“ A Jonathan apple tree at Mauku is evidently not worried about the drought, or else it has great faith in its future. With its fruit nearly ripening it has now burst forth into flower again. Some of those people who believe that cabbage trees and wild duck and Maoris can foretell what the weather is going to be months ahead will perhaps be able to let us know what this eccentricity on the part of the apple tree is a sign of,” writes the Franklin Times. This paper respectfully suggests that the behaviour of the Mauku apple tree is a sign of an “ Indian summer,” which is defined as “ a period of dry, calm weather in late autumn, with hazy atmosphere.” If the tree is an oldish one it has anything but faith in its future, and the double efflorescence is its eleventh-hour endeavour to procreate its kind before its fertility declines into decay. Nature’s primary purpose seems to be to increase and multiply at all costs, and the manifestations of this purpose are very wonderful when perceived.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 224, 16 February 1928, Page 7
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