TABLE POTATOES
METHOD OF USING FOR SEED
, "Now that table potatoes haves been liberated for seed purpose?, there comes the question of Hovr best to propagate in order to. get the largest possible yields,'" says a note by Mr J. C. McDowell, v president, of the Roj r al New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. For crops cultivated at military camps or by the home grower, the note says, the following method, not suitable for large-scale production, is recommended: — 5 Select sound seed.. Remove each "eye" with not more than one square inch of skin, about one-eighth of aa inch thick attached. Place these eyes on damp river or very well, washed sea sand in a shallow bos: and cover lightly with more sancU After about one week, when root development is sufficient, plant out. . in the permanent position "witl*. about' three "sets" in each group. Plants propagated: in this way, the note says, are more vir'J.c thai* 1 those from sets with large pieces of potato attached. The balance of the potato from which the eyes haye .. - been removed can, of course, be used {- for food. •• "V .o'
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 4, 14 September 1942, Page 5
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188TABLE POTATOES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 4, 14 September 1942, Page 5
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