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Kovciuiu autlioritii's '• liav.- ilrawn up a loinpara- 

 tively siinplf form oi aciounls whiili tlu'ic slinulcl 

 be no real difticiilty in filling tip.'" Tlio main 

 object of thf tirtide is to uvge farmers lo keep 

 l)iupor acLOunts from now onwards, ajid ron- 

 sidorinj; tlic undoul)tod advanlaj:«'s of smli a 

 L-oiirse, faruKM-s wlio art- in any <loulit sIkmiM 

 (.onsult a man of Imsiiicss at oiuf. 



Obituary. 



.flciin 



W i; join, witli manv oiliors, n 

 -vmi)athv m tlu' rolativcs of Mr. .1. H. Kla.U 

 whos.' r»vent doatli n-mov.d from umongst n 

 of tlic mo?t sui'fi'ssful liortii-ultnrists of our 

 Oiiginaily an cnginfiT. Mr. Blm-kmori' licgti 

 I88<i to yrow Begonias as a liul)l)y, tuid late 

 P.HHt. in partnership with Mr. C. K. I.anj 

 ii.und.'d the tiriu of Blac-kmore and l.anydon. 

 nurscrits at Tworlon Hill. Batii. 



As Bfiionia sjR'cialists tiir two gcntii-nuMi i 

 lishcd a world-vvido reputation, and the 

 iiiagnilieent varieties ever seen have eome 

 Twertoii Hill. ^Ve liave had oceasion to call i 

 lion to the firm's eataloy;ue on many oei-a 

 and the fine display of Be.L'onias which has for 

 years been a feature in the Botanic (Jardei 

 C'llasnevin always contain-^ many of lllacknK 

 l.auirdon's finest forms. 



s one 

 time, 

 in in 

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 ^don, 

 with 



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 most 

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 sions, 

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Catalogues. 



Mkssi!s. Hutic. cV RoBKKTsox liavi' is.-5ued their new 

 .-eason's catalogue, and readers who saw the 

 wonderful display of Darwin and May-flowering 

 Tulips shown by this firm at the Spring Show of 

 till' Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland will not 

 neeil to be told that tlie list of bull)? offered is 

 exceptional. 



Messrs. Hogg & Robertson specialise in the best 

 garden varieties of Tulips, Daffodils, Gladioli, 

 Irises, Anemones, &c.. and fiom time to time 

 astonish and delight the pul)lic with magnificent 

 exliibits at tbe various exhibitions in Du.blin. 

 Otlu^r bull)? and tubers grOwn extensively by the 

 same firm include Lilies, Montbretias, 13egonias, 



('rocns(>^, Scillas. Musi-aris and Snowdrops. At 

 their bulb farms at Rush tlu-y have a largt- area 

 under cidtivation and deserv sii]>pi>rl in carrying 

 on this impoitant industry. 



Fruit Growing in Ireland. 



..\i the Inhst .\gri 



il Slatist 



published 



liy the Deparlmnii oi Agriculture and 'J'echnical 

 Instruction, we find that — '" The total area imder 

 fruit in Ireland increased from ir),r»()7 acres in I'.IKi 

 to i7,()J4 acres in 1917. to I8,ii(l.', acres in 1"J18. to 

 llt,7!>r) acres in r.M'.t. an<l lil,'2*Ki acres in 1920. The 

 increase" from lUlli to VJ'M was 5,729 acres, or :H).B 

 per cent. Jn this int Mval 28 counties increased 

 their area under fruit. In four counties the areas 

 decreased. 



" Armaizh is nnich the largest fruit growing 

 county in Ireland, having in 1920 no less than 

 5.541 acres unilcr fruit. Only three other countie.-; 

 had an area of over 1,00() acres— Antrim with 

 1.5(i(; acres. Cork with 1,:(50 acres, and 'i'vrone with 

 1,11(1 a.Ti'S," 



Utilising the Orchard Waste. 



What iii.-.\ pi-.-vt to be a vi r\ valuablr discovcrv has 

 bi'iMi made at .Vnuiipolis, Nova Sc(jtia, ia a method 

 of extracting by-products from waste and otherwise 

 useless apples. It has been found tliat even the 

 most intensely acid and usually worthless apple may 

 be so treated by a simple pn-coss as to yield syru]) 

 which has been pronounced eminently desirable as 

 a basis for other concoctions not hitherto so well sup- 

 plied. And not only is this syrup valuable, but 

 another by-])roduct has become evident in deposits of 

 calcium malite, the same article as is derived from 

 ma])lo svi'up and kn(nvn as sugar min\.~Ca)uuliitn 

 \rir.. linns 



Notice. 



[Wii.L M. M. ijlci^^e send address, as owing i 

 prcs.sure on space last month replies to eorr 

 si)ondents were crowded oiit. and we had i 

 address to fr)iward reply to. — Eo.] 



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