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IRISH GARDENING. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



At the monthly mc'etine; of the council held at 

 the offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dnhlin, on the 

 13th ult., further consideration was f?iven to Mr. 

 Usher's suggestions for mitigating the ditticuUies 

 involved in the judging of liardy flowers. Relative 

 to this, a new bye-law (Bye-law XT., page 83, 

 New Keport) has been made, and, further 

 dealing with contingent matter, an addition lias 

 now been made ))y Bye-law XV., which is in- 

 cluded on a coloured slip. An addition has also 

 been made to the instructions for judges. Mrs. 

 Sankey, 03 Merrion Square, Dublin, proposed by 

 Lady Moore (Glasnevin), and Mr. E. Turner, 

 Park View Avenue, Harold's Cross, ]jroposed by 

 Mr. W. S. Irving, were elected members of the 

 society. The 84th annual report, with schedules 

 of shows for 1914, has . now been sent to all 

 members; others interested in the society's work 

 can have copies post free on application to the 

 secretary, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin. 



Correspondence ♦ 



In reply to the question by " Apples " in our last 

 issue Mr. J. Hagan, who has supervised much 

 planting, gives the following estimate for Co. 

 Armagh*: — 



In reply to yours, re estimates, there is practi- 

 cally no planting done here as close as you 

 mention — i.e., 12 ft. by 12 ft. — neither is it 

 advisable unless in very special circumstances. 

 Market varieties suitable for planting in Ireland 



* We would be inclined to regard Mr. Hagan's estimate 

 as a minimum; in many districts the cost might work 

 out rather higher, including carriage and more or less 

 imskilled labour. An important point is to have the 

 ground dean and free from })ad weeds at planting time. 



are fairly strong growers, and would be meeting 

 after eight or ten years, consequently there would 

 be no satisfaction when manuring, spraying, or 

 gathering the fruit. Moreover flic trees would be 

 de[)rived of a free circulation of air and sunlight. 



I consider planting 12 ft. by IS ft. would prove 

 more satisfactory, and grow small fruits or farm 

 crops, such as jjotatoes, turniijs or mangels, 

 between the rows for a number of years. As 

 regards the niixed fruits I recommend, a good 

 deal must be taken into consideration, such as 

 soil, marketing facilities, local demand, «&t'. 

 Black currants and gooseVierries always find a 

 ready market and ])ay well, l>ut beff)re planting 

 make inquiries from a local expert or grower. 



The cost of planting axi acre wovdd work (Uit 

 roughly as follows : — 



Ploughing ground previously crop|)ed £ s. d. 



with potatoes or green crop . . 15 



303 apple trees, 2 years, at 75/- per 100 117 3 



Marking out ground and planting . 10 



Mixed Fruit Plant.a.tion 

 Ploughing ground previously cropped 



with green crop or potatoes . 

 303 apple trees, 2 years, 75/- per 100 

 455 black currants, 20/- jier 100 

 455 gooseberries, 30/- per 100 

 Marking out and planting 



£25 17 3 



Gooseberries and currants 6 ft. each way. 

 They commence to pay frotn the third or fourth 

 year. Apples from the sixth or seventh year. 

 Yours faithfully, 

 Roseneath, Armagh, J. Hagan. 



14f/i February, 1914. 



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On THURSDAY, JULY 23rcl, 1914 



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12 SPRAYS OF 12 NAMED VARIETIES 



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