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Answers to Correspondence. 



Kkpj.y to Cakbeky. 



FiJOM your doscription the lyiliosare i»i(il)a))ly those 

 called Leopard Lilies (Lilimii pardaliiuim), and are 

 apparently attacked by the " Tily Disease." In 

 autnnm d\'^ up the bulbs clean them, and then rub 

 well with siili>hur, replant them in fresh ground in 

 another y>art of the garden. Early next summer 

 spray the foliage with a solution of Potassium 

 Sii'l])hide, I oz. to 2 galls, of water. 



TuiiNiPS WITH A l^iTTEU Taste — Give your 

 ground a good dressing of lime instead of manure 

 for early sowings ; if the soil is of limestone for- 

 mation, dress with soot or burnt ashes. For later 

 sowings, ground from which ])otatoes have been 

 lifted will suit them well, and will not require 

 manure. It should not have a deep digging, but 

 the surface should be stirred with a fork, so that 

 when the seeds are sown the ground can V^e made 

 fairly firm. Treated as above, thinned and kept 

 free of weeds, you will find the following sorts in 

 every way satisfactory :■ — Early White Dutch. 

 Strap liCa f , Snowball and American Stone. The 

 cause of bitterness is probably that the taproot 

 goes too dee)), and this in freshly-nianured gi^ound 

 produces a rank, bitter flavour. 



Notes. 



The strawberry season this year has been a 

 very variable one. In some districts there has 

 ]»ractically been no fruit, owing to the May frosts : 

 in other districts they esca])ed, and there has been 



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 this year, but round Wrexluun and that di.strid 

 there was scarcely a strawVjerry lelt. Hami)shire 

 growers sufTered somewhat, but not seriously. 

 We have had a very good .season here : we com- 

 menced to gather on June 3rd in this district and 

 finished on .July 20th. 



Several varieties have done exceptionally well 

 with us this year. King George has proved itself 

 a trifle earlier than Royal Sovereign ; it is also a 

 sweeter strawberry, a more robust grower, and 

 we think where Sovereign does not succeed this 

 will take its ]jlace. It has also ])roved itself a 

 week earlier where forced. 



The Bedford has done well again this year. 

 It is not a particularly large strawberry, but any- 

 one who likes a very sweet strawberry and not' 

 too much juice, woidd do well to try it. We 

 think it is one of the best maincro])s. 



Utility, as a later variety, has done excep- 

 tionally well, also Kival : the cro]) of this has been 

 quite reniarkable ; it is a wonderfully compact 

 habited variety ; wiiere space is limited it should 

 be tried. 



In the latest, nothing has done half so well as 

 Laxton's Latest. Fruits of this have been very 

 tine, and it has also been a wonderful cro]»]»er. 

 We cannot too strongly recommend this for a 

 late variety. 



Of the older varieties, we (iud Sir .Joseph 

 Paxton is very much worn out, and the fruits are 

 very diminished in size to what they were years 

 ago. This also applies to President and 

 Vicomtesse. 



Pineapple we find one of the richest flavoured 

 varieties of which we know. 



The Queen has also been highly flavoured 

 again this year. 



The old Noble appears to be almost worji out 

 now. 



The present season promises to be a good one 

 for runners : they threw them out very early, so 

 they will have plenty of time to get established 

 before delivery will be required. 



Of the Perpetual varieties, Laxton's Perjietual 

 is the freest in every way ; the blooms on the young 

 plants were pinched out in the si)ring, and they 

 are now throwing uj) an inimense cro]) of fruit, 

 which will be rii)e in a few days, a)id will continue 

 for quite a month or six weeks, thus i)rolonging 

 the season very considerably. 



Of the two new varieties of Perpetuals we arc 

 distributing — viz., Laxton's " White Perpetual " 

 and " Laxton's Everbearing " — both these 

 varieties are showing u\> well, and we should 

 cei'tainly recommend a trial. 



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