ENTERPRISE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 10

ENTERPRISE.

;.;;;. A:a'UEAKINA INDIJSTBT.V, .;,.'' ■;■■ An.opinion;- prevails in Turakina (writes our travelling fejiresentatiye). that-'tho:place• is admirably suited for'. fruit-growing. Not nrnoh has been'dpho in.this line at,present, but Mr. Geo. Henderson, has' built' up, a nice -strawberry, industry, 'a'ftor'.:fiyo; years of hard toil iand' :battling dry.weaihor. Tho 'fruit'grown:aro the Duke of Edinburgh,'-Melon., and'Leader,varieties, nat'.largeV.but'very palatable: . Last year Mr.-Henderson's output was a ton-andia half,, which at Is.'3d. per pound would bring lin a ...rross'return of .£2lO per .annum. .Mr. jHendereon. has \ bigger, area un■der crop this 'season,' and: at heis pick-, poun<;lo per day. ...His output so far this (season. h'as_ been' half :a .tori, ,but thero is;, usually -.aj,big,, rush;' on strawberries (and :cr'eam) when jthe warm; summer,, sets, in. properly. .Watrgqinui is Mr. Hehdeisoii's market, ■There' he comjietes against the Auckland-grown frnit.'whiohV'liov/ever, has 1 little chance;of,pro-fitable'sale,'-'owing to,'the' knocking;-about" it receives in':tiansit upon' the 'railways. Aa'otheT Turakini.fruitgrower is Mr. P. Sisson, 'who.has a finb.apple and peach orchaid. ,:

;,; A.WAmAU STATION SOLD./:- v ; Messrs. Griffiths and Son, of Blenheim, report having disposed ;of "Birch Hill"'''Station, Wai--I'au Valley, ..Marlborough,-.to Mr.;" E. -. Somerville, of■■"fcSouthbridge. Tho property consists of 19,000 acresj' and was ■ sold ■• as a going concern, including l ll,ooo sheep, cattle, horses, etc., at ,a satisfactory figure.'',"..' ..'' '.'■' [..' '■ V-:

WAIKATO A. AND P. SHOW, IBjr Telerranß.-Proßa Association.! Hamilton, November 17. Tho first day of the AVaifcato A. and P. Show opened in fine weather. Thcie is a general increase in entiles over last jeai of about fifty. CODLIN MOTH IN APPLES AND PEAKS. —A certain renedy is Sniffs Arsenate of Lead. Spray efter petals of blossoms fall, Continue at intervals throughout tho season.