: TE GARDENERS?*. Ne 
(weeks, be as the p * 1 the state of flower - 
ing and fruiting, it med a meagre appear - 
auce, and Se the hastens of. Pass plants on my 
land on which I ' not tried the experiment of 
(po okip on the i and in many instances . 
from rottenness (wasser Fäule). At the end of August 
the contrast of the’ plants in the rows which had been 
nh aap upon, in comparison to those which had 
left to 
b 
to the size of the tubérs as to the quantity. They were 
neither pitted (pockig) nor did they show any other 
disease, only a few were not quite round, which must 
most careful proceedings, and disease an otleniness 
increased rapidly among * them 
Far be it from me to assert that I am able to explain 
e | the nature of, the disease which has recently shown | it- 
a 
ause 0 
ut for the ose of its tubers ; 71 fa 
5 of the Potato for trouble by on- | neat habit, 
ee tee should feel apg to relinquish the 
f. the 
ion m 
Loch or 12th Ber ine planting, it being immateri 
f y- 
process produces a ben to the development C 
r the of whi 
‘upon branches of the 
stems, which not oe benefits the functional n 
spittin 
be are now employed for the impro 
ie tubers ; besides w the more 0 
: nd aim prevent t the direct influence of the 58 upon 
15 
nected with this Na k Eny ‘might be don 2 
i p him that 
of land twice the ber of persons may find 9 
ment if planted with Tonia as if planted with Wheat. * 
CHOU-LESOINNE, ou cHOU A COTES | 
BLANCHES D’AVILES. N 
ibbed Aviles C 2 
Tue following is an extract from a long ace of | bl 
the above, by M. Morren, in the“ Journal e 
ture de Gand,” for January, 1848. fa 
The 
ae SPRING- e PL 
. 1 FLOWERING W Tose a rate 
r will eventually depend upon i its roduci 
amoun producing 2 * 
equally 1 hati E upea abun 
Scilla a bifolia = a small on nere i 
troduction of the Italian varieties of the Cab- | they 
ions under nara 
i to 
d by the gentleman above me mtioned, from the 
vicinity of Aviles, in Asturias, on the coast of the Bay 
| of Biscay, in lat. 43° 36’ N.; ey it is said to be quite as 
f | hardy as the Brussels Lesoinne has 
latter he has cultivated the m) Aviles fo 
six are allied to the Portugal Cabbage, or 
uve Tronchu consist of two varieties (a), a 
3 of so See 
sake of distinction.. They distinguished themselves in 
t, produced wi 
fy a much — — but cae surface of the 
tubers was likewise d suff 
b ie 
certain in its results, it gave me, nevertheless, 
* 
low. situated piece of lad, with the white round P, 
8 enffarad fy 
jal 
be sipped wore lender, ee. d possessed only | fini 
da, and of v 
„open Cab mage. and, (8), which forms a h n 
possess the characteristic of having white ribs and stalks. 
manner, but still preserves its white colour 40 
5 principal and even its secondary ramifica e> 
as 
may be reckoned as the produce of a ad 
The 1 (8) resembles the other as regards the | it 
white f the ribs, but it forms a close 1 and 
it is not 6 so “tall. It is probable that kr seeds of 1 
ntinue to 
both are equally good to eat, this is of | N 5 
for autumn and winter use. 
rrot! 
> William Woe, Teras Nurseries, 
A 
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AM 
AND * ee bs ARDENS. 
de r more appropriate t = than atan 1 y other ie 
I| They are cultivated as white Cabbages an are earn 
) fai 
The Cabbages of Asturias are n eaten as sour- | tha 
raut—trahit sua quet ee. rde . e 4 
the exquisite mode o f pre paring them cu 
divested of superfluities, and boiled w hole. e isit is t hè 
pep aromatics, i 
the van and then. put into the oven, where it is left till 
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pro. | Pyrenees. M. Lesoinne had a medal awarded by the 
ches | Royal Horticultural Society of Liege for his e 
particularly the Chou d'Avilès; but he desery 
uires the requisite degree of tenderness, 8 too m 
