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IRISH GARDENING. 



JoURNAIi OF THE BOAKD OF AGRICUL,TURE. The 



October number is full of iriforniation, and con- 

 tains numerous articles by well-known experts. 

 A great deal of space is devoted to Women's 

 Work on the land considered from different 

 aspects by different writers. In view of the 

 important developments taking place in Agri- 

 culture, it is necessary that the capabilities of 

 women should be thoroughly understood. It 

 is (evident that women can be of enormous 

 assistance on the land, providing the right women 

 can be induced to take up the work. 



The Menace of Silver Leaf should be read by 

 all interested in fruit growing, for this dread 

 disease is on the increase, and no adequate means 

 of control has been discovered short of drastic 

 cutting back of the bi'anches, and in "bad "cases 

 the destruction of the entire tree, root and branch. 

 "' Tlie'humbiBr is well illustrated, showing chiefly 

 various operations On the land being carried on 

 by women, t;, ,:; . - V • 



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Fruit Bud Formation. 



Thk observations on fruit bud formation, begun 

 in 1916, have resulted in the accumulation of 

 many data tending to throw light vipon the causes 

 which determine the line, of deA^elopment of the 

 individual bud, whether into the vegetative type 

 or into the fruit bud. It is already evident that 

 many factors are involved, and that, given the 

 necessary knowledge of the action of individual 

 factors, a considerable degree of control over the 

 potential crop for the following season could be 

 attained by suitable treatment of the tree during 

 the growing period of the year, particularly during 

 the latter half of the growing season. The practice 

 of summer pruning is the means of effecting this 

 control adopted by fruit grower-S', but the vaiu- 

 ability in the results of the treatment is sufficient 

 indication that the method as ordinarily prac- 

 tised is limited in its usefulness on account of the 

 absence of precise knowledge of the conditions 

 which should be taken into consideration. The 

 variations in the response of individual trees 

 under different conditions to summer pruning, 



which have been observed in tlie course of th<^' 

 exijerimental work on this subject, have served 

 to throw considerable light upon the factors 

 involved and the respective courses of action 

 necessary to suit prevailing conditions. Several 

 sets of experiments to test individual points have 

 been started. — Journal of fhr BnarrI of Agriod- 

 ture, June, 1918. 



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