trict. —P. A. ;•
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 5
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93FIREBLIGHT Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10309, 19 January 1927, Page 5
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