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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 23

Kumara growing is becoming an increasing fancy with town and country gardeners (says the Taranaki News). For centuries this vegetable provided the main food of the Maoris. The white man now recognises the kumara as easy to grow, and in the right soil heavy crops may be produced. Mr L. B. Webster, New Plymouth, has met with success in growing kumaras, and states that the tubers may be kept fresh and without withering by a very simple process. When the crop has been dug he advises growers to procure boxes or benzine tins, and. place at the bottom of the box dry, growing, long grass. The tubers are then packed in and covered with more grass. A lid or sack is placed over the Box, which is stored in a cool place. Some kumaras grown by Mr Webster and dug last March were seen by a News representative. They had been stored for six months in the manner described, and were still as fresh and firm as on the day when they were taken from ; th® ground.