M"FRUIT CROWING IN MANGA WEKA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 789, 12 April 1910, Page 8

M"FRUIT CROWING IN MANGA WEKA.

I'i. . Sometime ago the .Government-fruit remarked that. the. country in and f 'around Majigaweka, and extending from f: ; Hunterville to. TJtiku,; was admirably, fadaipte'd. for orchard growing. .The soil if.is ; ,said to be a.riclrbrown, very warm, '■; ■'■ and with heat-retaming properties. • The :..severe \vinter -practically kills all the

/.pests,. and very little spraying is rei .quired.'.. Apples and pears thrive splen- ','.• xlidly,-peaches,-of course, not so well as 1,-V-t'hc hardier fruit.- . Already a nursery 'y '"has been 'established in . Mangaweka, j with about'loo,ooo trees and shrubs, tho j: proprietor being Mr. G. Thompson, la'to P of,.Horton. and Company. At a hortiI" cultural sho\r. held- in th'e district tho I/[Other day, writes our travelling con-es- !: jpondent; Mr. Bcnefield, tho Wanganui ': (nurseryman, who acted as judge, is.said i jto have stated that the fruit and regcy. jtables were amons tlio best he had ever v.-'.seen.: Some very fine orchards arc to }: .be seen Jiear Maiigarreka, notably those !. of Messrs. E., Pead, J. Carson, and i Allen at Tiriraukav.-a", A. M'Donald, T. i: G. Oliver, R. S. James, and Mrs, T. i' . Green. Mr'. Pead is -n son of Mr. ,f.

Pead, of-Crystal.Palace, and his apples i>. .especially aro described as very fine. It i is very probable tliat before very long i" fruit growing will become a recognised I industry in. Mangan-clca. The place is f well. situated, 'so far as markets are jv -soncerhcrlj and the land- may be , pu'rj;-. chased for from £8 to £10 per acre.