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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913.
No 15,794
誠三十月二十年三十一萬九千一套
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PLANTAIN TREE PEST.
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Wa have recrived several letter during the last few days regarding the plantain teen pest, to which we drew attention some time ago in these columnas. It is stated that the pest is spreading in all directiolis, and that now there are a very tres in and around Colonce that have not be affected with the disease, Fruits are scare and the price has risea so high that plantains are Zam But of the mach, of many people. The disease attacks the plant. at all ages and one a free is attacks!, it is absolutely useless.
A repræter of this pupor inspeqjet somna trees that were affected by the disease Dear the Arado premises in the Fort and saw for himself that the treek wero gutta salan, Trees in all parts of tko j Baba wen being put down by their «Ester, Ext Bet this, treatment dins pi pana la shock the spread of the
No he has been received from the villages outlying Colombo- where most of the fruit sold in the town dorden frem-sa to whether the diseas has spread to these parts or not, but from the daily diminishing stock that is brought into the markete in town, it -would-seem that the villagars poc algo
experiencing the s
file Esthan. It behoves the Departinent of | Agricultura mi bolt into the soatter at onee, clie subst assuredly will all the Plantain trees in the Islags have to bo down during the next few months. (Ciglunes)
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