Chilli Peppers
p. 32 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, Feb. 8.
OWING apparently to war conditions, chilli peppers are now in demand on the New Zealand market and a small shipment left Rarotonga in Febru ary. The price paid on the beach was 6d. per pound, dry, and since the chilli pepper plants grow wild here, wherever new land is cleared, this was considered locally quite attractive.
Experiments have also been made lately with the manufacture of charcoal from coconut shells, which is also in demand. The purchase price of Id. per pound, however, does not cover the cost of labour involved, and no progress has been made.