MAORI NATURE NOTE.
FOR THE “DAILY TIMES.” (Copyright, J.H.S.) KOWHITIWHITI (leaping waters), Water Cross, which by botanists is claimed to have eight first cousins in New Zealand, and a thousand in Europe; among them are the prosaic turnip, radish and cabbage. Once a staple food of the Alaori, abandoned only when civilisation polluted the streams in. which it grew in profusion. Of an extensive area of low-lying country 100 miles north of Wellington, the cress blocked the running drains, which had to be cleaned at a yearly cost of £IOOO. The managing director's suggestion to breed and use huge docks of geese to eradicate the weed, was ridiculed; blit they saved the company £IOOO a year. As a food, like other indigenous products, it is neglected. One enthusiast, living beside a clear stream, diverted and netted a portion of the water for half a mile. From this he is believed to realise £SOO a year in the eity marts; but is wisely reticent lest others flood the market. Its aromatic flavour is a real delicacy as a salad, and it hag hygienic value. A champion poultryraiser says it is an unexcelled egg producer.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 10 February 1930, Page 4
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