A VALUABLE DISCOVERY

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13648, 13 February 1913, Page 7

A VALUABLE DISCOVERY

The T.araiiaki "Herald" reports that My J- Way, of. Now -Plymouth, bars 1 discovered a' blighi specific, with which ; ho- 'lippca to securo,:the Government bonus. Tho "Herald" says:. "An inw ■ portant feature about Mr Way's disoovory' is tliat if is on© which;-.ho says can be applied with equal success to tomato plants, grape vines, or potatoes. As is gcnprally .known, Mi- Way is an enthusiastic gardoner. It' loos boon said, in fact, t]ia.t h-o, lives for his _ garden, and during the last few years ho ha-fi been a large, grower of tomatoes r.nd has also had a fair supply of grapes ■•to dispose of. tiko :otW people, Mr. Way has -hern -troubled, by vißita.tions of bliglitj but thig' year both his. gardo.ii ! rind his vi:iovy aro looking ' splendid ; I.!].© toma^ planisyare fino .and ,l«;althy :iikl heavily laden, wiih ; fruit, end the, vino« im the grape bouse arc carrying Kon\e exception ally 'fine buneas of this delicious fxr.it.' , : Mr. Way attributes .this'succors to tjb©.'.uso of the f'ormuln ! already referred to. A "HerakT' reporter, had a- look around Mr. Way's • garden, aiid ■ had an iriteresti ng eh at ■ ¥ith him. about the' discovery. •:" Of bourse Mr Way -'would not give away This s-eoret.', He confined himself to- the rcinark-vtiiat it was composed of several '-^igredi^ivbs^>.wasj-;:. ■ ch-teap', -and : ,<e,»sily applied^ and^-wbat is more,; whilst it prevents or .kills the blight, .it, also, acts • as'a.fertiliser. .' '■■■'"' , ■ ;■■ - ■■■:'' •'■'-;-