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The Tropical Agriculturist the Agricultural Journal of Ceylon June 1934

1934

which of two varieties (the local and the Nugegoda—a degenrated type of Cochin ginger) was the better yielding (2) the effect of manuring on yields and the relative efficacies of artificial and cattle manure on each variety (3) the effect of liming (4) the effect of a mulch of straw and (5) the interaction between the various factors concerned. [...] In Group B the flowers open for the first or female phase in the afternoon close in the evening opening again for shedding pollen on the following morning or on the morning of the third day. [...] The edible portion of the fruit is between the skin and the seed and when ripe is of the consistency of butter cream coloured to green near the skin of a nutty flavour and contains a large percentage of fat. [...] In California the Guatemalan race has been budded on to stocks of the Mexican race with the object of giving hardiness to the former but in the even climate of the plains of Malaya hardiness is a point of little if any importance.357 Raising Stacks.—The seeds should be planted as soon as possible after removal from the fruit. [...] For the benefit of those who do not understand the various methods of budding they are described briefly as follows: The 'inverted T' method is performed by making a I:shaped incision in the bark of the stock an inch or two from the ground with the blade of a sharp knife.
agriculture environment
Pages
76
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Rubber Restriction and Replanting
330-331 unknown view
Rubber The Use of Improved Planting Material
332-i P.J.S Cramer view
Notes on Orchids Cultivated in Ceylon
338-339 K.J. Sylva view
Ginger Manurial and Cultural Experiments
340-353 A.W.R. Joachim, H.A. Pieris view
The Avocado Pear
354-361 unknown view
The Grasshopper Campaign in Manitoba in 1932
362-364 unknown view
Planned Economy and Agriculture
365-387 unknown view
Review
388-388 unknown view
Tea Research Institute of Ceylon
389-i unknown view
Bacterial Leaf-Spot of Betel
393-394 Malcolm Park view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31 May 1934
395-395 unknown view
Meteorological Report May 1934
396-396 unknown view

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