A suggestion to those interested in plant hybridisation was made by the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, Minister of Defence, at the Nurserymen's Conference yesterday. They were told, he said, that the eating of fruit promoted good health, and that an apple a day kept the doctor away. “May I be permitted to point out the great benefit that would result to mankind of some clever horticulturist would produce a fruit that would have the same effect upon' lawyers and politicians that the apple is said to have upon the medical profession,” said the Minister, amid laughter.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 105, 28 January 1931, Page 3
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