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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13448, 2 June 1914, Page 8

THE FOURTH !S NOW BEING PREPARED. The Premier Apple Growing Settlement MANY IMITATIONS BUT ONLY ONE UWM. . ■«• The Apple plantations of the beautiful Taiman Valley iualuda the largest in New Zealand, and among the owners of orchards are experts of the highest standing in the fruit worW, including T. W. Kirk, Esq., F.t-S., Director of the Orchard Division of the Department of Agriculture; Thomas Horton, Esq., F.&.H.5,, Managing Director of Horton's Nurseries, Hastings ; and F. E. Nottage/Esq., formerly Orchard Instructor for Hawke's Pay; besideis many experienced and well-known fruit growers. ■ ■.«- TASMAN IS ADMITTEDLY THE PICK OF THE APPLE LANDS OF THE DOMINION. AND THE REMARKABLE WOOD AND SPUR GROWTH OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF APPLE AND PEAR TREES NOW GROWING THERE (PLACED IN A LINE THE TREES WOULD EXTEND ABOUT 700 6SILES) ELOQUENTLY PROCLAIM THE FACT. . THE NEW SUB-DIVISION COMPRISES IDEAL APPLE LAND UNSURPASSED ANYWHERE. . _ » One reason for the outstanding success of the Tasman Settlement is the excellent and economical arrangement for the plantin« and management of orchards until the trees come into bearing, thi3 enabling the business man and others to continue " in harness " until his orchard comes into profit. The Supervisor for Lower Tasman is Mr F. E. Nottage; the Supervisor for Upper Tasman is Mr, F. (J. McKee; and the Supervisor for the New Sub-Division will be Mr. Charles E. Lowe, the well-known fruitgrower of Motueka. INTENDING PURCHASERS ARE ADVISED TO INSPEGT BEFORE ■BUYING ELSEWHERE. — *** — ' — , Apply ARTHUB McKEE, PITT & MOORE'S BUIDING - [TRAFALGAR-ST, NELSON.