IRISH GARDENING. 



XV 



by rt int'iiiber of this enterprising firm who has special- 

 ised in the cultivation of these delightful garden 

 plants. 



Nlrsery Seed and Plant Catalogue of the Paul- 

 beg Nurseries, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow. Mr. W. 

 Hammond's autumn list of fruit trees, shrubs, and 

 other ordinary nursery subjects will be found useful by 

 farmers and amateur gardeners. There are notes on 

 planting and training trees and bushes, and hints on 

 sowing certain vegetables and flower seeds. Mr. 

 Hammond also deals in farm seeds, poultry feeding 

 stuffs, and farm and garden implements. 



A Market for Irish Fruit. 



Just before going to press we had a visit from Mr. 

 Ernest Hammond of the firm of George Hammond, 

 Ltd., the extensive fruit farmers of Brentford, Essex. 

 The Hammond Company have been their own salesmen 

 in Spitalfields Market, London, for many years. They 

 are now prepared to sell for Irish growers on commis- 

 sion. Our reason for mentioning the matter here is 

 that Mr. Hammond as a fruit-grower has been person- 

 ally known to us for very many years and we are 

 desirous of assuring such of our readers as require the 

 services of a London salesman that they may place the 

 fullest confidence in Mr. Hammond's integrity and fair 

 dealing. The Messrs. Hammond cultivate upwards of 

 one hundred acres of fruit, and are recognised as being 



one of the best firms of fruit-growers in England. We 

 have often consulted them on points of culture ; and 

 indeed an article from the pen of one of the firm on the 

 pruning of fruit trees for market purposes will appear 

 shortly in the pages of Irish Gardening. 



The Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



SEPTEMBER has been one of the most satisfactory 

 months of the year from a market man's point of 

 view, as both buyer and seller were satisfied — 

 the former with the good quality of the stuff, and the 

 latter with the good prices obtained. 



Fruit continues to be marketed in large quantities, 

 and in truth it must be said there is a decided improve- 

 ment in quality and packing. Pears, both home and 

 foreign, have up to the present been exceptionally good, 

 choice home lots selling well. Irish apples have 

 maintained a high standard throughout the month ; 

 so well coloured were many of the lots that it led 

 one to think that if they were Irish the sun did not 

 do justice to the neighbourhood of Dublin. Plums, 

 though in large quantities, are not so cheap as 

 last' year. Damsons, considering the heavy crop, are 

 selling well. Peaches and cherries are evidently over 

 for the season. 



Flowers are plentiful, the larger proportion of them 

 being soft stuff, like dahlias, stocks, asters, &c., and as 



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For Spraying Fruit Trees in Winter 



All Fruit Trees should be treated 



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destroys every vestige of 



MOSS, LICHEN, AND GREEN SLIME 



as well as the eggs of 

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