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(Milliyet Newspaper, 21 January 2021)
Dracula's hazelnut-blood fetish.
In Trabzon's Maçka district, so far 750 dekar (about 200 acres) of
hazelnut orchards have been cleansed of the 'dracula bug' that has
been ravaging the trees, leaving another 1700 dekar in seven villages
still to be treated by the deadline of 26 February.
There is no other way to battle the 'dracula bug', which sucks the life
out of (!) hazelnut trees, other than burning all the orchards where the
bugs are found. First, the branches are cut, gathered and burned. The
trees themselves are then ripped out by their roots and buried deep in
the ground.
As with its master, the bug must be burned at the stake.
The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry plans to compensate the
hazelnut growers at 15 TL (about 10 cents) per kilogram during the
four-year period (!) when tree planting will be prohibited.
Now his pets get top billing.
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