IRISH GARDENING 



XI 



Obituary. 



MR. WILLIAM McGABE. 



The death, under such tragic circumstances, of Mr. 

 William McCabe, who held the responsible position 

 of gardener and steward to L. W'aldron, Esq., 

 Marino, Killiney, has removed from amongst us 

 a young man who was a bright ornament, in an 

 unostentatious way, of the gardening fraternity, 

 being of a genial and imassuming manner and an 

 upright and inoffensive disposition. 



The writer had the good fortune to succeed him 

 fourteen years ago in one of the positions which 

 he held as foreman, and much of the success 

 which attended the writer's term there w^as due 

 largely to the skill and resource, which was every- 

 wliere evident, of Mr. McCabe's foresight. 



He was for many years a member of the Irish 

 Gardeners' Association, to which body the news of 

 his untimely death came as a great shock, and 

 their whole-hearted sympathy is sorrowfully ten- 

 dered to his father, relatives' and others to whom 

 our fellow-member had so endeared himself. 



W. F. H. 



Winter Vegetables* 



Most growers of vegetables understand the diffi- 

 culties attending the cultivation of winter greens, 

 and more especially the maintenance of a succes- 

 sion during the winter and spring months. 



Broccolis for winter and spring use are particu- 

 larly susceptible to the varied atmospheric dis- 

 turbances of winter, and to supply a household 

 with nice Broccoli daily from September till June 

 is a feat worthy of special mention. That honour 

 has come my way for probably the first time in my 

 horticultural career. 



The varieties grown were Self-protecting, Autumn 

 and Winter, Superb Winter White, Snow White, 

 Drummond's Superlative, Drinnmond's Mont 

 Blanc, May Queen, Oakenhead's Omega, and a 

 new strain claimiirg to possess the delicate proper- 

 ties of Cauliflower with the hardihood of Broccoli 

 —viz., Sutton's Peerless; this is certainly a fine 

 introduction, and stood the winter well. The sow- 

 ings took place during April and May, the last 

 sowing taking place on the 6th May. The main 

 crop was planted on ground occupied by early 

 Potatoes, and followed that crop as it was dug, 

 without further preparation or manuring. As it 

 is my invariable custom to grow early Potatoes 

 between Peas, the batches of Broccoli were divided 

 by Peas, and the spaces vacated by the Peas were 

 then filled by August-sown Cabbages. This system 

 has the great advantage of giving a maximum 

 yield and shelter in early spring and winter by 

 the Peas and Broccoli to their respective com- 

 panions — Potatoes and Cabbage. 



It would be invidious to select any particular 

 seedsman's variety for special mention, but it is 

 not amiss to record Mont Blanc, Omega, and Satis- 

 faction as pre-eminently superlative Broccolis in 

 this garden. 



We are cutting (May 24th), and can do so for 

 another ten days, heads of great weight and fine 

 quality, almost equal to the choicest Cauliflower, 

 and the main crop square is now being made into 

 Celery trenches, with the ridges sown in Lettuces 

 and Kidney Beans. 



This system has been pursued here more or less 

 for many years, and it has the advantages of keep- 

 ing the soil perfectly worked with a minimum of 

 expenditure and a maximum yield, while allowing 



an elastic arrangement of routine cropping; for 

 there are many kinds and varieties of vegetables 

 to choose from as accompanying subjects. 



This and similar systems may be commended to 

 the man who wishes to make the most of the land 

 under his control ; even if the produce be not used 

 as a household vegetable, it is never wasted, as by 

 animal consumption it ultimately reaches the soil 

 from which it was extracted, after serving the 

 various purposes of a beef, milk, pork, egg, or 

 chicken supply. A. F. P., Lota, Cork. 



Appointments, 



Mn W. H. Johns, N^D.Hort. 



Mr W. H. Johns, N.D.Hort., lately Instructor 

 in Horticulture and Rural Science in the Kilkenny 

 and Waterford districts, has been appointed 

 County Horticultural Instructor under the Corn- 

 wall County Council. 



Mr. Johns formerly held a similar post under the 

 Belfast Corporation, where he did notable work in 

 forwarding the Allotment movement. Subse- 

 quently he was appointed Superintendent of the 

 School of Gardening at Meanee, Terenure from 

 whence he joined the Department's Staff of In- 

 structors. 



. Mr. Johns was formerly a member of the Garden- 

 ing Staff at the Royal Gardens, Kew, and while 



BEMTLErS SPECIALITIES 



WEED DESTROYERS 

 DAISY KILLER 



(Laufn Sand) 



INSECTICIDES 

 FUNGICIDES 

 FUMIGAryTS 

 FERTILISERS 



Catalogue on Application 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 



Joseph Bentley, Limited 



CHEMICAL WORKS 

 Barrovv^-on-Humber, HULL 



