TEA-GROWING IN NEW ZEALAND.
+ Tire Colonies and India, commenting on the report now current that the tca-lurv'jv in several Indian tea garden? is seriously threatened by the spread of certain insect pests, points out the desirability of introducing tea-culture extensively into New Zealand, “ a region as yet unvisited by the insect nuisances of Europe and Asia.” The writer goes on to say—“ For more than 500 years the European silkworm escaped nearly every disease : for above II years the tea plant in India has suffered from nothing more than an occasional hailstorm; and the famous vineyards of jConstantia, in South Africa, have fortunately not .suffered like others in Europe, America, and to a certain extent in Australia. Coupling those circumstances with the known happy freedom of New Zealand, for instance, from most kinds of objectionable pa'asaiticlife, it seems fair to conclude that, properly managed, tea, wine, and silk culture should there enjoy a long immunity from the scourges of the Northern Hemisphere, and that under the defence of proper precautions, the pests alluded to need never be introduced.”
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1034, 14 May 1883, Page 2
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178TEA-GROWING IN NEW ZEALAND. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1034, 14 May 1883, Page 2
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