398 THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. [Mancu 30, 18%, 
picking the top ft they b g nd 
a substitute for Spinach. In his garden the Spinach 
and Cabbage crops suffer to a serious extent in most 
years, from frost. E. M. 
PLES COLOURING.—Allow me to thank those 
Pio Vira who have replied to my inquiry on 
115. 
the colouring of Apples on p. he opinions 
expr them, combined with their experience, 
with one exception only, point more or 1 
n ce will be remembered that id I was 
sceptical about the usual means attributed being the 
1 f r in fruit, meaning, of course, 
direct sunlight, „ and atmospherical agencies. 
With these forces of Nat at work he year 
1893, Ap here refused to put on that inviting 
appearance so desirable, “iia led m 
to suspect that something more in Nature’s labora- 
ry was wanted, which ark been shown by the 
remarks of your correspondents. I will briefly allude 
to two statements made by different contributors :— 
“W. R,“ at p. 178, who writes very emphatically, 
season from ferruginous and calcareous formations.” 
Again, on p. 27 .” mentions a case of a single 
tree of Wellington Pippin which gives highly- 
coloured fruit, out of over one hundred trees of the 
ame sort whic o not; an ree which 
gives the highly - coloured fruit is induced to 
al d iron. 
These two quotations, I think, are sufficiently 
convincin w that with the proper kind of 
soil to refract and retain solar heat ; also a 33 
such are not naturally present in the soil, he 
case here, Perhaps J. M. ” will kindly say in what 
salts, and these give its chief value as a manure. Ep, | 
5 Nost psi Gardens 
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, was most 
We felt ‘a “Diddington Hall, Huntingdon, the 
seat of Arthur J. Thornhill, Esq. A heavy fall of 
rain vege on abies 12 ing and w as followed by one 
of the most disastrous gales th a has been known 
here fie man? years, causing great ata amon 
trees, especially the many fine old Elms in the park, 
These trees wee to fall in all directions, and for 
the space o our continued to crash down with 
a noise eee that of field guns. Many of 
nd 
telegraph post and wires are entangled among them. 
The church spire of e village was also blown 
own, and many escapes are e 
Z. Lockie, h Hall, Huntington. 
A GRANDIFLORA, — The excellent 
display — the flowers of this interesting plant made 
the meeting of the Royal Horticul! Society on 
. aenda Tant, e te remark that in East and 
North Bengal the fruits of this extensive climber 
vegetable silk. 
gree of strength. are parated from 
re pm and are usually more than 1} inch long. 
RIGIN OF TEA ROSE DEVONIENSIS.—For the 
information of“ Wild Rose year the origin of the 
Tea Devoniensis, it may stated that chew 
variety was sagen a 838, and sent out about the 
as as 
ince E pure 
stock from the raiser of the variety, a Mr. Foster 
of Stoke, Devonport, a retired official of the Plymouth 
Gas 8 alter i 
of £20 by Mr. Wm. Kendle, senior, e Plymouth, 
The parent of the Devoniensis was Sm th’s Yellow 
Noisette. H. M. 
CARNATIONS.—As a young Carnation grower, I 
cannot but be gre: weg beer. to Mr. Douglas for 
his most interestin te reapecting the yellow- 
preni Lies Picotee, and thank him heartily for so much 
Will Mr, Douglas kindly tell us if his 
Carnatio ge A are still uninjured by the late 
ee fost, r k said they were when writing on 
February 16, & Growers in this district have 
saered icine, w we have ourselves here, at 
Thame, G, 
TURNIP: GALL-WEEVIL.—Oa March 13 I 
given to me by Mr. Dadswell, market-gardener, 
in e 
arrested the formation of On cutting 
rough these swellings I found a maggot in each, 
but only o a exam on I found them to be 
answeri o the n 0 ot of 
Turnip gall-weevil (Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis), as 
given by * Ormerod in her work, Jnjurious És. 
he ots have withstood 23° below freezing- 
poist 8 injury, and several which I immersed 
n paraffin-oil at the date above given were, in some 
3 still alive on March That being so, I 
feel confident no insecticide would be effectual in 
destr royi ng these injurious pests without at the same 
time age the affected plants. Since March 13 
I have heard of many 1 from farmers and 
gardeners — respect amage caused by this 
subsoil. All Tar rnips thus infested should without 
FIG 53.—CABBAGE AND TURNIP GALL WEEVIL: CEUTOR- 
HYNCHUS SULCICOLLIS. 
gots have time te develop into Soria. The infested 
land sbould some seasons to come be cropped 
N. than 30 cwt, 
of gas-lime — to be applied at one dressing, 
though a great deal will depend on the soil, eub-soil, 
situation, mode of cropping and other thin which 
are observed by successful and intelligent — 
aÁ 
CULTURE OF ae PINE-APPLE. 
i of the Pine-apple form a 
prominent feature in all 3 of oe ssert frui 2 
whether displayed in the dining-room or on e 
bition tables—indeed, no dessert or end of 
fruit can be considered complete that does not in- 
clude one or more good examples of the “ King of 
modation must be provided for the growth of the 
— — 
plants, and a good knowledge of their cultural re. 
quirements in all stages of growth must be Possessed 
by the cultivator. In these circumstances, 
wing i e 
ine- 
apples, and in the consciousness of the fact that the 
quality of the home-grown fruits i is superior to that 
country, they lack the rich juicy flavour, aroma, and 
brightness of colour peculiar to good English fruits, 
For succession and fruiting plants I prefer lean· to 
line than the former, with three steps des cending 
thereto at each end of the central bed, thus giving 
a space of 9 feet from floor to glass at back, and 
feet in front, and a roof-angle of about 34% The 
reserved for tan or fermenting leaves for plunging 
the Pine-pots to the rim in, in due time. 
The length of individual houses should de 
120 feet long, in four compartmente, three of 32 feet 
in length each for summer fruiters, succession 
plants and suckers, and one of 24 feet long (er 
the heating apparatus), for winter fruiters, 
meet ordinary requirements for Pine-apples. The 
three first-mentioned houses should be io PE 
from the heating-apparatus, and ba 2 feet lower at 
back and 1 foot in front "hich the three gner 
h 
at the point where it enters the bed in the first house, 
to enable bats gardener to regulate 
mportant point in the su 
of the Pine-apple, or any other ae 
is the obtaining of clean stocky young plante to 
start with, Therefore, great care should be exercised 
in the matter of procuring suckers only 9 
fectly clean, healthy, sturdily-growa plants. hment 
should have the jagged ends, caused by d of the 
from the parent plants, cat off, rods a few 
short leaves which surround their pat 
with the hand, so as to liberate the young, place. 
yg concealed beneath. In doing , this, 
the suckers in separate * „ with 
respective sizes, in readiness for potti 
post, 9 to the requirements u, 
sake | s all stages of growth, will bejonni i i 
fibrous loam which has be OP TA 
twelve months, fresh soot ¢ 9050 
