IRISH GARDE]\ING 



XI 



The new fall wheat is in fair condition. 



At Perth, Ontario, cheese has been sold by 

 auction at Is. Id. per lb. 



Little pigs are bringing from £3 4s. to £3 12s. a 

 pair, and bacon hogs at from £4 to £5 2s. per cwt. 



Wheat is soiling freely at about 9s. 6d. a bushel. 



Some farmers are buying threshing machines on 

 the co-operative plan. 



There was a bumper crop of peaches this year, 

 and a large quantity was lost owing to scarcity of 

 pickers !ind baskets. 



Awards of Spinach and Turnips 

 on Trial at Wisley. 



The following awards have been made by the 

 Council of the Royal Horticultural Society after 

 trial at Wisley : — 



Winter Turnips. 



Award of Merit.— No. m, All the Year Round, 

 sent by Messrs. Toogood. 



Highly Commended. — No. 11, White Egg, sent 

 by Messrs. Burpee. No. 52. Golden Ball, sent by 

 Messrs. Cooper Taber. No. 63, Yellow Dutch, 

 sent by Messrs. Carter. 



Commended.. — No. 44, Green-top Six Weeks, 

 sent by Messrs. Toogood. No. 45, Golden Rose, 

 sent by Messrs. Carter. 



Spinach, Winter. 



Aifard of Merit. — No. 16, Broad Flanders, sent 

 by Mr. W. G. Holmes. 



Kifjhl]/ Commended:. — No. 4, Boston, sent by 

 Messrs. W. Johnston. No r>. Prickly, selected, 

 sent by Messrs. Toogood. 



Commended. — No. 3. Munsterland, sent by 

 Messrs. Barr. 



Scale Insects- 



Various scale-insects may be found on fruit 

 trees; the best known is perhaps, the "mussel- 

 scale" of the; Apple. The young insects are 

 active but they soon settle down to a sedentary life 

 under the firm " scales " which are formed of 

 their waxy secretion and their cast-off skins. 

 Beneath the protective scale the wingless female 

 lays her numerous eggs which remain thus 

 sheltered through the winter — the active young 

 appear next spring. The winter caustic alkali 

 wash with paraffin is effectual against this pest, 

 and paraffin emulsion can be advantageously 

 applied in summer with a hard brush or as a 

 spray. Rigorous inspection of new stock should 

 be practised, as a few neglected scales may .begin 

 the ruin of a valuable tree. 



Apple Suckers. 



The insects called Apple Suckers are closely 

 related to the aphids, and feed in a similar 

 way; they have, however, firmer skins and a 

 characteristic flattened shape. The eggs are laid 

 in autumn and remain imhatched through the 

 winter, the young insects appearing in the spring 

 when they suck sap from leaf-buds, leaves and 

 especially frcm flower buds, whose growth is so^ 

 far stopped by their presence that fruit cannot 

 form. About midsiunmer the insects become fully 

 grown and provided with wings, after which they 

 do little damage. The most vulnerable point in 

 life-cycle is, however, the autumn before the eggs 

 are laid, and the winged adults should then be 

 attacked with paraffin emulsion spray. 



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