25,000 SEEDLINGS
Experts in Ceylon believe that the island can grow the highest grade balsa in the world. Balsa needs a sandy, porous soil, preferably along a river bank, and it likes a lot of rain. Altogether Ceylon has 25,000 seedlings of balsa trees under cultivation, and if the world market proves favourable Ceylon is ready to extend her .balsa tree planting. Balsa is not only extremely light but it is also soft and pithy and yet as strong as many hardwoods. Thin strips of balsa can be bent without cracking. It is also free of knots and is non-inflammable. A creamy white colour, its grain is smooth and silky. The best balsa weighs only 7 2 lbs to a cubic foot, compared with the lignum tree’s 841bs and cork 13-2-lbs. Indeed, balsa, can be used as a substitute for cork.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 8
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14125,000 SEEDLINGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 8
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