NORFOLK ISLAND ORANGES
VERY PROLIFIC GROWTH. WASTE CAUSED BY STORM. Some idea of the prolific growth of oranges on Norfolk Island, where the season is now almost at its height, was given by Mr. F. C. Bilton, an officer of the steamer Hikurangi, which arrived, at Auckland from the island on. Sunday afternoon. The surface of the island generally is corrugated, and it is usual for bananas to be grown in the valleys and oranges on the hillsides, Mr. Bilton said. Shortly before the Hikurangi arrived last, week a heavy rainstorm had swept the island, causing the heavily-laden trees to shed thousands of ripe oranges, which rolled, down the hillsides and piled up 2ft. or 3ft. deep in the gullies. The percentage of waste thus caused was. very high, as the windfalls could not be used for export, and were liable to rot very quickly.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 24 (Supplement)
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