HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 239, 7 October 1903, Page 7

HINTS.

! „ ~,Wia is now cultivated In Europe lb s flower, but according to a recent !0X »l isfirst introduced therefor its pltcr, n ■ we The il;lUlia bulb wnen i!fstea a aml -ten, is wholesome an,, a Situtc for the potato. b'' ,lefllU , -on I ■ pros;.ective fruit may P r /beSt free'from grit etc. Clean fa " nd - _»though growers have resort. > l tm . is best, tnou„ » oi.tulnorl from :,:; larlously, to shoi fcia , inl , ol . tant to 1 h "LIS th.! mulchings, 'as they : kpPV f" b f"ist in retaining latent ground Materially assist periods. Hants in l" oist f e ,.n, c roMit be materially assisted koD into WgniJ J- . iety is usually so Li .'round, Uipoii >" 111 . •* ... , ' i f' 1 t. KlfA <n-inisll ('tC, Will a ISO but.. I FT .he ft£ner so favoured because it Xi somewhat more rapidly, and sntlices I |t floes not |/ faYulll . lllP mol . e I SS nrted t ausplantinir of the latter. In I pxr ' ''' existing strong seedlings are I ?"r dw tl " . fork, drawn with little inI fey to £ roots, and dibbled out Into I J lllJ „ i„;n rows vine or ten inches far indies between the I tl Tin the rows. The roots should be 1 f_«rted straight down to their utmost i L, rt in tho ground, without unduly buryI fet<base T,f the plant Make the soil Sod around the actual roots, and by Imry--5 S, " a minimum of the length of base only. I tause each to stand upright. Occasionally 3-elinnce is placed on plants in existing Lefl heils, as they are considered to bulb If duly thinned, but owing to the exhaust- ! til state of the ground they do not give jjood results.