Samoa.
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Revival of Coffee Planting in Samoa.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia Sep. 10.
COFFEE planting, which had to be given up before the war by the D. H. & P. G. and other planters on account of the ravages of the rust and leaf disease, is to be re-started again with better prospects, owing to the introduction of a disease-proof variety of coffee, the Robusta.
Mr. F. Yahnke, of Fasitovuta, an old and experienced planter, has im ported seeds of this brand from Ceylon, and these have come on ex ceedingly well. It is hoped that it will be now possible to revive the industry.
It should not be difficult to produce a quality product, which will find a ready market in New Zealand and elsewhere.