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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[March 23, 1912. 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Apples (English 



cookers) bu-hel 6 0-12 



— Nova Scotian, 

 per barrel ... 17 0-22 



— Cal i f ornian 



Newtowns, pr. 



6 0-80 



. 20 — 



it 



i» 



— (Canadian), per 



barrel .. 



— Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 

 case 



— American, per 

 barrel ... 



Bananas, bunch : 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 



— Extra .. 



— Giant 



— Loose, per dz. 



— Ked coloured... 



— Jamaica Giants, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cranberries, per 

 case (30 qts.)... 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Dates (Tunis) doz. 



boxes 



Grape Fruit, case : 



— 96's ... 



— M)s ... 



— 64s ... 



— 54's ... 

 Grapes (English), 



per lb. : 



— Black Alicante 



— GrosColman .. 



— (Belgian), Gros 

 Colman, p. lb. 



— Almeria, p. brl. 

 Per dozen lbs. 



— (Cape) per case* 



— „ White... 



— „ Red ... 

 Lemons : 



— (Naples), case 



— Messina, per 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 



16 0-18 6 



Z 20 0-32 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 l) 



14 18 



6-10 



5 6-60 



£10-£12 



u t s 

 kiln 



c w t. 



4 0-50 

 10 0-11 

 96 - 

 4 6-56 



14 0-20 



2 



2 



3- 



0- 



3 



3 



13-20 



11 6-15 6 

 4 0-60 



4 0-50 



5 0-60 

 5 0-70 



s.d. s.d. 

 Mangoes, per doz. 6 0-10 



Melons (Cap.?) ... 10-1 6 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 52 6 — 



— Brazils, new, 

 per cwt ...85 0-100 



— Spanish, p. sack 40 42 



— Barcelona, bag 35 6-36 6 

 Nuts, Chestnuts, 



per bag ... 3 6-19 



— Cocoanuts, 100 18 0-23 



— English Cobs 



per lb 03 — 



— Wain 



(Naples 



dried, 



cases 



Nuts, French Gren- 

 obles, per bag 



— Boeris, per bag 

 Nectarines (Cape) 



per box 

 Oranges, Jamaica 

 per case 



— Californian ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 

 | — Jaffa, per case 



Blood, per case 

 Mandarins, 



er box 



itter, per J 

 chest 



— Seville Sour 

 * chest 



Pears (Californian), 

 per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurrc 

 — Winter Nelis 

 6 — (American) per 



barrel, 180 lbs. 25 0-26 



54 — 



6 6-70 

 6 0-70 



4 0-80 



9 0-10 



15 0-16 



16 0-34 



10 0-12 



9 6- 

 8 0-90 



6-36 



16 0-18 6 



.. 15 0-18 



10 6 16 6 



11 6-12 6 

 8 6 — 



12 6-13 6 



26 0-30 



7 6-17 



40 - 



. 



— (Cape) ... 

 Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Pines Cape), each 

 Plums (Cape), per 



case 



— Apple, per box 

 Strawberries, p. ib.: 



— A quality 



— B quality 



7 



4 0-50 



2 6-50 

 6-09 



4 0-60 

 6 0-80 



9 0-12 



3 0-60 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices* 



Artichokes(Globe), 

 per dozen 



— Jerusalem, per 

 J bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue. 



— I auris 



— Paris Green ... 



— (English), per 

 bundle 



Beans, Guernsey, 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



— French, per 

 packet, lb. 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long ... 

 Broccoli, sprout- 

 ing, per bag 



Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (French) 

 per do/.en 



— (English), per 

 tally 



— Cornish, per 

 dozen 



Cauliflowers, p. dz. 



— (Italian), p. pad 



— (Cornish), per 

 crate 



Celery, doz. bndls. 



— (washed), per 

 dozen bundles 



Carrots (English), 

 pr. doz. bun... 



— per cwt. 



— (washed) p. bag 

 Chicory, per lb. ... 

 Cucumbers, p. doz. 

 En- live, per dozen 



Greens, per bag ... 



H er b s (sweet), 



pkts., p. gross 



s.d. s il . 



3 0-40 



1 — 

 10-1 

 3 0-46 

 3 0-86 



3 6-46 



13-16 



16-19 



.. 2 6-30 



2 0-30 

 2 6-30 



2 6-30 



6 10 



10-13 

 2 0-30 

 2 0-30 



5 0-76 



6 0-10 



10 0-18 



2 6-30 



3 6 4 6 



4 0-50 

 4 — 



4 0-60 

 •2 — 



a 6-3 6 



7 — 



12 



s.d. s.d. 



10 0-14 

 1 6 - 



9-13 



4 0-50 



Horse radish, 

 bundles 



Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 8-0 10 



Mustardand Cress, 

 pr. dz. punnets 



Onions (Dutch) per 

 bag 



— English 



— (Spanish), per 



10-16 



7 0-86 



8 0-90 



Parsley, A sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Peas( Frencbip. pad 



— (Guernsey), lb. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 

 Rhubarb, forced, 

 per 12 bundles 



— Outdoor, per 

 dozen 



Savoys, per tally.. 

 Spinach, pr. bshl. 

 Seakale, p. punnet 

 Tomatos (Canary 

 Islands), per 

 bundle... 

 Turnips (English), 

 erdz.bunch.es 

 ags (washed) 



— (unwashed) ... 



Turnip Tops, per 



bag 



Watercress, p. dz. 



bunches 



9 0-10 

 16 — 



2 6-30 



4 6-50 



5 0-60 



3 0-36 



13-16 



8-10 



26 - 

 10 0-12 



3 0-40 

 10- 1 3 



c: 



... 12 0-15 



2 6-30 



4 0-46 



3 0-36 



20-26 

 4-06 



Rkmarks.— It is expected that Gros Colman and Black 

 Alicante Grapes (English) will be available until theend of the 

 present month. Belgian Grapes remain a fairly good supply, 

 the best samples being in demand. About 7,000 boxes of 

 Cape Grapes nave been received during the present week, 

 consisting of the varieties Haanepoot, Hermitage, and 

 Barbarossa ; many of the samples arrived in a very good 

 condition. There have also been received Pears, Plums, 

 and Pineapples from the Cape, about 11,000 boxes ; it is an- 

 ticipated that these consignments will now gradually de- 

 crease from week to week. Three shipments of Australian 

 Apples are due to arrive this week, amounting to about 40,000 

 boxes of dessert varieties. Supplies of Channel Islands pro- 

 duceare now commencing to show a considerable increase all 

 round and prices are much easier. Imported vegetables, 

 such as Asparagus and Spinach, are a heavier supply. 

 English forced Strawberries are more plentiful, conse- 

 quently their prices have fallen considerably. Nova Scotian 

 i onsignments, per s.s. M Mount Temple,'* amounted to 6,845 

 barrels of Apples, consisting of Russets, Fallawaters, Ben 

 Davis and Nonpareils, Good Apples are in demand. Trade 

 in outdoor vegetables shows an improvement. Mushrooms 

 hav- been a much heavier supply this week. Teneriffe 

 Tomatos are arriving in a very satisfactory condition, and 

 a e meet »g with a f .irly good djinand. E. hi. R., Covent 

 Qardcn t March %0, /. -12. 



Potatos. 



Kents — 



Queen's 



Up-to-Date 

 Lincolns - 



Up-to-Date 



British Queen ... 



King Edward ... 



Northern Star ... 



Evergoods 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 0- 4*6 

 4 0-46 



3 9-46 



3 9-43 



4 0-46 



2 9-36 



3 0-39 



per cwt 





s.d. s.d. 



Lincolns — 



Maincrops 

 Blacklands 



... 4 3-46 

 ... 8 0-33 



Bed fords — 



Up-to-Date 



... 3 9-40 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



... 5 0-53 

 ... 5 3-56 



New Potatos. 

 Teneriffe '. 10 6-14 | Algerian 



Remarks.— Trade shows no improvement, 

 plentiful, with only a fair demand. 



... 12 6-15 



Supplies are 



Prices are about the 



same as last week. Edward /. Newborn, Covent Garden 

 and St. Pancras, March 21, 1912. 



amfm 



CoTT^ordtnU 



* # * The Editors will be glad to receive, for 

 consideration, large photographs of horticultural 

 subjects, suitable for reproduction in this 



Journal. 



Address : B. H. The secretary of the United 

 Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society is 

 Mr. Wm. Collins, 9, Martindale Road, Bal- 

 ham, London. 



American Association of Park Superinten- 

 dents : Hortus. The Secretary-Treasurer is 

 Mr. F. L. Mulford, Landscape Gardener, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, U.S.A. 



Carnation and Violet : J. M. S. The plant 

 of Souvenir de la Malmaison Carnation appears 

 to have suffered from an attack of red spider 

 or of aphis, but neither pest was to be found on 

 the specimen when it reached this office. There 

 are also indications of the presence of a fungus 

 disease, probably Helminthosporium, but 

 further specimens would be needed to make 



certain of this. The Violets may have been 

 subjected to an excessive amount of moisture, 



either in the bed itself or in the atmosphere, 

 accompanied by deficient ventilation. We do 

 not know of anv other reasons that would 

 cause the flower-buds to fail as in your case. 

 It is well recognised that Violets in frames 

 do not like much artificial heat, but they re- 

 quire abundant ventilation at all times when 

 the weather permits. The best thing you can 

 do is to remove all foliage which appears un- 

 healthy and the decaying flower-buds. Admit 

 air more abundantly to the frame, taking care 



to avoid making the soil sodden by over-water- 

 ing. 



Hyacinth and Tulips Decaying: W. H. A. 



The Hyacinth and Tulip bulbs are injured by 

 Bacterium hyacinthi, which is indicated 

 by yellow, shiny spots or streaks in the scales 

 of the bulbs. No remedy is known. The 

 bulbs should be burned, and the soil in which 

 they were growing heated to destroy all traces 

 of the disease. 



Lilacs and Melons : It. 0. F. Lilacs for flower- 

 ing in pots must be first-rate specimens. 

 Cut your plants hard back to good, 

 plump eyes, afterwards plunging them < ut- 

 of-doors in a sunny spot, affording plenty 

 of water during dry weather, with occa- 

 sional applications of liquid manure. When 

 growth has commenced, all weakly shoots 

 should be pulled off, retaining only from six to 

 twelve of the strongest growths, according to 

 the size of the plants. These should set flower- 

 buds if they are encouraged to grow freely. In 

 the autumn, after the leaves have fallen, the 

 plants may be lifted, and any roots outside the 

 pots should then be cut off. The plants may 

 then be forced into bloom at almost anv time. 



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Grafting is not necessary. The addition of well- 

 rotted manure to the soil in which Melons are 

 growing is necessary, but we should not advise 

 incorporating leaf-mould unless the latter be 

 thoroughly rotted, as when fresh it favours 

 the spread of fungus diseases and eel-worms. 



Lime Tree Decaying: J. M. It is most 

 probable that the tree is suffering from the 

 effect* of the prolonged drought of last 

 summer. You shonM adoot f he treatment 

 recommended to W. B. J., Bridlington, under 

 Wellingtonia on p. 178 in last week's issue. 



Market Garden Compensation : Boston. Tho 



improvements for which a tenant of a holding 

 (in respect of which it was agreed in writing 

 that the holding should be let or treated as a 

 market^ garden) is entitled to compensation 

 from his landlord apart from improvements of 

 a permanent nature, such as erection of build- 

 ings, manuring, &c., are: (1) Planting of 

 standard and other fruit trees permanently set 

 out. (2) Planting of fruit bushes permanently 

 * set out. (3) Planting of Strawberry plants. 

 (4) Planting of Asparagus, Rhubarb, and other 

 vegetable crops which continue productive for 

 two or more years. You would therefore only 

 obtain compensation for crops that came within 

 one of the above headings, and these would 

 not include Cabbages. 



Names of Plants : Hants. 1, Pinus insignis ; 

 2, apparently Cupressus sempervirens (speci- 

 men sent separately) ; 3, Thuya dolabrata vai ie- 

 gata ; 4, Abies nobilis ; 5, Cupressus macro- 

 carpa ; 6, Spiraea Thunbergii. — IF. J. F. 

 Dendrobium chrysotoxum. — ti. D. 1, Eria 

 clausa ; 2, E. stricta ; 3, Dendrobium cru- 

 menatum. — Foreman. 1, Oncidium flexuosum; 

 2, Odontoglossum blandum ; 3, Oncidium 

 sphacelatum ; 4, Eria arnica. — //. P. Epiden- 

 drum oncidioides.- — W. C. A variety of Acer 

 japonicum, Cerasus sinensis. 



Peaches and Nectarines Unhealthy : E. J. D. 



The shoots are affected with die-back, caused 

 by a fungus called Naemospora. The spores 

 are exceedingly minute and ooze out of the 

 branches in sticky threads, which are carried 

 by insects or other agencies from one tree to an- 

 other. Remove diseased shoots and spray the 

 trees with Bordeaux mixture, made at half the 

 usual strength, until the leaf-buds begin to 

 open. 



Sand Tennis Court: A. S., St. Peters. The 

 making of a sand tennis court is a difficult 

 matter, and, unless you have had experience, 

 any attempt is almost sure to be unsuccessful. 

 We should advise you to consult a specialist on 

 the subject. The editor of Lawn Tennis and 

 Badminton has kindly sent us the names of the 

 following firms, either of which would be will- 

 ing to undertake the work foryou : The British 

 Hard Court Co.. 14, Craven House, Kingeway, 

 W.C., and the En-Tout-Cas Tennis Court Co., 

 30, Great St. Helens, E.C. 



The Plums of New York : S. M., Leatherhead. 

 This work is an official publication, and forms 

 the Report of the New York Experiment Sta- 

 tion for 1910. The publishers are J. B. Lyon 

 Co., State Printers, Albany, U.S.A. 



Weed in Pond : T. S. y Harbourne. The plant 

 you send is the Canadian Pond Weed (Elodea 

 canadensis), which has become a pest in rivers 

 and streams in this country. It propagates 

 with great rapidity, as almost every portion of 

 the plant is capable of growing and forming 

 the centre of a fresh colony. The only way of 

 keeping the pest within bounds is to rake it out 

 of the water as much as possible each spring. 



Young Vines Breaking Irregularly: E. C. 



Young vines, especially the varieties you men- 

 tion, are very impatient of much artificial heat 

 till top growth and roots are active. You state 

 that the roots are all in outside borders ; this 

 fact renders it doubly necessary to start the 

 vines slowly. You do not say whether the 

 borders are protected. If not. it is not sur- 

 prising that the vines have broken irregularly. 

 To force vines successfully which nave 



all their roots outdoors, it is necessary 



about 



vines successfully 

 their roots outdoors, it is 

 to cover the border with a layer 

 2 feet thick of fermenting materials; 

 these materials in turn should be coverea 

 with a tarpaulin or something that will keep i on 

 rains and snow. We would advise you to do tni 

 now as there is still a danger from cold raui* 

 and snowstorms, which would chill the soi o 

 the borders and cause a check to the flow of w» 

 sap in the vines. Next season close the vine y 

 for two or three weeks before employ 1 "* 

 artificial heat, then employ fire-heat very 

 gradually as growth advances. 



Communications Received.— C. & Co — B. F. • jg ^ 



^_Dr. J — F. B., Sparkeswood_H. L. R~ -**.*'•-- A, r r. 



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 _ J. T. B._E. W. P._ J. G. F.—T G. H.—C. T. IJ.-5, 

 — H. S. H., New York -A. H. H., Jamaica—H. *. 

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