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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.

Marketing

Most fresh vegetables are sold at auction markets. Glasshouse tomatoes may be carted long distances, often between the two Islands. There is little inter-Island trade in bulky vegetables, apart from potatoes, onions, kumaras, and pumpkins.

Co-creator
Iain Gordon McKenzie Forbes, M.AGR.SC., Horticultural Division, Department of Agriculture, Dunedin.