NEW MANGOLD VARIETY
YIELDS 101 TONS AN ACRE (By Telegraph—special to Times) HASTINGS, Saturday A variety of mangold evolved by Danish plant breeders especially for pig feeding has been grown with considerable success on several Hawke’s Bay properties this season. Known as the Half Sugar Rose, it is believed to be the result of a cross between mangold and sugar beet, to the extent of three parts of sugar beet to one part of mangold. The new variety is a heavy cropper, the yield on one Mahora farm this season having been estimated as at the rate of 101 tons per acre. As is the case with sugar beet, the new mangold has a comparatively short top and there is therefore little wastage. It is reported to be decidedly better than any other mangold variety for pig feeding.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21158, 6 July 1940, Page 8
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