XVI 



IRISH GARDENING. 



Reports of Shows — continued. 



i\ veryyood lot, and contained some very hig-hly roloiired 

 tVuits. There were three new varieties which received 

 awards of merit, these being; a Red Brainley, a sport 

 from Bramley's Seedhntf, exhibited by Messrs. Merry- 

 weatlier and Son. It is a typical Bramley, except for 

 the colour of the fruit, the tree having- the same 

 g-rowth. 



A new apple (Encore), was exhibited by Mr. Clias. 

 Ross ; it also won first prize in the any other variety 

 cooking" class. Mr. Ross informed me it is the best 

 apple he has yet raised. It is of g-ood size, and firm- 

 fleshed, rather resembling- a hig-h-shouldered Lane's 

 I'rince Albert. 



A new pear, " Beurre de Naphan," from Michael 

 Crawley. It is a free bearer, and will be a g-reat 

 acquisition to our list of pears. It is very largfe, well 

 shaped, and of a pale-g^reen colour, which turns yellow 

 when ripe in December. 



Conference. — On the second day a conference on 

 sprayingf was held in the hall, papers being- read by Mr. 

 Massee and Mr. Getting- on Spraying- for Fung-i, and by 

 Mr. Hammond and Prof Theobald on Spraying- for 

 Insects. Mr. Massee confined his remarks chiefly to 

 apple and pear scab, and said he was sorry that no 

 spray had as yet been found to effectually deal with it. 

 He said the best plan was to cut away all the dead 

 wood from the trees in winter, and to spray them at the 

 time with a solution of i lb. copper sulphate to 25 

 g-allons of water. He believed more in this than in the 

 summer spraying-. He urg-ed far more spraying-, 

 especially in winter. 



Professor Theobald was of opinion we did too much 

 spraying;, especially in winter, with caustic sprays, as 



not only was some of it unnecessary, but much damage 

 was done to the trees. He advised to spray the trees 

 only when affected with moss or attacked by insects, 

 and that much money was annually wasted in trying; to 

 keep awaj' insects when the trees were apparently clean 

 and healthy. The majority of those present did not 

 ag-ree with him, but approved of spraying- the trees 

 at least once a year with caustic spray, either to make 

 or keep them clean. 



It may be here remarked that just the opposite to 

 Professor Theobald's teaching- is what we experience 

 in this country ; at least I have not as yet seen an 

 orchard which received too much spra} ing;, and I would 

 strong-ly advise all fruit-g;rowers to spray all their trees 

 at least once during- the winter with the caustic spray, 

 as I think the trees will be like the little boy who was 

 asked how often did he wash himself, when he replied 

 " once a week whether I want it or not." In this 

 damp climate the trees will want to be caustic sprayed 

 once a year. W. S. 1. 



Cork. 



The Munster Ag-ricultural Society's Fruit, Root and 

 Grain Show was held in the City Hall, Cork^ on Thurs- 

 day and F'riday, October 15th and i6th, and the entries 

 were nearly double those of last year when fruit was so 

 scarce all over the country. Quality all throug-h the 

 fruit classes was remarkably hig;h, and nature had 

 coloured the fruit so hig-hly that I thoug;ht there would 

 have been no need for the polishing- that we so often 

 see, but it was not so, and I hope ere another fruit show 

 comes round that the committee will see their way to 

 print in the schedules that polishing- apples will dis- 

 qualify. In dessert apples Worcester Pearmain, King- of 

 Pippins, Cox's Orang:e Pippin, Blenheim Pippin and 



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