January 26, 1895.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
115 
e 17 cleari 
es were of larg ee and 
consisted principally of F 77 ech; — remainder varied 
first lines 1 some- 
would amount 
occurrence as this ought to onal those who are 
owners of woods and forests, or those who hay 
them to * 55 the N. ‘of keeping up the 
sets, I would, in aa cases, advise moderate-sized and 
good-shaped tubers to be selected. It is 
istake to ec either far small 
ones; nor do I care, when it can 
sete. for one moment I 
of agriculture, we find when 
produce very fine stock of either hor — 
pigs, that the most — A breeds a ed; 
es should be applied i in the 
production of eens At the time of 
lifting the Potato crop in the a 
who wishes to hi 
many medium- ead Poy whe tubers as will be 
more stems are allo to 
better be the cro he Editor, in a 2 
i ly sa says to the contrary ; ; but I thought a 
ine on the subject might not be out of place. 
hae, Just state that during the last ping years I 
ave made y riments in otatos, 
and therefore can speak on the au beet with some 
auth ori ty. In the choice of Potatos for 
THE Late WILLIAM THOMSON, 
(See Gard. Chron, for January 19, pp. 76 and 82.) 
or CLOVENFORDS, 
eye ends upwards, and then store rj away in a cellar, 
I to gro are thick, 
tout, and not drawn long, thin, and dwindling. 
This is too frequently the case heer seed that is kept 
When these properly-pre- 
will be out of the ground 
sprouts are long and attenuated. 
come up three or four t times as strong, 
no chance of b urring in the rows, for every 
set is sure to make a plant. For a good many years 
back I have tried the experiment of carving out with 
a sharp knife every eye, except the most prominent 
ne or two, ated t the crown the 
The idea was not exactly original, but I was more 
sag satisfied with the trial, nly allowing 
e strongest shoots on each 
to be Nane 1 8 a large amount 
of useless folia uced 
heny crop of pie Pot every 0 
r table, whi le those not b disbudded produced the 
sized tube 
Tf it came even to a que estion of £ s. d., a tk 
even crop of saleable Potatos, I should still be i in 
favour of taking off all the sprouts except one or two 
of the strongest. Quintin Read, 
“A NEW WINTER” e e notice in a 
recent issue of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, under the 
above title, the Silver leaded: Beet is spoken 
‘new,” and that the writer has had very 
different experien i 
as recommended, but the Spl le d I ven 
to say whoever ia fond o ach will like — 
leaved Beet, there being little bet w 
two, excep e Bee the prefer- 
e 
ence amongst those who have tried the whole leaf. 
This vegetable is no * than Beta chilensis alba. 
W. S., Foleshill Road, Ci 
E MR. C. COLLINS.—I am ve 
— the untimely end of poor Collins, 
— awful suddenness, has been noticed 7 the h 
cultural press, and 1 that the necessities of the aie 
r in a generous and 3 5 
manner, im was very slight 
and of very short duration, but I believe th “A “if he 
had been would were distinguished N 
Saksis ately, h 
opportunity to make — iA on + his wife aad 
family, but it is satisfactory to hear that he had done 
all he could possi I 
cordial — — eee started will result in substantial 
those h — left. I have forwarded my 
mite — one of the trust that many 
others among your — readers will do likewise. 
W. H. Divers, Belvoir Castle Gar Grantham. 
THE COLOURING OF APPLES,—The colour of 
me much thought of late, and I 
and where does it come from 12 I am sceptical about 
cause, I know, without sunheat [and light] it is im- 
possible to have — coloured fru Pir paai piapa 
average of that life-giving energy, and more than o 
verage, as we "aid in ie sumer 0 h 
it in some places fruit in t 
than in ordinary 
ck of moisture in the soil, pu 8 was not t 
case here, ouri: n certain varieties 
of Apples is inherent, as one is naturally led to 
believe, it seems clear to me something more kan 
ar i to br ang it out. The question 
K 
then naturally Kaen it? Our soil here is 
ag strong loam, restin sandstone, 8 
the. ma ces I 
still, auch Apples a. Wore 
e., show but little we aig "tha any of your 
tific pees inform me akg others pa, situate 
what most ingredien 
a soil pe god indi wa ring aba t a better 
ao of I do 5 expect or think it at all 
2 that om 2 g Ns ever attain to that 
ore favoured 
parts 555 n party still, 17 alive an improvement 
may be effected. J. Easter, Nostell Priory 
as NAME ideas ce pa tarot 
—Whena boua pare a ; 
+ ly name, we him and hie 
pe a nuisance, At worse; and it our feelings are 
botan es, 
s to 
feel all the better for Th 
or those 
difference aoi t N 
ppropriate plant names see say, Amor- 
