ra 
k. 
156 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Avausr 6, 1864, 
i a KAS * 
THE PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS-( Continued ). : 
ROOT WHEN WILL 
COUNTY. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. BEANS. PEAS POTATOS. HAY. ono HARVEST BE NAME AND ADDRESS, 
— € 
ENGLAND. à ; 
NORTHAMPTON- Good * An average Thin and tight Light Pi good Promising Very light Turnips very Aug. 3 Peter Love 
SHIRE average bad; $ UM 
r 
* On strong land| Quarter below | Half average Half average Failure A good Promising Very light p almost Ditto 
average ł average a M. i 
On light land : ; 
; á In the Fens Onthin soils | Under average| Plenty «f Good Good Short produce Manis good; First week in|John Whitwell, Peter- 
above average; deficient pue Ve well Turni ont t Aug. borough 
on highland ned good ; Colesee 
thin, but good - |Middle of A T 
ood ; full About average | Much under | Very short; Average Healthy, but |Half crops; well] Very ad; iddle of Aug.|T. B. Smeeton, Cromwell 
verage average badly corned very small got ba ah House, Naseby 
WARWICK ........| Thin ; under Full average Light Indifferent ; |Thin and poor} Small; free Very light Turnip: Aug. 4 |John Ford, Morton Hall 
average blighted from disease — — 
ge ! & 
Under average | Early Under average Bad Average Half a crop Want rain Aug. 8 J. H. Burbery, Tho 
avoe ; Fis i Chase, Kenilworth 
under arenga 
Under average | Full average T Under aver.;| Various; Small in conse- | Much under |Failure; Tan- Aug. 8 ed Mus Stratford- 
blighted j|under average ait average gels require n-Avon 
3 ought r h 
Average Under avérage | About average Half an |Underaverage|Good, but small|Half an average| Failur Aug. 8 Wm. Aitchison, Berks- 
average PR m well 
he deep |A very finecrop; e Much blighted| Early Early produe- |One-third of an Mangels About Aug. 10|J. C: Adkins, Stratford- 
l and well} beyond an good ; im tive; late look | average crop E E Tur- on-Avon 
cultivated clays average sown blighted well s failed 
lands a ful and bad 
rage : 
Various Light If early, If — Good [Very bad [Turnips bad Aug. 6 W. Gray, Courteen Hall 
good goo 
Thin, and very| Full erop, and |Welleorned, but| Winter Beans} A full crop | Alightcrop, but} A very lig Turnips a |About Aug. 15|W. Dexter, Seckington, 
much blighted promising short in the |fail; spring very sound crop; wel, p failure: Man- near Tamworth 
straw blighted gels good 
CAMBRIDGE Good cro, About an aver-| Some good; (Badly podded,|A full average] Not generally x ae lands| Mangels a Aug. 8 Alfred S. Ruston, Chat- . 
Honig a well? age; not bulky any bad and full of fly good T ag ^g d teris Tg 
erage 18 
Generally thick ; Good Moderate Winter thin, Good Short crop Suffering from|] About Aug, 8 | ———, West Wickham 
deficient in the but well w ant of rain 
ear podded ; 1 
r spring mode- 
rate 
WORCESTER ....| Under average Very good Very few grown;| Short straw | Early ; very |The early good ;| Got well; half Very bad Aug. 1 Joseph Matthews, Mal- 
good and blighted good thelate small |the kd of vern à 
rass ; 
Under average | Over average Under average| Under average} Full sill but Very light |Late and thin Aug. 1 Richard Smith, Droit- | 
sma wich : 
Excellent on |Unusually good} Large crop Early planted,|Late planted,| Early Pota On Miserable at | Second week. |Henry Hudson, The 
well eultivated good. Late |much injured amall bgr d. land, generally present in August Elms, near Pershore 
l planted by the green te Potatos good; on u 
much injured aphis and, but jlands, very ligh 
; wanting : rain d 
HEREFORD ...... Average Average Under average |Underaverage|Underaverage| Promising der average First week in| Henry Pride, near " A 
: un idus Aug. mouth 
Below an Below an nder average |Under average|Under average| Under average | About hall poi A 1 m, Baysham | sE | 
average average i fad dd Sane “Court Ross 
_, | Michaelmas | Good average average ;| A good deal | Not good | Early planted | Much under | Very patchy |. August 1 p. d Edwards, Brinsp TE 
"T hong: tonem straw short blighted» fo | good; rest bad | verage i e E 
sown pond na 
MONMOUTH ...... | Bare average Over avorage | Under average T a Very promising ;|One- third | under} Healthy, but Aug. 10 |G. R. Greenhow-Relph 
all good at average retarded near Usk Dr 
presen after Gras dim 
About Very good ; aph Light; aphis Tm ; Promising Very light Various; suf-| Beginning of |W. H. Little, 
aphis — em ; Aug. Grange 
: roug! 
Average Good Light Blighted Very light Average Very light Very bad About Aug. 7 |Th m Bel ecking| 
sioan 
GLOUCESTER- Below an Early planted an| Same as Barley bas Fair, but a dea Very short, but|S a good! Second week |J. M. Read, Elkstone 
SHIRE age; thin, but average ; late good deal well made pini, tes suf-| in Aug. 
healthy indifferent blighted ring from 
MN d Pe 
drought; late (d 
uu E] E 
Good, but thin Good Badly blighted Pe aE oe well Very light Very patchy Bitond bl serian 
estroye n Aug. 
Thin, and short} Under average |Short in straw;| ^ Variabl Fair; some |Inj 1 light quan, Very defec- |About Aug. 4/Stiles Rich, Didmarton — ^ 
inthe straw ; mueh under harvested ied Fui: but well M: suffering 
her under average made om want of : 
e lysown Average Muc Various mising; no| One-third of Bome good,but|First week in|J, T. H., Frocester 
late sown blighted ; T blight average | generally a Aug. 
One-fifth below | Above average Various Below average| Blighted — sm: MÀ put/Small quantity, ffe: ug.5 |John F. Peacey, Winch- s 
average but good ae fi a 
roug 
Thin, and irre-|Early sown good;| Below average ; Much . |Verygenerally|Under average;|Unusuallylight;| ^ Irregular Aug.4  |J.Lynch Fletcher, Royal 
gular in hei,ht ; ‘average straw very short] blighted; bed; below suffered =o em -— ze breadth, Agricultural College — 
land below an under average| average dry weathe iem ured 
x average 2 
Very variable ; Underaverage;| Considerably | ^ Bare Under average;| About 2-3ds First week of |Wm, Woodward, 
* barely average of parts ie e 8S few grown here ee ee average; t| checked by erop on low m H Aug. _ way me 
past 12 yeara rematurely y blighted| bligh drought ds; half on pu cds at} — Tewkes! 
wi is uplands 
. Some full Rather under | Under average phani Much under | Very small; | Well made but vices P July29 | Giles cu 
ANS : _ |and some à average 'erage under average | m! h under j à leach, Lechlade 
DUET SE iy .| average; thin : à average > 
OXFORD..........| Average Average crop | Partial crop Very bad ; Good | Good but small | Very short crop xe Bad, Aug.9 |Richard Page, N 
cR : : px e SER Z > | spring pretty Pape A i iiini eos | Newington 
Good on strong Very good  |Short and under| Average  |Underaverage| Small; healthy | Short crop; Very bad : Aug.10 Matthew Savidge, 
soils; under average well secured  Barsden Lodge Farm 
ones 4 light 
: Under average Bad Bad Bad Under g Much under an General Aug. 1 
average failure, except 
of Mangels 
BORG POORE Average Under average | Under average Not over Not over | Under average | Good and well | Mangel good Aug. 7 
; average average got Turni; 
Under average Average Under average |Underaverage| Average Look well Half a crop Bad _ Aug, 2 
Below average | Much below Diseased bad Ae Average Short crop D boc! 
av inferior 
Below an Fair on c Very much Blighted ; About an Good Very light on mo very; Aug.8 
average. bad on tight ‚below an en average verage uplands ; good | indifferent ; 
average in meadows — y 
si Lavender, 
Not average ` Not average Average Good Light "- Méca P ilem seston 
y any ortinstraw| A very good |A great breadth |A good crop and| The Mang els} 4thto6th |T. E wle 
grown about Pant not = erop planted, but the} ^ well got and Kohl Rabi Aug. andy 
m what we| pro tubers at pre- where early, 
very light|now - a veok sent very TÉ ire d 
ux Ese backward, 
Indifferent in Not average |Fair yield where| A great efi- | Very bad Aug. 4 
3 aak em sown early  |ciency ; ang indeed 
i average Cro) 
