In reply to a correspondent) who wanted information about the growth of ginger, and the method of making preserved ginger, an Australian paper publishes the following:—Ginger require* a warm climate to grow it profitably. The East and West Indies, some part; of Africa, and also China, are the chief places where it is grown. There are several varieties, bat what is known as the white kind it the beet. The soil should be rich arid heavy, sandy soil being unsuitable for the production of heavy crops. It should be well drained, for although it needs abundance of water while growing, stigoanl moisture at the rooks is bad. The seta should be planted in spring' in welltrenched land, well manured, about 1 foot apart and 3 inches deep. The crop takes about six months to mature, and it should yield four times the weight of the sets planted. In the autumn, when the stalks die away, the roots are ready for digging. Preserved ginger is made by lifting the young roots when only about two months old; they are first scalded, washed in cold water, and peeled clean, The water in which they are washed is frequently changed, and this process lute about three or four days. A syrup is then made of lib of sugar to a pint of water, into which the beatun whites of two eggs are gradually stirred. This syrup is then boiled, and carefully skimmed, and when quite cold it is poured on to the tubers. After two or three days the syrup is poured off, reboiled, and skimmed, and when cold poured over again, and the whole left for three or four days. The next proem is to reboil and reclarify the syrup, which, is then for the first time applied hot. If she syrup is applied hot in the first instance the ginger will shrivel. If necessary the process is repeated until the syrup has well penetrated the ginger, which is evidenced by the taste and transparency of the tuber, and until the syrup becomes very thick and rich. ■ . Paihlbs Cobh Cum. This preparation completely cunt the most painful con»Tnaid or soft. . A few application only required to deidtn Sf £**?• It is also inmt metal In removing any Mjjekenfaw of the epidermis or horny portion of th< SS ,, il?iv.l^*" 0M »"*<*•<» ■■»»«* bottle. PttOMttiUhtW lew, (he** AKkiajtV
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10424, 23 April 1897, Page 6
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