18 APRIL 1952, Page 18

Fruit and Frost

Frost probably causes baldness among fruit-bearers oftener than anything else. A method that seems both effective and cheap is that recommended by Captain Lewis of Clatterbrune, Presteigne, in Radnor- shire. By the use of sawdust, heavy oil and gas-tar burning in five- gallon drums, he has saved his fruit on many occasions. Captain Lewis informs me that he has no commercial interest in orchard-heating, and is prepared to give the details to anyone writing to ask for them, if they will enclose a stamped envelope for reply. Sawdust can be obtained cheaply, and garages and factories are only too pleased to dispose of contaminated oil. If fruit can be saved by such simple

means, it is surely a thing to be considered. Is Nan.