Growing Basket Willow
Willow for basket-making is in keen demand, particularly by disabled servicemen, but supplies are scarce. A survey carried out by the Horticultural Division of the Department of Agriculture in Hawke’s Bay two or three years ago revealed a number of suitable trees dotted about the district, but they are not drawn on for supplies of basketmaking sticks, mainly because of their isolated incidence. There are many species of willow, but only a few are suitable for basketmaking. The best is a variety offering long stems of fresh amber brown shade which are very flexible when dried. Because of the demand and the scarcity of sunnly_ the suggestion has been made in Hastings that a commercial opportunity presents itself. An area of about five acres of otherwise waste land planted in suitable trees from which the stems could be cut twice a year would, it is stated, provide a large quantity of basketmaking material.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22658, 8 June 1948, Page 2
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156Growing Basket Willow Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22658, 8 June 1948, Page 2
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