LEMON CULTURE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 320, 3 April 1928, Page 18

LEMON CULTURE

MORE RESEARCH WANTED PLEA FOR BOTANIC GARDEN “Thousands of pounds are being sent out of the country for lemons that could be produced here,” said Mr. G. A. Green, Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association, at a meeting of the Auckland Council last evening. TN making a strong plea for the establishment of a botanic garden in Auckland, particularly in view of the facilities it would also provide for the study of citrus fruit culture, Mr. Green stated that enough lemon trees have been planted here to supply the Dominion’s needs many times oyer, but, unfortunately, the growers did not know enough about the business. Dr. A. W. Hill, director of Kew Gardens, had made many helpful suggestions during his recent visit and he understood that the Government was willing to subsidise the establishment of a botanic garden in Auckland pound for pound, and that a committee of the City Council was considering the question. Mr. Green considered that country could do with a score or so of Southern European families to show what could be done with citrus fruit. The cultivation of passion fruit was another work which could be enormously extended if knowledge of exact methods of cultivation were made available.