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Excerpt from Tea in Natal, Past, Present and Future: A Paper Read at the Request of and Before the Members of the Lower Tugela Division (Victoria County) Planters' Association at a General Meeting Held at the Kearsney Estate, Nonoti, Natal, July 26, 1882
Durban? And planted by him in his gardens at Vaal Hoe on t e Upper Tongaat. I have been informed that these plants were obtained from Kew, and were supposed to be of the Indian variety. Mr. Plant's death soon after his settlement at Vaal Hoek, caused but little notice to be taken of these Tea plants, and when Mr. Plant's widow removed from the place, everything was allowed to go to ruin; but sti l in spite of Weeds and rubbish of every kind, these original Tea trees held their own, and probably do to this day, and the seed was frequently taken by one and another, and thus became the sources of the above-mentioned small patches of Tea in Natal. The first notice we.
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