THB BRAZIL NUT
The Brazil-nut tree does not begin to bear fruit until it attains the age of fifty years or thereabouts, and continue^ to produce crops intermittently; trees known to be. hundreds of years old have produced crops. The pods in which the nuts are contained drop in November and December. These pods are very hard and weigh several pounds, consequently the trees are studiously avoided during the period jn which the pods are dropping, since it would be extremely hazardous for the gatherers to expose themselves to the danger of having the pods fall on them from such a great, height. Each pod is at least seven inches in diameter and is full of nuts.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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117THB BRAZIL NUT Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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