SISAL HEMP.
. TEST PLOTS IN NEW ZEALAND. Another largo batch of sisal plants has recently beon sent from Queensland to a well-known Tokomaru flaxmiller, who intends to try and establish the plant on an extorisivo basis in Now Zealand. . Tho consignment included 2000 specially selected well-rooted suckers, of the two chief commercial varieties at present in cultivation 1 , viz.,' the' sisal of Yucatan (Agava Rigida, var. olongata), and the sisal of the Bahamas and Florida (Agava' Rigida, var. Sisalana). Tho latter, which is known as "henequen," is by-far tho-more'important.... The chief centres of tho industry are ! in tho ■ provinco of Yucatan in 'Mexico, whbro about 100,000 tons of -fibre are annually exported, and in the Bahamas; The Now Zealand lpt arrived in excellent condition,' and was W warded to Tokomarn immediately aft-or the arrival of the steamer in port.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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139SISAL HEMP. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 2
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