SURPLUS OF APPLE TREES.
WELLINGTON, May 23. Evidence given before the Industries Committee showed that the nurseries of th« Dominion contained some million apple trees in excess of requirements, valued at i£50,000. Local planting had been stopped 'by the war. These trees had "been grown at the request of the Minister of Agriculture. Witnesses urged that they should be u6ed for planting toy returned soldiers, and the Government should subsidise two or three ships next year to enable them to dispose of the trees in overseas markets. If no use could be found for them they would have to be dumped.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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101SURPLUS OF APPLE TREES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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