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Pear Growers Fear Import Of Nz Fruit Disease

18 November 1996

Apple and pear growers have launched a campaign against New Zealand attempts to bring to Australia apples that could carry an incurable plant disease. The action was sparked by fear that the disease, known as fire blight, could wipe out up to half the Goulburn Valley's $260 million-a-year fruit-g.. read full story

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