A PIONEER CALENDAR
Of the many friendly calendars that arrived this Christmas the one that pleased me best was the least aesthetic and the most technical. It came from the Littleton and Badsey Growers Ltd., who are the best model of self-help that is of fruitful co-operation, among English producers. The calendar is a vade mecum for the fruit and vegetable grower, telling him just what to do at what date for the production of fruit and vegetables, especially (since the neighbourhood is Evesham and Pershore) of plums and asparagus. All the requisite sprays, manures, and containers are supplied by the society to their members, as well as quite invaluable service. The one thing I miss in the calendar is sufficient record of the fact that any caterer anywhere can buy direct from this model organisation for small-holders any amount, small or big, that he may need, of most fruits and vegetables. The postal trade in asparagus has, I believe, become very wide within the last year or so. * * • *
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