2019-03-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of the Philippines. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...
1989-01-01 This bulletin specifically deals with the pumpkin variety "Delica", which is grown for the export market in Japan. Directions are given for raising and fertilzing the pumpkins, along with pest and leaf disease control and storage and shipping of the pumpkins.
Knowing the correct procedure for saving seed is a valuable skill for small-scale vegetable farmers. Saving seed allows farmers to: save money on inputs maintain local landraces and varieties build a local source of seed in areas lacking access to seed distributors exchange seed with fellow...