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foUowiug season to tho wouni^d areas, Xectria 

 spores are attached to their bodies and inirodiiced 

 into tlie cracks with the aphis. The aphis attack 

 may usually be reco^'nised liy the masses of white, 

 wooly substance excieted from tlieir bodies and 

 by which they are surrounded, althoujih. as 

 stated above, botli aphis and canker are nA 

 infrec{uently present in the same wound. 



IXFJ.lKNCK OK THE Soii,. — Althoutch the pre- 

 sence of wounds is essential for succ^essful infec- 

 tion l)y the fung'us, there aie two other factors 

 intimately concerned with the prevalence of 

 disease. Chief amonffst these is the ([uestion 

 of location a^id soil. Canker is always worse 

 on .a low site and a cla.\' subsoil, so n\uch so that 

 it is impossible in such positions to <?row certain 

 varieties of apples successfully(f.!y., Lord SuMield, 

 and Cox"s Orange IMppin). The elTect of daiuj^ 

 lieavy soil is to cause rank growth, whicli is 

 j»ro))ably more readily injured by the fungus and 

 more lia))le to be cracked by severe frost. 

 Althougli a hill slope and nu)re open soil are 

 «lesirable much good may be done, where a bad 

 su))soil is i)resent. by careful drainage and by 

 the encouragement of surface rooting. Witli 

 improved conditions affected trees will sonvetime 

 grow out of canker, and >)y careful pruninc 

 dean, healthy trees may be produced. — Jouritiil 

 of the Hoard' of Af/riniUnrc, Fch. 1!»1S. — Leaflet 

 .')♦). new edition. 



(fr, hr Crnfrinipil). 



Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



DriiTXfi tlie motiih there was a steady inereaf^e 

 ill the su|Ji)ly of vegetal)le-;, gradually reachii)g 

 its cliiujix ill ( liiistin;;s week. Clhbagcs ;ne 



eoiiiiij>_' ill in quantities eoiiiiiaiatively large for 

 the time of year. Hnissels lSi)routs were well 

 suppiid. al.'^ii (';iul't1ii\vcr> ; the latter, uwini; tn 

 the extremely mild weather, were of fine quality. 

 1'here weie fair sufijilies of Celery, varying iiiuili 

 ill qiialily. ami the .same may he said of Li-eks. 

 The price ii.'^t shows that good quality realized 

 more money than was necessary to meet the in- 

 creased cost of its production over that of uoor 

 quality. Tliere was a steady sujjply of AVhite 

 Turnips and other seasonable commodities, in 

 eluding forced Rhiiharh. The snjiply of Ap])les 

 has greatly decreased, and most ot what was 

 offered for sale was of poor (jiiality. These -old 

 al controlled prices. There were fair supplier of 

 Oranges and Crapes, hut these were sold privately. 

 Cliris'iii '.-^ week ;miiI the week I.efoK' llie 

 a|)|tro.ieh ol' the great festival was manifested by 

 llie aliiindant siipplx of decorative material, all 

 of which met with eatrer j>iirchasers. .\n interest- 

 ing feature was the high prices j)aid for some 

 berried holly. It was hand.some in (luality. Iiut 

 -1a. per float is a hand-ome price; one wutdd 

 think it wa<» seriou.qly affected by the war. Chrys- 



anthemums and Xmas Koses wire in great de- 

 mand, the supply being inadequate 



The following is a price list for the month -. — 



Vkgkt.4HLKs. Fko.m To 



Cabbage- (York) per loa<l 



do. (Savoy) 

 Cauliflowers per do/., 



iinissels Sjiroiits jier float 



Celery 



'J'lirnijis 



i.eeks 



.\rtiehokes 



Horseradish 



OnioiM 



per hiiiieh (doz.) 



])er laiiieh 



per huiu'h 



per half bushel . 



I>er huneli 



|)er float 



h'lti'ir. 



Fko.m 



15 11 



15 (I 



'J (i 



1 (i 



2 ('. 

 (I 4 

 (I 4 



(t ;• 



2 4 



5 t; 



14 1) 



45 



I 4 



17 (I 



-Ajiples (Select) jier tray 



medium and small sold at 

 eontrojled prices 



Tomatoes jier Ih. 



Fl.OWKKS. 



Chrysanthemums i)er hunch 

 Xmas Ro.ses jier bimeh 



.Vnim liilies each 



Berried Holly per ham])er i 



bushels ajtprox. 

 Jier float 



1919 



New Volume 



IRISH GARD ENING 



The new volume will su.staiii the old 

 .standard of excellence as to authori- 

 tative articles on both the practical 

 and scientific side oi i^ardeniny, but 

 new features and new writers will he 

 introduced durino- the course of the 

 year. Every Irish gardener and every 

 owner o( any si/e "arden in Ire- 

 land should obtain Irish (i.\t{i>E\iNc. 

 (monthly) and read it I arul bavin}..;- 

 read it should preserve it for hintl- 

 insT- it is worth it. 



Last year's volume (1918) can be 

 supplied bound in Green Cloth, 8/- 

 post free. 



