. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 145 GAEDEN MANAGEMENT. a good trap may be made by placing small potatoes with a hole in them just under the surface of the ground, at different intervals. The wireworms will, in general, prefer this to any other food, and a daily examination ^vill sei-ve to entrap a great many of them. 351. dulling in Broccoli.—"^\iis disease, so destructive to a crop of broc- coli, especially on poor land and under indifferent culture, may be prevented, in some degree, by dipping the
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 145 GAEDEN MANAGEMENT. a good trap may be made by placing small potatoes with a hole in them just under the surface of the ground, at different intervals. The wireworms will, in general, prefer this to any other food, and a daily examination ^vill sei-ve to entrap a great many of them. 351. dulling in Broccoli.—"^\iis disease, so destructive to a crop of broc- coli, especially on poor land and under indifferent culture, may be prevented, in some degree, by dipping the roots, before planting, in a thick mixture, composed of I peck of soot and 1 lb. of saltpetre, with water added to make it the consistency of paste. A more certain remedy, however, is found in a proper system of cropping and manuring, by which this exhausting vegetable is made to follow, in rotation, crops which act as deepeners and restorers ot the qualities withdrawn by previous crops of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877; Shaw, Henry ; from the library of and initials?. London : S. O. Beeton
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