Faith In Ng Cocoa
p. 133 · Read in the full issue
JJIGNS of the goodwill of Aus ' tralian manufacturers towards lipments of Papua-New Guinea )coa were seen recently when Mr. . W. Mansell, head of the young rm of Mackay Kerry Ltd., an junced that he has acquired a 100- :res leasehold in Morobe, for •owing cocoa.
Australia generally has preferred le West African product; but fol ding a report recently published y Cadburys, that portions of Papua ew Guinea were more suitable for ie growing of cocoa than some of ic better-known overseas areas, and lat the Gold Coast product is suf :ring from a virus disease, there is 2w interest in the New Guinea jan. Further, NG cocoa production not controlled by a board, but by ipply and demand, and demand ap sars to be ever increasing. Mr lansell’s firm proposes to plant a ybrid, a cross between the Samoa id Colombo beans, which should ve a smaller but hardier and heav r bearing bush. This crop should ; ready in about two years.