GROWING PEANUTS
VERY NUTRITIOUS AND EASILY GROWN. "I read recently," writes "Every Little Helps," "a suggestion regarding the growing of peanuts. I grew a small crop of peanuts in my garden in the Hawke's Bay district. The soil was river-bed sandstone, which had not previously been used except for grazing purposes. It was well drained, and in the summer the sand was very hot and dry. From each seed planted I dug, if I remember rightly, from ten to thix-v-.tn nuts, which were equal in size to those planted and much superior m flavour to any I had ever eaten, being sweet and without the slightest suspicion of bitterness. I kept some through to the next season in a dry, airy place, and they still retained their fine flavour,though, of course, they had dried somewhat. In answer to inquiries in Auckland I was informed that the probab'e reason why they were not grown in hotter portions of New Zealand was because they could be brought so cheaply from the Islands, where they grow readily. I see no reason why the nuts should not be grown where climate and soil are suitabb, if only for personal and local use. They are very nutritious and children are very fond of them."
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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3180, 21 May 1932, Page 6
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209GROWING PEANUTS Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3180, 21 May 1932, Page 6
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