POTATOES FROM TONGA.
A SAMPLE SHIPMENT. Thirty-nine cases of now potatoes arrived at Auckland on Wednesday iron? Nukualofa by the This is the first time tubers grown in Tonga have boon imported in Auckland, and they are said to be excellent- looking specimens. Tonga has been fortunate in the fact that the potato crops there-, have not at any time been visited by the blight. Owing to climatic conditions, the potatoes grown in Tonga are not used for seed by the natives", as with frequent planting of the native-grown tubers they become sweet. The natives procure their supply of seed potatoes- from Auckland.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13500, 9 October 1911, Page 3
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103POTATOES FROM TONGA. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13500, 9 October 1911, Page 3
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