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VANCOUVER'S ISLAND AS A FIELD FOR AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE

... the maple and poplar trees are very tall and straight and average 10 feet in circumference. i That among the fruits, the blackberry, mulberry, raspberry, strawberry, gooseberry, currant, and high bush cranberry, would require little pains or culture to ...

Published: Monday 07 April 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1385 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

LIFE IN QUEENSLAND

... country for cultivation if it was properly managed. Any kild of vegetables will grow; grapes grow here as plentiful as blackberries In England, and one acre of land here is worth flve times she amount in New Zealand. I saw f no prospect in keeping my ...

Published: Wednesday 16 April 1862
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 863 | Page: 6 | Tags: News