Tomatoeso-A New Asset

For Mangaia

Mangaia, Sept. 11.

THIS island exported to NZ, during July 1,004 boxes of local tomatoes, which we now know reached the market in good condition. The present price, however, is not as good as on other occa sions, when Rarotonga growers did very well indeed out of this line.

But Mangaia has been lucky in another direction —blight, thi bone of local plan ters, did not develop; although no attempt was made to “sterilise” the soil by sieving earth over a hot fire.

Neither were the tomatoes, sprayed.

In spite of this, the percentage of spoiling was small.