AKAROA COCKSFOOT.
HIGH GERMINATION TEST.
In their annual review Messrs. Pyne, Gould ana Guinness, Limited, have the following reference ■ to last cocksfoot' crop:—
The area shut up for seed on the Akaroa Peninsula was about the 6ame as last year, viz., 11,000 acres. The quality was a great improvement on that of the previous year, the germination tests being exceptionally high. The market opened at from 8d to B%d. and has remained firm throughout the season- One bright espect of Akaroa eeed is the fact that shipments have been made to London at present high prices. This alone indicates the superiority of Akfiroa as against Danish eeed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 241, 11 October 1929, Page 4
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