It may not be generally known that a decoction or infusion of gum-leaves is an almost certain cure for blight on apple-trees. Several correspondents to the Australasian, however, certify to it. As the remedy is an inexpensive one, it is worth trying. Additional weight will be given to the importance of securing good seed by the following paragraph from the Canterbury Times :—“ An Englishman by finding one very superiour head of wheat and selecting the largest grain, in a few years, is said to have harvested 100 bushels of wheat from one acre. Roberts of Dover, for four years selected the very best potatots for seed, and had a wonderfully fine crop of sound potatoes, while those of his neighbours rotted badly. Again he selected the very poorest for seed four years and his miserable crop ail rotted.”
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1005, 29 November 1881, Page 3
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138Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1005, 29 November 1881, Page 3
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