A Land Where Olives Grow.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 January 1901, Page 4

A Land Where Olives Grow.

It may not be generally known (says the "Nelson Mail") that Aniseed , Valley has land eminently suitable for the cultivation of the olive. It is a common custom in Spain and other parts of southern Europe for parents to plant olives as an inheritance for their children, for once the olive has attained maturity it bears for an indefinite period, improving with the passing ages. Mr Johnston, of Aniseed Valley, has a few well-grown olive trees, from which he extracts the finest and purest olive oil procurable in New Zealand. Each tree, still quite young for olives, yields about a couple of quarts, and Mr Johnston is able to dispose of the whole of the product of his small olive orchard with the greatest ease. In fact, the demand is so great that if he could manufacture a ton of oil, he would find a local market for it. Without being too sanguine (continues the paper), it is safe to say that a fortune awaits in less than twenty-five years anyone who has the patience and perserverance to clear and plant some of the Aniseed Valley hills with olives.