CLUB-ROOT
A RESISTANT SWEDE. When club-root became particularly troublesome in New. Zealand swede crops the then Manager of the Mouinahaki Experimental Farm, Mr F. Gillanders, introduced a variety which was considered .resistant to the disease. New Zealand experience confirmed that of England. The Manager of the Ruakura. Farm of Instruction decided to further strengthen the resistant power of this variety by growing acclimatised seed from selected roots. The roots were chosen from the Moumahaki crops, and further selected roots from'the descendants of these are now being grown at Ruakura for seed-production. The lmlbs from which the seed is being produced were taken quite sound, a rather unusual experience, the bulb •mostly becoming decayed as the seed stalks reach maturity. The prodno tiol'. of seed from selected roots is hein'r made 41 feature of the work in the horticultural section of the R-.ui-kur.i. F-'irm.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 29 November 1912, Page 3
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143CLUB-ROOT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 29 November 1912, Page 3
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