100 years ago

FRUIT CROPS: Owing to the fruit fly scare, some of the district’s finest old fig trees are being sacrificed by their owners, being completely destroyed. The loss to some of these settlers can well be estimated when it is known that Mr Dick Sobee’s giant tree at Koorlong is one of the victims of the axe. This tree had a branch spread of 40 feet, 6 inches, was 22 feet, 6 inches in...