e the days of the orange disease (the dol-thesia, a fluffy white scale to look at), the gardenhere was full of orange trees. Vines replaced theoranges. Then came the vine disease, thephylloxera, and destroyed the vines. It is thebrief history of many a farm in this district. But 190 DRAKENSTEIN AND… … BOSCH EN DAL. understand, finally destroyed the orange blight.Bosch en Dal freehold was granted by van derStel in 1690 to the de la Nois, or de Lanoy,family, who had been refugees in Holland since 191 OLD CAPE COLONY 1648. The gable is late, and dated 1812. Thesethree houses are amongst those…
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