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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 113, 5 February 1908, Page 8

, If "by their fruits yo shall know them" is tnio of :nlaees.as w.ell as men, Otaki need not fear such:a test. A display of sub-tropical and other fruits grown; in the'open air of this warm, sheltered spot is'being made by Mr. .T. Byron' Brown in a window on Lnmbton Quay,- just below;.- Kelburne: Avenue, and yesterday attracted much attention. Large well-ma-tured 'citronsaiid shaddocks,. ripe, yellow lemons and-oranges,-juicy -Japanese plums, apples, in advance of the season, large and ruddy French artichokes, and .'fine leaves of-Turkish tobacco' were displayed, all of which had been grown outside-at Olaki.ii'Cape gooseberries were also shown, which had been gathered wild. An auction salo of Otaki sections will be held in the .Chamber-of Commerce on .February 12.. and a fine sample of oats was exhibited, which had been grown: on two-of tho sections. Air. Byron 'Brown wiH .be, both; the vendor and the auc.tioneer'iat, the sale, and he states that he is riore 'ronccrncd wilh advancing settlement at Otaki than in obtaining high prices-for-'land.