Comprising: 1. 'Dig for Victory' posters, 1941 - this series of leaflets, which gave advice on the growing, storage and preservation of fruit and vegetables, and other horticultural topics, were issued during the Second World War by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; 2. 1943 seed list for horticultural societies; 3. Notice to consumers on prevention of frost damage to water pipes, issued by Wakefield Corporation Waterworks; 4. Newspaper articles from 'Daily Mirror', 26 Feb 1944, inclding fertilising gardens and allotments, German blitz and other wartime events; 5. Newspaper cutting of article issued by ministry of Food, describing methods of preserving vegetables in wartime, no date, c1940s; 6. Leaflet describing the use of compost heaps and green manuring, no date, c1940s; Newspaper cutting on planning for post-war flower gardens, no date, c1945
WARTIME HORTICULTURE AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS
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- ReferenceGB 197 DZMD578
- Dates of Creation1940s
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical DescriptionPart box 0.004 cubic metres
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