100 Years Of Radiata
The first recorded reference to radiata pine is that which says, in 1859, that at J. B. A. Acland’s Mount Peel Station, . South Canterbury, the tree was grown as shelter belts. More seedlings, obtained from Sydney, were planted at Mount Peel in 1863 and 1864.
By the 1870’s radiata was gaining in popularity for shelter belts and small plantations in both islands and in 1883 extensive plantings were made in the Selwyn Plantation Board's areas in Canterbury. In 1913 radiata topped the list of trees specially recommended for extensive State planting, and in 1916 it became the main tree for general planting on sand dune country owned by the Christchurch City Council.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28973, 14 August 1959, Page 23
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116100 Years Of Radiata Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28973, 14 August 1959, Page 23
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