POTATOES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 March 1913, Page 3

POTATOES.

SELEOTRyN AM) STOiiAGE. (By T. W. Lonsdale.) Tho trim. i.s 0,11)1).,uuo ior a few words uif selection and storage at |iouii>Jt'£ lroni w inch next season's cnoj> will be raised, -Maiiy growers lilt and cart iiie w 11010 of the crop direct to the shed, tho te.bers .being afterwards sorted us time permits. When .stored in "tins promiscuous 'way the .tubers heat, tiuis wiiising them to send out long spindly shoots .which arc easily broken oii. Moreover, by allowing the clautj) to heat, a great many potator* tail to germinate, witli the result (hat, instead ot an even erop, lninienius lila.uk places occur. When lifting the crop, selection of. seed should receive immediate attention. This is host clone !\v -observing which plants produce the most marketable tubers, and if these ore true to type of their variety, select tlinso which give an uneven and light yield. The tubers should then he placed in shallow boxes whoro the light and air can freely irawih t'hem. The eves start into growth .slowly, and the 'shoots them sol vera are. short and not easily brokrai. Wlron planted they grow awiy without m oliook. HIK.I liliio saved which. in a, sens'on of (vrowtli as short as tl-'it of a. potato, is most important. Numerous experiment have ish.own that tho selection and sprouting of tho tuhcrs give an increased vield. Should not overs- grower, therefore. aim at producing the utmost on. Aho land lie cultivates?