The Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 30 May 1891, Page 3

The Garden.

„; ; — — ♦ — • '| ( firuasels Sprouts may well claim \so Ibi the. hardest and the best of win- 1 teryegetahles.-Funher, it is, all oon.sjder.ed, the' most ' productive. From a given space of ground, the bulk afld market value of a crop of •well'rknown Brussels sprouts will ;&qfc?pire favourably with that of .greens, cabbage, broccoli or savoys, -which are usually grown at fhe same i selsionv 1 ' TheiiV extreme hardness in n§ sf&^*?- enables f them : to re- ] ■swffost which generally has the effect "oi. destroying or crippling the i otnprlii^ds named. Their superior delicaoy of flavour and tender textureVwhen cooked, is unapproached by any other green vegetable, and altogether dt deserves to be more widely cultivated than it is. The gathering of crops is often done in a careiless^clumsy manner, which leads to considerable loss.; Very generally ;ih&sj>rdtits are detatched from" the Bterh by 'drawing them bodily off with the fingers, with the result that strips $$$ atem are torn out, leaving jOiftftwounds for the lodgement of .water the injurious aciion of frost. The proper mode of gathering the sprouts is by cutting each off individually with a sharp knife, thus leaving the stem uninjured.

i There has been an output of exceedingly rich ore, at the Broken Hill Consols mine, exceeding anything ever known in the past. -Between last Saturday afternoon and Monday morning one ton of solid pative silver was unearthed. This is believed to be the richest find ever, known. '