TWENTY-THREE YEARS GROWING AND SELECTING SEEDS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 26 June 1912, Page 38

TWENTY-THREE YEARS GROWING AND SELECTING SEEDS.

Mr. E. Allan, whose photograph is reproduced in the present issue, is not unknown to readers of the “Graphic,” having contributed numerous articles from time to time in the columns of the journal on seed selecting, sweet peas, and a

variety of other subjects. Mr. Allan came to New Zealand from Scotland, where he had received a ten years’ training in all the branches of the nursery and seed business, which eminently fitted him for the responsible position entrusted to him later bv Messrs. Arthur Yates

and Co. as manager of their seed farms located at Mangere and Buckland, a position which he has occupied for an extended period of 23 years. Mr. Allan has now purchased land at Buckland, which is specially adapted for seed growing, and has started business on his own account. Seed growing in the Dominion is capable of vast expansion. Mr. Allan as an expect selector and grower will undoubtedly secure a well-deserved measure of public support.