GARDENING IN THE ISLAND OF JERSEY. 459 



well, and plums, peaches and apricots when grown against the 

 Bunny side of a wall bear profusely. In addition to these, apples 

 and pears grow plentifully, and the Jersey pears, especially the 

 Chaumontelle and Louise Bonne, are famed in England. 



All over the island you would notice glass houses. One company 

 alone has over thirteen acres under glass, and from here enormous 

 quantities of the choicest grapes are shipped annuallj\ This is a 

 profitable crop, for early in the season grapes will bring from 7o 

 cents to $1.00 a pound in London. Besides the grapes, this company 

 has shipped in a single season one hundred tons of tomatoes, fifty 

 tons of potatoes and twelve tons of peas and beans. In recent years 

 the Jersey gardener has awakened to the importance of his calling, 

 and there are two societies there, the Jersey Horticultural Society, 

 and the Jersey Gardeners' Society, both of which by offering prizes 

 at the different shows for choice and new specimens and by means 

 of papers on subjects relating to horticulture do much to help him. 



Dr. M. M. Frisselle : I would like to ask the young man ( it has 

 been several months since I have been to school) how far the 

 Islands are from the French coast? 



Mr. Major: The nearest point is about seventeen miles. 



Dr. Frisselle: How far are they from the British coast? 



Mr. Major: Straight south about thirty miles. 



Dr. Frisselle: What is the climate? 



Mr. Major: The mean temperature is about 21 degrees; it is 

 very mild. 



Pres. J. M. Underwood: What is the area of the Islands? 



Mr. Major: About 28,000 acres, more or less. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot: What is the price of labor there? 



Mr. Major: About 22 or 23 cents per day. 



Mr. Kellogg (Wisconsin): The practical point seems to be 

 in planting potatoes 9 x 14 inches apart. If we have got land 

 that will produce anything like that, the point is close culture, 

 close cultivation, big crop and big pay. The practical point is 

 to raise that big crop. 



Mr. Elliot: And no pay. 



Mr. Kellogg: Well, we work for nothing and our wives 

 board us. (Laughter). 



Dr. Frisselle: I understood you to say that the potatoes 

 were hilled up. How is that done? 



Mr. Major: They generally just bank them up. They have 

 a hoe something like a double plow, with one man ahead and 

 another one behind. 



Dr. Frisselle: Any bugs there? 



Mr. Major: Well, there are no potato bugs, but there are 

 others. (Laughter and applause). 



