THE TOBACCO GROWING COMPANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 February 1882, Page 2

THE TOBACCO GROWING COMPANY.

Since our last notice of the operations of this company a large quantity of samples of the full strown green leaf has been ' received by the manager, Mr Vollbracht, from the Bay of Islands, Wanganui, G'taborne and Wairarapa. These hare been cured and soino of them are now on view at the offico in Panama Street, The Bay of Islands specimens have attracted considerable attention, being particularly fine and having a rich and aromatic fragrance. We hear that the growers in this nothern district find that they can gather two crops in the one season, The sowing for the new crop commence in June and be ooirimied until September. The manager informs us that the company has already received twico as many applications for sued us they had last year, and begin to experience some difficulty in keeping the applicants supplied. At present there are about 134 acres in crop, [ and samples are coming in daily.' All accounts combine to shew that the prospects of the company'and of tobacco' manufacture in New Zealand are moat healthy.

■'The experiment of planting Ive aorea with tobacco at Taita has been tried we hbar, independently of the Company, but no particulars have of results.

Estibusded 1836,