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TURNIP. 



see, but soot and gas-lime separately. The former seems to have 

 succeeded very well, and the latter did little or no good. The Swedes 

 were nearly meeting in the drills when the attack herjan, so whether 

 the results would have been as good if the plants had been more 

 wealdy, I do not know ; but my Turnip crop is decidedly a successful 

 one this year, qnite as good as usual. And the only thing that I can 

 trace to the effects of the moth attack is that the Swedes seem to have 

 been more to neck, as well as leaf, than usual." 



Hartlepnol, Co. T>urham, Dec. 19th. From Mr. John E. Eobson, 

 F.E.S. — "You will be interested to know how the fields of Turnips 

 in this neighbourhood that were so seriously attacked by Plutella 

 cruciferanim have turned out in the end. With one exception, I have 

 seen all of tliem ; I mean all those that appeared to suffer much. 

 They have all produced a very excellent crop, many of the Turnips 

 being of large size — extra large, and all of very good quality. . . . 

 One of the farmers, Mr. Collingwood, who had, I think, the worst 

 field of the lot, told me yesterday that, though Turnips were a diflBculfc 

 crop to average, he had seldom had better than this year, and that the 

 two fields which suffered most from the caterpillars were quite as good 

 as any others. ... I had the impression that the result to be 

 expected was late, small Turnips, and they would be hard or stringy, 

 but that has certainly not been realised here." — J. E. R. 



Northumberland. — Waren House, Belford, July 24th. From Mr. 

 J. Burdon Sanderson, with specimens of Diamond-back Moths and 

 caterpillars accompanying. After alluding to the specimens (and also 

 a Swede leaf) sent, Mr. Burdon Sanderson continued: — "They are 

 taking the Swedes and Turnips in this country wholesale, some fields 

 being almost left as if no Turnips had ever been there. They are also 

 on some Kolil Rabi and Drumhead Cabbages which I have here. Since 

 the caterpillars first appeared we have had heavy rain, but I regret to 

 say it has not checked them in the least." 



Replies to inquiries in circular (see p. 110), August IStli : — 



(1). " In some cases in the district round Bamborough the loss is 

 the whole crop gone. I can hardly tell yet what loss I have sustained 

 in my Turnips as I hope they are coming round. 



(2). "I applied quicklime by hand on a windy day, as the wind 

 was blowing up the drills ; the lime got well under the plants and stuck 

 to the leaves, covering the undersides well. This did not kill the cater- 

 pillars at all, but, I think, rather prevented their working, and I hope 

 checked them in spinning their webs or cocoons. I top dressed the 

 worst with nitrate of soda, which stimulated their growth, and thus 

 helped them ; but what certainly did the most good was scuffling witli 

 light branches fastened across the scufiler, and I consider that the 



