TABLE POTATOES
PROPAGATION METHODS. Mr J. C. McDowall, B.Sc., Taranaki president of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, advises: “Now that table potatoes have been liberated for seed purposes, there comes the question of how best to propagate in order to get the largest possible crop. For crops cultivated at military camps or by the home-grower, the following method is recommended. Tire method is not suitable for largescale production: —1. Select _ sound seed; 2. Remove each eye with not more than one square inch of skin, about one eight inch thick, attached, 3. Place these eyes on damp river sand or very well washed sea sand in a shallow box; 4. Cover lightly with sand and stand in a warm moist place, 5. After, about a week, when root development is sufficient plant out in a permanent position with about three sets in each group. Normal cultivation then follows. Plants propagated in this way are more virile than those from sets with a large piece of potato attached. The balance of the potato, from which all the eyes have been removed, may, of course, be used for food.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1942, Page 4
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189TABLE POTATOES Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1942, Page 4
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