FLAX TESTS IN JAPAN
PREVIOUS EXPERIMENT DEATH OF THE PLANTS Commenting on the proposed export to Japan of 140,000 flax plants, a Wellington man in close touch with the industry stated that about 20 years ago an attempt was made in Japan to grow New Zealand flax from seed. The experiment was a failure. "I am speaking from memory," the informant said, "but I think that these were the facts: A quantity of seed was sent or taken to Japan, where it was grow;n. For a time the plants thrived, but they failed to seed, and ultimately died. The case was similar to that of Rhodesia, where experiments with New Zealand flax seed ended the same way."
It was possible, it was suggested, that the present order from Japan represented another attempt in the face of the previous failure. On tho other hand the earlier experimenter may have been forgotten. If the Japanese were aware that their native soil was not suitable for flax-growing, the destination of the plants might be Manchukuo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 12
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