'Wilderness to orchard': The export apple industry in Nelson, New Zealand 1908-1940

Environment and History

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-450

  Roche, Michael ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apples; Nature; New Zealand; Sprays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; EXPORT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PEST CONTROL;

NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0344983357     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734003129342926     Document Type: Article

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