July 28, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS 1 CHRONICLE. 



99 



CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROPS— (Continued). 



PEACHES 

 LSD NEC 



T ARISES. 



NAM!-: 

 AM' 



ADDRESS. 



SOUTHWESTERN 



COUNTIES. 



DEVON 



WALES 

 CARMARTHEN.. .. 



CARNARVON 



DENBIGH 



GLAMORGAN . 

 MERIONETH .... 

 MONTGOMERY 

 PEMBROKE ... 



Average 

 i nder 



IRELAND 



ARMAGH 



ANTRIM 



CLARE 



DOWN 



WESTMEATH 



KILKENNY 



CHANNEL 

 ISLANDS. 



JERSEY 



GUERNSEY 



SCILLY 



Unde 

 Unde 



Ov 



0\ 



cry 



; gOOfi Ul 



Under 



OoO.I 

 l'uder 



ader ; not 

 good 



Good 



Average 



Average | Average 



Average : gou.l Over 



Run tons 



erage Avi rag 



Under 



Under 



Much under 



Average 



Bad 

 Average 



Under 



Average; vei 



good 

 Under 



Average 



Bad 

 Average; goo 



Unde 



! nde 



Under 



I '11. L. 



ler 



good 



I nder 



good 



Average 



1 ,„1. 



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Av, 

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bad 



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Unde 



Under 

 Under 



Good 



Under 

 Undi i 

 Average 



Average; v. 

 good 

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Average ; 

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Under 



Average 



good 



G I lverage;ver 



good 



'rage ; goo. Ove , good 

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small Over; good 



Average ; 

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i ad 



I'm I ir 



I ai. 

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Over ; excel- 

 lent 



and Curranti 

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er; good 



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good 

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good 





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good 



good 



verage 



Averag 



ery plentiful D. C. Powell, 



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>1 Average; good 



Average ; Average 



g i 



Very g> >od Very good 



Over; ^ood Under; good 



Untler ; good Undi r; 

 Vv. rag. ; good Uerage; gi 

 Under; good Under; good Under 



average ; Abundant ; 



good very good 



erage; good I nder ■, good 



Av.-r ge 

 Sean 



E.xeter 



G. .1. Barnes, Stoodleigli Court, 

 Tiverton 



i'.. Raker, Membland, Plymp- 



ton 

 .f. Murtou. Pen. ilinielc, Truro 

 i. Mitchell, Tehidy lark. 



..-i.i- Bowen, Edwinsford, 



Idandilo 

 ulan Colder, Vayuol Park. 



I. Muir, Marg.un Par'.,. P.jit 



Talbot 

 Ja.». Bennett, Rhus Garden-, 



Corv en 

 Horace Huntley, Powiu Castle 



Gardens. Welshpool 

 Geo Griffin, Slebeck Park. 



Havcrfor 



Thomas Sheasby, Cattle Dillon, 



Armagh 

 Geo. Porteous, Garron Tower, 



Belfast 

 W. Wilson, Dromi land G 



dens. Newmarket-. .:i I i..,. 

 J. Taylor, Mount Stewart 



. . - tvioura 



C. Smith & Son. Caledonia 



Nursery, St. Heliers 

 Geo. D. Vallance, Tresco Abbey 



Forestry. 



Hedging. — Privet, Box, ami Laurustinus hedges 

 may now receive their first trimming. Nothing 

 excels the switch knife if kept well sharpened for 

 this kind of work. Weed the ground along the line 

 of the hedge, but defer digging the soil till a future 

 time. Where hedges of Yew are being clipped or 

 trimmed have a sharp outlook to see that the work- 

 men burn up or dispose of iu a safe way — safe from 

 farm-stock- -all primings, for these, especially iu a 

 half dead state, are highly poisonous. 



Nursery Work. — During dry weather keep the hoe 

 at work ; but there is little use in hoeing during wet 

 weather, a better plan is hand-weeding and carrying 

 all the weeds so collected to the dung-yard. The 

 weeding of seed-beds can now be managed satisfac- 

 torily, and if such work be carefully done no evil 

 results will follow from loosening the ground. 



A few of the Elm seeds collected during the past 

 fortnight should be sown during dry weather in beds 

 4 feet wide. Previous to sowing the seeds, it is 

 well to ascertain whether they are fertile or not, a 

 great number this season being destitute of an 

 embryo. Thoroughly work the ground where the 

 seed-beds are to be formed, and should it be found 

 necessary, an addition of leaf-mould, peat, or good 

 vegetable loam, will considerably enhance the 

 strength and growth of the young plants. Do not 

 sow the seeds too deeply ; simply roll them over, 

 and sift on from a fine-meshed riddle a half-inch of 

 light sandy loam. Do not roll after covering the 



seeds, this being a pernicious practice that cannot be 

 too forcibly condemned. Look over young stock of 

 all kinds, and with a sharp pruning-knife lop off all 

 contending or rival leading shoots, as well as un- 

 gainly side-branches. This work, performed while 

 the young stock is in the nursery, is productive of 

 lasting good, and should never be left until the 

 plants are beiug sent out for final transplanting. 

 Grafts may require attention in the way of removing 

 too tight ligatures, replacing the clay or cement, and 

 breaking off (not pruning) any shoots that may be 

 pushing from the stock beneath the scion. 



Insect Pests. -The depredations caused by the various 

 insects have assumed alarming proportions this season, 

 whole plantations of Oak being almost stripped of 

 their verdure. On this estate the Oaks suffered ; 

 Elms and Limes have suffered greatly. The exuda- 

 tion of the various caterpillars was falling so thickly 

 on the woodland paths, that many persons were 

 puzzled to account for the constant rain-like, drip- 

 ping noise, that during the dry and warm weather 

 was carried on uninterruptedly. 



Thunder-showers, however, did much good by 

 washing the caterpillars from off the leaves, and so 

 considerably checking their depredations. Miss 

 Ormerod suggests painting a band of tar around the 

 trees that are not affected, and so preventing the 

 insects fiom ascending to the branches — good old 

 advice, no doubt, for the owners of cockney places 

 with half-a-dozen isolated trees on their lawn, but 

 quite out of the question with the owners of woods 

 and forests. 



The Pine-beetles (Hylurgus piuiperda) have also 

 been at work of late amongst the Austrian and 

 Corsicau Pines, and by boring into the leading shoots 

 have quite destroyed the symmetry of the trees, the 

 leaders falling off during the first high wind after tie 

 attack. Burning up all brushwood in early spring is 

 the best means of preventing the spread of the Pine- 

 beetle. 



Another insect pest that has done much damage 

 in the Kentish woods of late is the goat-moth 

 (Cossus ligniperda), the depredations of which have 

 here been almost wholly confined to the Birch and 

 Poplar — the former in particular. It bores into the 

 stems of the trees, and in some instances the holes 

 are so thickly set that one would almost imagine a 

 gun loaded with swan shot had been fired against 

 the trunk. 



The best remedy we have found is to bore after 

 the grub with a gimlet, and insert into the holes 

 a - mixture of paraffin and lime. This effec- 

 tually gets rid of the pest, far better than the tar 

 usually recommended, which, where the bark is 

 injured, is highly injurious, and has been the cause 

 of death in numerous instances. Usually the grub 

 bores in from the base of the stem and works its way 

 upwards, the tunnels formed having a most offensive 

 smell, and from which the common name of the 

 moth is derived. Trees on low-lying and damp 

 ground are most liable to the attacks of the goat- 

 moth, but here several Beeches and Poplars growing 

 on high and dry land are likewise affected. A. 1). 

 Webster, Holiwod Park, Kent. 



