NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS
HORTICULTURAL SHOW INTERESTING EXHIBITION [from our own correspondent] NORFOLK ISLAND, Dec. 24 At tho annual exhibition of tho Norfolk Island Horticultural Society tho entries were not so numerous as at previous shows, but tho quality of the exhibits was never better. The Administrator, Captain C. R. Pinney, opened the show. Tho winner of the cup presented by tho Farmers' Trading Company, Limited, of Auckland, for tho highest number of points obtained was Mrs. C. C. R. Nobbs, with 130 points. Mrs. Swain Quintal was second with 85 points. Captain Pinney's special prize, for tho greatest variety of kitchen vegetables, was won by Mrs. Swain Quintal. She also won Messrs. Arnotts' special prize for tho best collection of vegetables. The special prizo of a subscription to the Auckland Weekly News, donated by Wilson and Horton, Limited, for the best bunch of fully matured "China", bananas of commercial quality, was won by Mr. A. L. Greenwood. In the school section Captain and Mrs. Pinney offered special prizes for an essay on "Kindness to Animals." Elsie Edwards and Mary Adams came first and second in the' seniors and Patrica Webb and Evie McCoy in the juniors. The honey flow of the white oak trees is drawing to its close. This season these great forest trees have been a mass of bloom, presenting a striking appearance all over the island. Of the colour of apple blossom, in form like a small single hibiscus, these flowers secrete an abnormal quantity of honey of excellent flavour and aroma, Tho honey "sets" as firmly in tho hottest weather: as clover honey in New Zealand "sets" in the coldest season. A :few bees-are kept on Norfolk Island, some pure Italians. The honey flow of the white oak lasts for several weeks, the bees then "working" on it exclusively. The famous giant Christmas trees of Norfolk Island have been held this season at the public school at Anson Bay and at the Methodist Church, in that order. Tho Administrator, Captain C. R, Pinney, and Mrs. Pinney attended each celebration. So far tlie season lias been an ideal one. Residents say it is. the best for over 20 years.. Feed is abundant and the island is looking its best. The, rain has been the making of the bean crop, which this year I promises to be. a large one.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21377, 29 December 1932, Page 10
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