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Press, 25 October 1982, Page 4

Gardenway, open holiday Monday. Include 'Aspiration' asparagus in your holiday hopes.. Do your ambitions as a gardener extend to fresh asparagus spears? This succulent favourite is at its very best cut fresh • from your own clumps but many people believe it's not for the home gardener. Fact is, it's one of the most dependable perennials, virtually a permanent t producer when properly treated. And $1 with the new hybrid asparagus you can 4 fWgjfh produce unbelievable crops. - fJi The truth about Mary Washington - now it can be told. LiTA* For years Mary Washington has been the best variety available for commercial and home garden production. But recently, a commercially tested variety has been I brought to New Zealand with 3 times the cropping potential. We've called it 'Aspiration.' Plant asparagus 'Aspiration' now! Yes, but from growing plants, not crowns. Plants develop quickly using this technique and are easier to handle than crowns in Winter. Choose a plot which is well drained and sunny; build up the soil level if there is any chance of waterlogging. Asparagus requires a really fertile soil to crop heavily so fork in a'locm layer of decayed animal manure in a % m wide band along the row. Gardenway's "Well Rotted Compost" is perfect for the purpose and extra stocks are in all the branches right now. The six pack is back. Asparagus 'Aspiration' is in all Gardenway branches, $2.50 per punnet of 6 plants.. Experience Pepinos^ - South American jo SX\ succulence in your I own garden. Facvtn nrnw plan{ lhem in an open sunny P° s ' tion in the Cady IU yruvw vegetable garden 1m or less apart and watch them quickly form compact bushy mounds producing upwards of 20 succulent fruits. Early plants produce early fruits but most are p icked in February and Tflf March. Can be' stored like pumpkins for 3 months and eaten as required. They are similar to Tomatoes Eaeu oaf in hardiness. Eat them sun-warmed straight from the Easywedl plant or diced in —v,. • .zjipX'N a fresh fruit salad b° wl ' IJse ru S *' verS * n COOl jffc summer drinks V e \ and cubes in ice (’ y/S ■ cream sundaes. A free cultural nJ leaflet is available with every Pepino jk purchase, which details recipes too. JL Pot grown Pepinos at all four Gardenway branches only $1.50 each. 7 ’ 7 Eliminate hand watering in your garden with 'Moist-sure.' 'Moist-sure' is an effective home garden irrigation system for trees and shrubs, \ ' vegetable rows, windbreaks, terrace tubs, L 1 glasshouses, rock gardens - in fact for (L K ( cXTj / / anywhere in the garden except the lawn. | ' 'Moist-sure' will ensure that all plants, no matter how diverse the situation, receive the water they require whatever the soil type or contour — and that's effective j - y I .watering! Il 'Moist-sure' is simple, requires no trade skills. *>' You don't even need to be a home Phred Digg demonstrates'Moist-sure.' handyman. If you have a khife or a pair of secateurs and a garden tap or a rain barrel your plants can be benefiting in half an hour. There are no pumps, gauges, filters, timers, switches, valves to buy, Sm&XX read, f* x > check dr repair. Only a supply pipe and Moistubes to drip-water your plants. | W Sl| $l9-95 kit-set is sufficient to water a .' •• typical front or a typical back garden. It's all ready to attach to your tap. Just roll it out and P* u 9 ' n tbe P re ’ cut Moistubes where you require them, with the punch provided. After that it’s just as Phred Digg shows, simply turn | Mr 1. DCammock, “betterthan ™ your tap. You can turn on your tap full without ~ any previous method for wasting water as Moist-sure incorporates a flow vegetables.'' control. You can read a copy of Mr Cammock's letter to us and comments from other users at any Gardenway branch. You'll also see the system in action. 'Moistsure’ is the most efficient and effective, not to mention the cheapest drip irrigation system available in New Zealand today. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. every day. Personal shoppers only. Garden way 7 days Watch for M opening Mnovncomonf V Nwt