HELIANTI
THE NEW POEAGE PLANT. The now tuber an<l for.'i'yo plant, heli*nti, to be introduced to the notice of New Zealand farmers, is in reality merely an improved Jerusalem artichoke. The name helianti i« from t ho generic name of the sunflower, of which family of plants the Jernso.lem artichoke is a member. The feeding value of the roots will be quit© as good ns that of potatoes. It is a moot point here, however, whether the stems will be sufficiently succulent for general forage purposes. From what is known of tfxe plant the cultivation of it involves considerable labour, a point which constitutes a considerable drawback from a ,
Now Zealand standpoint. It is hard ho tee what crop or fora#© crop it will sne-ccs-sfully ■displace. ilowover, it may prove iviolul iu suitable localities and under specially favourable conditions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7024, 12 January 1910, Page 3
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139HELIANTI New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7024, 12 January 1910, Page 3
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