Top Grade
p. 25 · Read in the full issue
NG Coffee Can be Top Grade
COFFEE seedlings taken to Papua- New Guinea by Professor Y.
Baron Goto, one of the world’s leading authorities on coffee, were destroyed by Plant Quarantine authorities in Port Moresby. This is normal quarantine procedure.
A small quantity of Hawaiian coffee beans, also taken to the Terri tory by the Professor, will be grown in the plant introduction centre near Port Moresby and will be dis tributed later.
Professor Goto is reported to be enthusiastic about the prospects of coffee production in the New Guinea Highlands.
The Professor’s visit to P-NG was sponsored by the Bank of New South Wales, Commonwealth Bank, Colyer Watson (NG) Ltd., Robert Bunting and the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association at Goroka.
Professor Goto’s views on NG Highlands’ coffee potential, made known in Sydney on March 12, will be featured in the April PIM.