

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



Tf TE TRUE FASTOLFF RASPBERRY._This 

 FRUIT TREES, 



Tifridu concbiflora, fine flowering bulbs, 6s. per dozen. 

 ANEMONE SEED, 



* j ITCHELL'S "PRINCE ALBERT'; RHUBARB 



-Si,, 



HENRY GROOM, Cla'pham Rise" near London, 

 by »ppointment Flobht to Hii Majestt the Queen, 



/orrf; Half diseasec 

 pulled up early.— K 

 oaks; One-fourth diseased. 3. Sir J, 

 High Elms and Down ; Loss, one-fifth, 

 and one-tenth.— Essex : 4. 

 mer ; One-fourth diseased. 



.■hie, gardener, Drayton Manor ; 35 per 



Hall; Land, still clay, but dry; <v e-i , (li 

 — Ldimh ,:,,„: ,s. J/,-. ./. y lcnL ; 

 AH affected more or less, except as 

 unknown white variety from Moray 

 Light oihor cases of exemption a; 



kl.M : I.J/,-. ' 



stiff. The only Potatoes t 

 escaped were pi 



■od Station of 



. 

 ?tiri 1 it it was taken from ii 



tin! -v. //,(/■, v. ( , n /■// /;«; 

 small roots and coarse Grai 



2. J. Roger*, 1 



J 3. Sir Jul, 



>ss, one-fifth, one-third, 

 J/r. J. Ferguson, Bui- 



rucldcy; i.and.i 



with horse, and cow mam 

 per Scotch acre, placed i 



also planted 

 I, hut were much diseased — Haddikg 



108 feet above sea level. 



Crop, when dug, w; 



and strong. 

 among fold-y 



ItTal ""the tin! 

 inng, overrun with weeds, whic 

 digging. No manure was usee 



rained in March last. Scotch Rei 



pi.M! 



SATURDAY, FEBR UARY 10, 1849. 



*o»i>« [P"holo^icii 



: 



the lame nronnrr Ve / [ s ne cessarily struck 

 ■ "on ot bad cases which oc- 



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V ties , 



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16 

 







ButVhl! ^ Ca P^n^r7lw 



^ E Dg i n n . he S land, and th 

 •^.ISW l53t °34; Scot? 

 i 86tosi; 0jand WaIes,4toO 

 ^t Pti £ C -- PP ear, 



Sr?K ab,d 4 toft 7 genera 



50 



the Tables may be 

 en the proportions 

 nd, 16 to 17; Ire- 

 « or, on the whole, 



conclusion to be 

 C£ of heavy land; 



scertaining, ifpos- 



roUots r - heavy land 



ding to the Tables. 



posurezud dry sii 



ve ere tabi an ■ f " 

 Crop nearlv sound 



3Ir. W. MLachi 



rich friable loam, 

 planted in April 



Croi 



>d dismu-d.- 





Mr. D. Doig, 



1. mt< 



Tessrs. 



Uriv". 



■h.mll, nur.uiniinni, Kmnoul. ; 

 i good slope. American Earlies, 

 Windsor, Abercain 





May. 



Lamtshiu] . y. Mr. ,h,,s 

 Hathvin; Land, sand v l,,- im u 

 IiUh ( i).« planted u '. Mtuh 

 inches apart, with cow-dung at 



light and exposed suffered least 



ughed it down ; 





■<;•»„,; 



ind crop.— Ross-shire 

 m Balnagowan Cast! 



Vhe^natuTe^thrsS 



> sand. 



imerous class of except 



'ing ar 01 P these 16° are 



op not more than 5 per cent, diseased, 

 i. Mr. J. Reed, gardener, Millbanh ; Land, lMu 

 ubsoil, dry, and gravelly, escaped. Land some- 



•ifeshjre": 7. Mr. J. Guu; land-steward, Abbots- 

 all; Land, deep dry strong loam. Early Americans 



J (arm-yard d.m- placed hi the' bottom of the drills 

 ong with the cut Potatoes. Crop, when pitted, 

 bout 20 lbs. to the ton were diseased.— Bam; shirk : 

 . Mr. A. Gordon, gardener, Duff house ; Land 

 iven to clay, which had been subsoil plot 

 rish Cups, White Irish and Ulack Kidnc- 



■ ' - 



eavy and sound ; crops in neighbourhood 



icon most virulent in the south and west. 



And in like manner the following II other 

 ases appear to be connected with climate, 

 fc, . — Dirhaxi : 1. Rev. A. Wade, Rector of 

 Slton i Land, strong day. Hen-i 



aanure; generally onlj 



orked up as fine as powil 

 he manure spread betu. 



red up. Crop had 2 or 3 

 diseased bushels in 4 or 5 acres of Potatoes. 



Mr. W. Renwick's farm) ; Land, heavy. Prii 

 Regents, American Earlies, Richmond Wond( 

 planted in April, with 40 tons per acre of stab 

 dung used at]. Ian ting time. Potatoes cut. Crop 







■ ■ 



vi/ - 



. 



Il:l 



T. H. Dau 





.. //. 































vt 























November* 



. 



er .1 







they also suffered li 













s.-iff.- 



ed. Howie 





















11. It. S. 







/), • 



Land, stiff 









v.,,1. 





vember wi 



• 









ir ; taken up as soon as the haulm became dis- 

 ced ; 5 sacks rotted out ot oU ■ some still de- 

 ring in October (although in a dry airy loft) ; 



ble-dung. Those plant, d'm uutiu.ol of 1-17 

 ned out much better than those planted last 



spring. Sorts, Ash-leaved Kidney and Regents.— 

 shire: 4. umtonLong; 



Land, a strong I ., Farmer's 



! ; 



of farm-yard manure, in drills 30 inches apart, using 



. _ . • 



jased, 



one-fifth, Richmond Wonders one-twei 

 Peebles: 3. Mr. R . I) 

 Lands, light on gravel, and 

 planted in April in drills, with !•_' ton 

 manure, and 1£ cwt. of guano per acre 

 with the cut sets above, a. 



the damp clay scarcely 1 in 100 disea 





''»> 



•, gardener, Ri 



on; Land 



alel'ai io i. 



Chesham ; Land, a strong tenacious clay. All the 

 crop very bad, ring case in the 



crop qui cnt in quality. 



«ui't K nd phinUd i. Man!, i, ;h common 

 ^, and beside those of October planting, were 

 . 

 bad.— Sussex: 6.M . <,. <., -',,,. .. s\i, ,-,'j ; 



. .. ■ ■ . 

 good crops without being affected. Soil, a rich 



