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Press, 10 March 1984, Page 9

You can cut a cabbage every day of the year without a song and dance in Christchurch We had a call from Rex Mundy, our five star seedling grower, to advise us that County Green cabbage was ready for planting. You know, the one that has total frost resistance for cutting in winter, the best new hybrid cabbage to replace Golden Acre ... Rex does know his cabbages Rex has come up with a planting programme to provide cabbage the year round. If you plant them when recommended they’ll be ready when promised. We f ll advise you as the planting time approaches for each: right now its County Green. County Green $1.25 per pack Plant them in March, as soon as you wish and we promise to refund cheerfully, on the spot if they fall short of your highest expectations. We’re confident County Green will be tops again for you this winter. So choir away. Plant vegetables now for harvesting from May to October Ready for planting are lettuce, cabbage, silver beet, Utah celery, cauliflower, sprouting broccoli and in the seed department a reminder list for you to check. Lettuces planted now will mature in May and June, cauliflower and sprouting broccoli from August’to October, (we plant several varieties in each pack, carefully chosen to spread the cutting time). Vegetable packs are $1.25 at Gardenway. And a fertility rite To harvest crops of vegetables on cue requires strong plants of the correct variety, that’s our job. Ensuring that the soil is “in good heart” is over to you, but we would like to help. Gardenway’s Well Rotted Compost’ is a perfect soil conditioner for vegetable crops. The big jumbo bag is still only $1.99 so you can afford to fork it in liberally. Sprinkle on a little concentrated Maxitucker and you’re set for prize winning crops. Al Pepino’s commemorative contest. Judging has begun Zf \ $lOOO to be won ML ********* Who will strike gold? rAwv The contest runs 31st ifr/’ ’ \ f \ March so the next three weeks W r b 6 for seating extra s) flowers encoura Si n S fruits to WSr L sweN- Already some plants have over 40 qualifying fruits on first counts and no doubt there will be a few dark horses playing it close to the chest with an ear to the ground. One thing is sure we’ll all know more about the mysteries of pepino growing next year. Riccarton 89-91 Picton Ave Marshlands Cnr Prestons & Marshland Rds Centaurus 91 Centaurus Rd Hornby 19 Chalmers St (behind Mall) /TX Merivale 205 Papanui Rd (cnr Aikmans Rd) f \ Gardenway