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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 3 January 1916, Page 3

Greet mi WE wish io thank one and all for rast patronage, and de-ire y-ai fco accept our best wishes for every day . jar. - We are comnif-ncing the New Tear with a resolution t" give the same good va'ue —the same prompt service which we have given during Uie past j ear. Our large and va-ied stoi ks roakea this the Heal Ladies' Happy Centre of the Dstiict. Our one aim is to make shopping here a pleasure by means of more courteous service. TRAFALGAR ST., NELSON.

•' 'That £«t is cossible to successfully grow bananas in the open air in Auckland has Oseen demonstrated.' by; Mr : : : Cflemept "Wraggj .-= the- well-known; .meteorologist (says .the "New 'Zealand Herald''). In; ■Mr ■ Wragge's large garden at Birkenhead ■•Hei has; crowing several' .different: '-yarieiies -of baiiana tree. iThere are two or three "excellent specimens' of th& Fijian' banana, which bear edible fruit. One tree;is overladen with • baniinasy ■whcii ..are as" yet in 7a green; state. _Mr Wragge is able to secure large ■quantities of fruit each year "from the trees, -which apoear to be-tln-iving exceptionally w-ell. Of-th-e others, the Abyssinian banana is very conspicuous . Mr Wragge says that this fcrea is particularly, adapted for c-ul-tdvatioiV: round Auckland; and the suburbs; in fact, the fronds and foliage exceed anything of the kind of tree .that.lie has seen ini the heait of- the tropics. Thei trees.should be planted, where strong winds will not' tear the..leaves. The fruit of -the "Abyssinian banana tree is ndti edible -in■ tlisvordinary way, but a refreshing .kihd ; of wine: can be-; made from; it.;: life of; the tree is; %om ■ ■nye. to-six/years-^.;-:-; ;v ;-^.:■'4-;..:^■■:•.:■-'::>. •.-,: bound;to rise. That is-'why soymairy: • thbjusan nisfe : and;:praife;;|ik::;; fth^ti-dthers*^^