Page 576 Advertisement 1

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 6, 15 December 1949, Page 576

eeem332ee3 “The Fruit, the Seed and the Soil’’: John Innes Horticultural Institution GROWERS, gardeners, and seedsmen will welcome the second edition of “The Fruit, the Seed and the Soil,” a collection of leaflets prepared by the staff of the John Innes Horticultural Institution, the first edition of which appeared in 1948. The leaflets in the first edition have been revised and brought up to date in the second edition ana three more leaflets added. One of these, of interest to nurserymen, is on the raising of plants in blocks of compressed John Innes compost, a method developed during a period when pots were in short supply. The last leaflet describes the colchicine method, which has been effectively used in plant improvement for 10 years and gives answers to some of the questions horticulturists ask most frequently. Nurserymen will find much useful information in the leaflets describing composts and their soil ingredients, and on soil sterilisation. A leaflet on fertility rules in fruit planting gives tables showing incompatible groups of cherries, plums, apples, and pears, and another on the growing of pure seed is of interest to seedsmen. It is a book for all who are interested in horticulture. G.A.H.H. Macmillan and Company Ltd., London. 3s. 6d.