Opiki Onions For Shipment To Canada
Novv regardbd-as dn6; dl 'tlie 'foremost' 011*1011 gro\v5ing disllrixits iil New' Zealand/ Opiki; a' few miles from ' Paliiiel-stou Norlh, experieiieed a 1 minof boom receniJy wheu a'n order camfe frofn a private firiu iix * Canada tlirougli New Zealand ageiits 'for' kpprdiimately 25-0 't'ons of onions. Everytli'ing has been ia.'the favour of the growers this year. The weather has been fme, labotir plentifu'l, and there has been ayailgble'the lht'est mnclhneiy, reducihg gang labotir to a minimum. Tsvdlve i'arm'ers par'ticipated in the contracts one of them having 80 acres planted in onioiis. Opiki is particuiarly suited to the growing of' onioiis, being swamp-drain couirtrv. It is now regarded as on a par with, if not better than, the Marshlands arda in Christchurch.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1948, Page 3
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