VENERABLE FRUIT TREES.
\ EI/iftfTY YEARS OF AG E.- * —MM, [BT TELEGRAPH.—OWN ' (X)RBSBPOIO>SKT.] TB AWAMDTU. Saturday. It does not seem to be generally known that apple ' trees planted as '• long ' ago as 80 years back are still growing vigorously in this district. They are < situate on the site of one of the first mission stations established in the Waipa Valley, at Kopua. It is stated . that cherry trees planted almost as long ago are also growing there. That the trees are; gnarled: and - decrepit, and long past their i active bearing stage, goes . without saying, • but • they • are an object of considerable < pride to, the /older settlers, and - t of great interest to $ the younger generation, even in, these utilitarian Idays. The (mission station wis established by - the ;i Rev. John : Morgan before white settlement reached the WaiKatO. - /a. ir-t.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 10
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