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Hydroponically grown lettuces

Hydroponically grown lettuces

In 1997 Phil Henderson of Raumati was producing a quarter of a million lettuces each year for supermarkets in the southern half of the North Island.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1997/1525/17
Photograph by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Market gardens and production nurseries', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/market-gardens-and-production-nurseries/5/3