New Zealand possesses one of the oldest citrus trees in existence. In a lecture in Auckland the other evening Mr G. A. Green said the tree was at Kerikeri, where it had been planted in 1819 by the Rev. Samuel Marsden. Mr Green said he knew of only one such free, in Spain, which was older than that planted by the missionary. A quail that is kept in captivity by a Blenheim resident laid no fewer than 115 eggs during the past season (states the Express). With the approval of the Acclimatisation Society, Mr R. Keats secured a pair of quail with the object of breeding some in captivity. He gave many sittings of eggs away, but still the energetic hen produced more, until at the 115 mark Mr Keats retained a sitting and permitted- the hen to hatch them out. A clutch of 15 chicks was brought out, of which 11 were hens.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4033, 30 June 1931, Page 30
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