WIRELESS FOR TREES.
Do the mild discharges of electricity which reach the ground through the earth-lead of a wireless set act as a stimulant to plant life? The experience of a Beckenham (Kent) resident does something to support the theory. Mr Humphrey G. Russell in 1926 planted the stone of a “ Cape plum,” and it started to grow in a cold greenhouse. He told a Daily Mail reporter:— “ In the spring of 1927 I planted the small tree in the border at the back of my house facing south. Within a few months a wireless earth, consisting of a wire attached to a metal rod, was put into the ground about 18in. from the tree. The tree has grown at an amazing rate. It is now about 9ft. to 10ft. high and nearly 12ft. across. This spring the tree was covered with bloom, and bore about 10 fruits. About 15ft. away from this tree there is growing an ordinary peach tree which has been planted for at least 10 years. It is not a quarter of the size of the other.”
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Waipa Post, Volume 39, Issue 3087, 10 December 1929, Page 3
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