Climatic Dangers

Tung Oil Culture

Climatic Dangers Warning From Auckland

IN forwarding certain pamphlets to The Pacific Islands Monthly, the the Secretary of the New Zealand Tung Oil Corporation Ltd., of Auckland, N.Z., very courteously provides

the following information about tung oil tree culture, gathered as the result of prac-

tical experience:

“The tung oil tree will grow in many places. But your readers should note that where there is no drought or late frosts, and the difference in temperature is not very marked, this tree becomes an evergreen, and then it will not bear nuts. A spread-over rainfall seems to be essential — from 30 to 50 inches per annum is satisfactory, if well

distributed.

“These points

should be considered before one commits himself to planting in a large way. The people up Pennant Hills way (New South Wales) are very wisely going slowly at first.”