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THE GARDENERS MONTHLY 



[November, 



this was his first attempt at writing for a maga- 

 zine. Few will doubt that this statement is a sol- 

 emn fact, which nobody but the most captious 

 >man would call in question. 



In justice to Mr. Henderson I will say that he 

 and T are strangers to one another. 



LONDON MARKET CARDENINC. 



AN ENGLISH GARDENER VS. PETER HENDERSON. 

 BY " EQUITY," BOSTON, MASS. 



I am sorry to see the unbecoming strictures 

 •of an *' English Gardener," from Lafay- 

 ette, Indiana, p. 276, on the remarks (p. 162) 

 ■of Mr. Peter Henderson on the London Market 

 Gardens. Instead of analyzing and disproving 

 (if he can) the assertions of Mr. Henderson one 

 by one, as an impartial critic would try to do, 

 he straddles over all without attempting to dis- 

 prove any single one. He says, " A florist in 

 this country cannot know everything about gar- 

 dening in England." No ; nor does any gar- 

 dener in England nor from England. 



Mr. Henderson said, in 1872, at the time of his 

 visit to London, plows were not used in the 

 London market gardens, and that they were not 

 is a fact. Also that the London gardener had 

 not then found out that the plough and haiTow 

 can pulverize the ground better than the spade; 

 this statement I also corroborate. But an " Eng- 

 lish Gardener" objects and writes, "John knew 

 how to plough and pulverize before Columbus 

 discovered America, better than Americans do 

 now." Such an irascible and absurd statement 

 is too ridiculous for comment. 



An "English Gardener " excuses the absence 

 of the plough in the market garden to the 

 "ground in spring is too wet and cold," also 

 "they do not want to get on the ground with 

 heavy horses in wet weather to tighten the bot- 

 tom, when labor is so cheap," likewise "some- 

 times the ground is very stony, which throws 

 the plough out ! " I maintain that ground too 

 wet to plough is far too wet to spade. The horse- 

 feet story is a vacant excuse, and that in or 

 immediately around London there is not a 

 single market garden too stony to be ploughed. 

 If your correspondent dissents to the stony refu- 

 tation, would he please individualize, and not 

 generalize, the instance and give the name of 

 the lessee. He says the workmen get $3.50 per 

 acre for digging; would he please mention the 

 market garden of ten acres or more in or imme- 

 diately around London, where men are paid in 

 that fashion? 



THE EARLY ROSE PEACH. 



BY G. ONDERDONK, MISSION VALLEY, TEXAS. 



In your September number, on page 270, in 

 the department of Fruit and Vegetable Garden- 

 ing, in the communication of Mr. H. M. Engle 

 on the subject of New Early Peaches, I observe 

 the name of Early Rose applied to a peach. 



I have a seedling by that name that has been 

 in my catalogue for ten years. It originated in 

 this county on the premises of Mr. Preston Rose, 

 and was named after him. It is in several cata- 

 logues under the original description : " Early 

 Rose, medium, round, rosy red, firm flesh, rich, 

 juicy and sweet, ripens about June 25th, free- 

 stone." This season corresponds to Wilson's 

 Early here. Will not the originator of the new 

 Early Rose select another name for his peach, 

 and thus avoid unnecessary confusion ? Owr 

 Early Rose belongs to the Spanish strain now 

 rapidly coming into notice in the extreme South, 

 and the variety will be of permanent interest 

 and value. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Killing Codling Moth and Canker Worm. — 

 There seems to be no doubt but that water, in 

 which Paris green or London purple has been 

 put, and pumped over the trees through a hose 

 from a garden engine when the fruit is first 

 forming, will prove a perfect security against 

 codling moth and canker worm. We do not 

 like the idea of using these poisonous substances 

 in things we directly eat. It does not seem so 

 bad on potatoes, which are in the ground, 

 washed, peeled and boiled before eaten. If ex- 

 ceeding great care be used to apply the poison 

 long enough to get thoroughly washed off by 

 rain before eating, it may do. 



Plums. — Geneva seems to be making a mark 

 in the Plum trade. We noted last year bow 

 abundant and how profitable they were in that 

 city. This year the trade has spread, and we 

 noted cases with prime Green Gages, very 

 numerously in Philadelphia, marked S. C. Wil- 

 lard, Geneva, N. Y., on them. Prices seem to 

 rule a trifle lower than last year, but this is to 

 be expected, as knowledge of the way to grow 

 them spreads. Still, when people come to know 



