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JERPENERE 
CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. n, 
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of ee Nos. 4, 5, 
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The first ei six mil these parcels are, a3 ry were, in on 
* eee, 1, 2, and 3 I exam ee, 
st, and thou ugh the 80 were then 
— pec at any root 
up since, 
88 
erops; m ullin = the tops, the same he: 
found se a iling up the tope, tho, samo da but 
slightly ae dars a few = of the tubers berag 
affected ; the f these two lots were also b 
ten 
ae every Potato w a 
Before re deserbing a aA N as I be! to say tha 
fielts in this distri nerally separated by ditches, 
eep as ‘0 hes 
ut into the cla, 
is mixture 
ugh I may sa 
n upon 
n . 
Jar mle 
ou the names = the Pota- m 
e kinds 
ds of ee are i 
aplay in oeras ou 
ese are all in the township of Levens and eh — a 
5, and 6 have been clayed, the 2 
eo 
t the | hav 
Y. 
clay is mie yes 8 a | 
d. Where and 
ted amongst it, I find ye ot the produce 
= understood . cart may 
n thro any part 
3a single adel wil affect the Potatoes if 45 
I trenched a few perches late in April 16 or 18 
ane the prod 
Asad been 
4 si 5 feet long the last summer ; the ney 
their appearance, = c were very 
eee ounce in 
ere 2 — e $ 
also. 
top I up on the Ist September had * Potatoes 
at he, but 22 only were Ame tyes house 
bein sound. 
takers, . we 
g you 
upon er moss groun nd (when m 
sound and good crops, and 2 as wil 
produce of my experiment is now tak 
about 6 ewt. my workm pe 8 
not want e ray 
h pens moss dry, 
eep, a rg fter manuring 
s8 is 10 inches mie the ground. 
depth t boshti e I found some Potatoes which 
een Tight! y cov ered zx oduce tu parva on the snf ace 
in that case — —— although the root 
was growing in pure he case ith so 
of my early Ash- pod Eider, milah I found “the — 
delicate Potato o 
e 
— 
an 
ch, a few years 
crops o 
they grow amo ngst ng to 
phere — ve ger, ou 
The . 8 is und. The 
tops of — ering lots» — N on rs 16th August, 
and Je Potatoes are small, 
9: Two rig 
of Gia artos and parish of Kendal, a 
A. R. 
These parcels a vat the township of — — 
parish of Kend al, and have never N 
tatoes upon it this 
out sound, but this 7 there 
The Pp 2 is quite free from diseas 
13 is an excellent 8 and 
not 3 stones of diseased 
H 
y thrown 
he ago ested “his rep at at 37} tons. No, 14 not so 
soon a ts top as the other gers parcel but 
the Pout earn out small tho . and 
te free from di 
y, and a part of it has erop 
Potatoes in 1845, 1846, and 1847, sed not a diseased 
Potato ound in 
1 laos yet pis i ahit 
15 and 16; = Rood latte 
draw et tte tion, 
Kingdom, 
faik to eames to Nos. 
ter I wish m Aa 
crops of sound 
at the 
ious to the 8 of 1847 
we been made | ae 
1 of of eres 
L . E of experi- 
os. 8 belon 
with ‘Potatoes in 1847, and the 
dt ken 
enr: any eio of Italian Rye-gras 
lige it is now in green crop, with Swedes, Carrots, 
— This lot is in - p 4 
as never | 
I have en we —.— par rticulars to show 
tai the lay —— well mixed with surface 
decomposed peat. I 8 ‘hed = pirkia of Potatoes 
3 ke 
y in the ground, 
e do not expect to 
e two e „15 and 16, 
ce upation 3 road ; 
ped with rushes 
e 
peat moss Gag and not clayed ; 
he | pent moss moss i te and Primis mixed with clay. 
thi sects 
8 
r letter that I had | com 
—— ae — of early Ash-leaf 
th — from what I h po see: e of them 
the autumn I een it in 8 
ted second "7 Potatoes — | 
g firs d with 
atoes, 
nde first cutting for pro 
their Cringe or Turi plots in the vicinity i 
ar fie lds whe ere the e Raphanus 
you | k 
Ap fa 
p, and. they | peoples th 
bad crop upon | ti 
walls surrou 
r likewise kee ye a suppl 
till the period whoa its ab 1 Kb. pe ks 
and its PaE 
over "e Turnip fiel 
aan Sean 
in 
—This minute weevil 
d th i 
to be the mAN of * vitality, rather 
internal irritant. 
attacked by dipterous and o 
Omalium oe and ya mate nitida, in 
to 3 state of corru 
vo ies , a8 it we 
5 
= 
ta 
— 
m 
3 
fe 
© 
8.8 
v 
r as the 
rs basking on the agm 
* 
fille felt, in vee eal — 
than of 
y an noisome smel, 
and were fast advancing to . 90 of ap , being 
arvæ, as 
abounds. 
e. 
feared they would not 3 i am piai more 
nh * many being 
— decayed a f "hats ont 18 ewt. left ; 
t 
pcs 
th e same heap of see 
oa ena g those peeping out of the ground), and are 
gw 
“Should ma of your Paras try the a of 
raising Potatoes upon, at present, worthles: 
mm 
feet deep, leaving a spac 
etween of not more dian 6 feet ; this should be frenshied 
16 or 18 inches dee is wi the ground toler- 
ably dry by spring, He, “I aay, jay make the 
a little deeper. Two rows upon each bed 
16i a heav 
inches asunder, I think will produ 
pren 
thick. 
planting some Potatoe ee year, T directed m my 
workmen to throw a qu antity of this sand am 
pea igging it over, vese” were 1 
and some amongst the pur 
4 
(Our ill agree with us that this is one of the most 
— —— yet published on the Potato disease.] 
N 3 - INSECTS INJURIOUS 10 VEGETATION 
1848. 
6 VICKSHIRE DURING 
rom p. 732.) 
Haltica nemorum. The 
cloa 
will be 
ele ing to plant upon 3 sid if 0 ones are r d | cloud 
due r er 
— 8 5 the it oft 
in this legs. 
the dead Locle of those that per 
the evening colds 
hurus baulastinus, nov. sp.—A 
| Swynthur 
pis ragian. ae 
of the orae 2 which acco 
pin-h 
small and rounded; the body, W isting of the haa 
as 44 the insect pures 
abdomen confoun unded in a 
ape pe falls o Nen ate 
ht 3 w 
cg aes djacent 
ns rather qui 
‘a Ra pda — of 
an — eaten by the 
not to any great e ge Ke, “Tike the 
fiy, it is the pas a small 
a species of M 
Aphides. the Aphides or plant lice ha 
searce throughout the season; 
eir 2 time, t th 
an presented the 
rathe et 
it; hat is ale. n 
tho 
— e ee the 
ine aly 
— — |=» 
A le, Fagi.—This species 
the in the 
markable for the 
which it is invested. 
eads 
rendered ee. 
small species 
urus was very abundant upon the e leaves of Po 
tatoes and other plants ia Dae 1 
its sus 
in 
a struggle 
onject with 4 
Swedish 
ae 
white Cabbage k 
EIET * : 
be 
in wal a 
