RAISING FRUIT BY STEAM.
—+ — ■ The French agricultural department is working on a series of experiments suggested by a fire occurring in one of the rural districts. The flames encompassed several orchards, and it was found that such of the trees as were not scorched put forth a second set of buds and were soon in full flower.
Through a system of underground steam pipes it is believed that £wo crops a season may, be forced in the south of France and that the yield of the orchard may more than repay the cost of the fuel. Orange growers in Florida frequently resort to huge bonfires in order to avert the loss of crops through sudden frosts.
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 41, 22 May 1906, Page 2
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