POTATOES AND ONIONS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 3

POTATOES AND ONIONS

\ .WAV. Or CO<>|i SKKIi j| The im|..i.ri..T.( .■ "I v. I mm .1 i> i lli" I Mirr.'.!.->!'iii growing of and | t!!i' ii- j:; l» ■:!:.', hn Ui.'Jil horn,. I.j |f)'u\verM| j ;n L!i ■ Puiu'k'Aw jisln»'t 1..- their ex ' I f/-- ; «.ji't» this year, pay.-? the New /.ia ■ ...j , .-... i. ,1, Liu. ..g.i . r.d i>. j.j, ! ruc-il Las I'c/reseen thai persistci I o, i|)l)i(:'i lit the san':- varieties year ail. " j \i ar in ;he same district, with seed sav -■] ~,| fi uiii :he in e- iii t hat distriel must [ i, aii In >li-H I'll• lat i.m a lei ii sseneil re f.:«li>iii-i' t>> ilisi use. Willi a view In romhattiiig this, the Di-p.iit nir ni has In ,ii ,:i trying ■ ■'! e'lperimeiil s dtiri; g ihe pas! few se'isims . il ll new vai n mid Amcrien. I'll.. Iviriy Six _Weeks. N, ret. ~ iiean j iY. l.'armeti Nil ~). Kim; Uemge. 1., ii'.; i K, ..p. , and i.'ov; ll\ have li.vn tried -til j ~,, |l| ( . pnipi I'l'ii : 'i F Mess-- I!. I.ilke\ | aid lv .1. (.'aninnell. I'ukekuke Hill, and! Ml 'l' li, Palter*. 11. ■ I the Wc'da.ul ' l.iaiii h i.l' 11:*- I 'ip.'ii Imout. reports ihal those named h:tM all L'ivell ver> sails. fin lor\ results a nil should he tpiite suit \ able i'i i general ciotr.hng in the ilistviel. j Thai Ihe a hoc inl'oi nifil ion is I intely is evidenced liy (he results of the recent I ■': .'ip/'il;: :i nl eviiiis here hy ( lovei'lllUC'lll specialists, i harmed with the duly ol' il, eidiim v liether < ii : pi I nines from : ihr disl net ei ll!-! lie exported lo Ans t.alia. I h,y e md il-il. idtlu eji net pin lieldarly \ irulenl iliis si isou. signs of disense. in !I,P pot.does were by nn •ii, •;:,-: weui on:, and I herefi t ■ experl was nil of (he nuesl ion.. Pai'tieiilar instance.- were pointed oul whore weedy seed had heen use I and was r>ri dueing li i many small pot nines and potatoes showinu vel'V definite '-inns nf nn>re thrill i lie i iis''Hsi'. Some i.-F 'hi 111 111 I.lt'll vvi !C heing -lived for seed neM seas n. with the result that dolericrntinii mils! eonlimi.. and the gn wer wind ! mil gel nearly whir he might for his labour and i x|ieii=e. Meanwhile the quality generallv of most of the nutiitncM coluing to hand ai the prcseii! time -the latter end of the si-asm in inl'i rii r and i eject ion., on aeeiiliiil of disease are .oe i '.irring. ll is lints fi aretl llinl unless "•rraiiLieini nts are made for growers lo obtain fresh, iliseii.ii fie, seed. Ihe posi lion will heroine more a.-ute in sue (■ceding- seasons. With the oi:.ioii "fops Iliis season, inferior quality prevails o\'er ahoiit. fifty wifhoul exception, ineivliiitils and grow ers interviewed On tile subject attribute ihe troulile lo the >eed. stilting thai ii is i-'o.-t marked thai Hie crops From !..:•;• iTv m-mvn teed are well up lo .-land iird hill thos, IV..in \meri.nh seed are. on the whole, inferii r, In other vears. it is slated. Australian seed has 'given eXeollcil' Cops. 1,,;, the (rouble this yi iii' is attributed to ihe fa< I Ihaf the season was lair, with lln effect lhat the Australian seel, ml being acelinialised. git vr pooi i ri '•))■■- The ma I in' is a se rioiis iin to the growers, who. it is staled, will lie more c:irefill Iliis seas' ill in seleelinii sc.il. lio\\e\er. ii is pointed i.i'l thai |nenlly-.gi'owi, seed. which chiefly comes from Manner,, and Oneiiitima disiiiiis. is no! produced in sufficient ijtianl il ies h> (ill all requirements.