A correspondent writes to the Wairarapa " l.kiily Times" : -A Mastcrton resident, while visiting a friend in the Lower Valley, complimented him on the excellence of his sweet peas, and the horticulturist in reply remarked that a strange tale was attached to them. J lis mother had returned recently from the did Country and had brought with her the seed, which was very choice. He placed the seed in a bow! preparatory (e sowing, but a rooster chanced upon it and .swallowed nearly all of it. Not to bo deprived of the rare seed, the horticulturist sprinted after the pilfering bird, and, after an exciting chase, caught and killed it, afterwards opening the crop and recovering the coveted seed, which was subsequently planted with success.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 322, 21 December 1910, Page 5
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