§ 42. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has for the experimental planting of simmordsia trees with the possibility of the oil they produce being used commercially; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StrangI am advised that Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) is a semitropical shrub of arid lands and a native of southern USA. It could not be grown commercially in this country because of its susceptibility to frost.