The Bulletin of Arboriculture states that a carrot, 1 metre 45 centimeters long, baa lately been shown at Waereghcm, in Western Flanders j and at Beveron a turnip, measuring more than 1 metre in circumference, was exhibited about the same time. These are properly vouched for, and are not like the mangolds, concerning which it is stated that u farmer, missing a small flock of sheep which had been turned into a field, wont to examine the ground, and found that the mangolds had grown to such a size that the sheep had eaten right into them, and were quite hidden from view in consequence,
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4913, 23 January 1889, Page 3
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105Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 South Canterbury Times, Issue 4913, 23 January 1889, Page 3
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