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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon January 1936

1936

Numerous experiments have been carried out especially in the United States on the merits of pruning and while the results are somewhat conflicting—largely due to the inadequate experimental methods adopted in the past— the general view is that while pruning may reduce the total yield per plant it increases the size and flavour of the fruit as well as the yield of early fruit. [...] At the time of the second cultivation it is advisable to earth up the plants to encourage the development of more roots along the base of the stem. [...] In picking the fruit should be grasped in the palm of the hand with the thumb pressed over the point of union of the pedicel with the peduncle and then by a quick twist the fruit is separated leaving the calyx attached to the fruit. [...] A knowledge of the locality or the native habitat of the species is therefore something of a guide to the grower and not only the particular country or countries in which the plant is found but details of the approximate latitude and elevation the rainfall and other climatic details of the plant's habitat have to be ascertained. [...] The fibre is utilised in making the nets of the local fishermen and the crop is chiefly grown for the purposes on paddy lands following the harvest of the paddy during February and March.
agriculture environment
Pages
69
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v unknown view
Editorial
1-2 unknown view
Tomato Cultivation in the Dry Zone of Ceylon—III
3-13 W.R.C. Paul view
The Principles of Orchid Culture in the Tropics
14-22 T.H. Parsons view
Sunnhemp in the Jaffna Peninsula
23-27 W.R.C. Paul, A.V. Chelvanayagam view
Derris (Tuba Root)
28-32 unknown view
The Uses of Cotton Seed
33-39 unknown view
Food Farmer and Future
40-44 unknown view
Sugar Consumption in the East
45-49 unknown view
Breast Meat is an Essential for Breeding Stock
50-52 unknown view
What is a Weed?
53-55 unknown view
Rubber Research Scheme (Ceylon)
56-57 unknown view
Tea Research Institute of Ceylon
58-58 unknown view
Review
59-62 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended 31St December 1935
63-63 unknown view
Meteorological Report-December 1935
64-64 unknown view

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