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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 29 March 1880, Page 2

It ia rather the fashion to entitle Nelson the '• Garden of new Zealand, bu>, after what has come under oar notice lately, it is evident the appellation should justly be applied to our own favored district. Id Mr J>e Kingsley's gardens at the Quarter Acres is a remarkable tree to all appearances as far as the wood and leaves go a simple peach tree, but it is bearing pumpkins and peaches together— one of each kind to be had off what appears to be but one branch. The tree was raised by Mr Kingsley himself, and the only way he can account for ita extraordinary bearing qualities is that when sowing the seed he pat a peach stone and a pumpkin seed together, and they got mixed. Such a proof of the fertility of the soil of Tauranga bids fair to knock Mark Twain's turnip tree right out of time. "We may state gastronomic organs have proved beyond dispute that the smaller fruit is 'a peach,* and we should nofc at all be afraid to test the larger with a piece of roast beef as a concomitant. — Bay of Plenty Times.