Nelson hops praised
i.V.Z. Press Association) ; NELSON, Feb. 7. i Hop growing in Nelson was well up to the standards set In other parts of the i world, said an American 11 grower, Mr Homer Goulet, 5; in Nelson today. He is one !lof a party of seven growers ■ and their wives from Oregon i ■ and Washington states N which has been touring New ) i Zealand. r “Their cultural practices >land hop gardens are as fine/ • las we have seen anywhere! -lin the United States, Ger11 many, Czechoslovakia or| Britain,” he said. • | The United States had j Tfewer than 250 hop growers! >lwho produced 21 per cent of I -world production and ex-i -(ported about 50 per cent of , I their crop. ’ A minimum economic unit: there was 125 acres comi pared with 15 to 20 acres in Nelson. i
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33454, 8 February 1974, Page 10
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