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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 10

Dredge tailings, formerly considered useless heaps of stone, have been found to be of commercial value as sites for plantations of trees, after experiments by the State Forestry Department at Hokitika (states a correspondent). The Department planted a few pines with Douglas fir transplants pn the Rimu dredge tailings, four miles from Hokitika, in 1924, and these, together with larger areas planted since then, have grown remarkably well. Encouraged by the success which the Department has had in its plantings, the dredgemaster of the Rimu dredge has also done some experimental planting on the tailings with fruit trees. The present season is only the second that the trees have been in, but they are bearing some good crops. Some of the varieties planted arc apples, aectarines, and peaches.