ORANGES.

Patea Mail, 4 December 1880, Page 3

ORANGES.

The New Zealand Herald’s correspondent in the Hokianga district says:— “ Eighteen years ago, Mrs Clendon, wife of the late Resident Magistatc, then residing in the Bay of Islands, planted the pip of an orange in a flower pot. When she and her husband removed to Hokianga, where they resided for many years (at Herd’s point), the pip had grown to he a promising plant. It is now a very large tree. Last July it bore nine oranges, of good size and of excellent flavour. Ihese oranges have a smooth, thin rind. They are the best flavoured fruit of the sort that I have tasted ou this side of the world. They were grown without shelter of any kind. The banks of the Hokianga would grow both grapes and oranges to perfection. Lemons arc in abundance, but it will not pay to send them to market.”

Election Bribery.— An enquiry is proceeding before the Election Commissions of Macclesfield, Chester, Kuaresborough, Bandon, Canterbury, Oxford, Gloucester, and Boston, and it is expected there will be evidence of the grossest and most widespread bribery and corruption. At these places, during the last election, Conservatives and Liberals are said to be equally guilty.