CULTURE OF KAPOK
EXPERIMENT AT TAURANGA SPLENDID SAMPLE OBTAINED j* [by telegraph OWN correspondent] TAURANGA, Monday An excellent sampio of kapok has been grown on Mr* T. S. Ferguson's farm at Pyes Pa,"near Tauranga. Tho plant was grown in a sheltered position facing north, and it has a total of 78 ripo pods. The pods are sin. long, but in their green state they were about 9in. in length. The silky fibre is a splendid sampio. The plant came from Australia. »
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 5
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