SURPLUS APPLE TREES.
A OVERSTOCKED NURSERIES. [Pir Pauss Association.] WELLINGTON, May 23. Evidence given before the Industries Committee showed that the nurseries of the Dominion contained some million apple trees in excess of local requirements. These were valued at £50,000 Granting that export had been stopped by the war, these trees had been grown at tho request of the Minister of Agriculture. Witnesses urged that the trees should be used for planting by returned soldiers, and that the Government should subsidise two or three shops next year to enable them to dispose of trees in overseas markets. If no use could be found for them they would have to be burned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12637, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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111SURPLUS APPLE TREES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12637, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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