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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12074, 18 September 1902, Page 6

According to the Tennessee Farmer great possibilities lie in the development of seed wheat. Constant selection of the largest kernels will have a constant tendency to improve the seed and the resulting crop. Some experiments were carried on in France to determine to what extent the crop could be improved by such a selection. Though the process was carried on for only three years the results were apparent. The experimenting was tried in two directions, always selecting the largest seeds for one crop and the smallest seeds for another. At the end •of three years the yield on the plots planted with the large seeds was very marked Over the plots that bad been planted with the small seeds. Also the huge wheat grains had more vigour and developed much more rapidly than did the others, and the crop matured earlier. The same experimenter carried on at the same time a parallel experiment. He selected for one lot the grains that developed soonest on the heads, and for another Jot selected- the grains that matured latest on the heads. In three years he had two crops glowing side by side, one of them maturing six days ahead of the other. Tito Kohlrabi is a hybrid between a cabbage and a turnip. It produces a bulbous swelling in the stem above the ground. It is a nutritious esculent, and require similar cultivation to the ordinary cajj&ag^.