Novemner 2, 1895.) THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 525 
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FRUIT FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA. те answer 
"VH. Е. Tas 
Cave Orchard Co., I shall be glad to give him any 
information I сап on tbe subject, if he will call and 
see ше, ог 
Му who has Just returned from the fruit 
districts "à South Africe, will also be able to en- 
im on ain of the p connected "a 
» The Cape Orchard Co, Lim 
Suffolk House, гие . Hill, Cannon rem 
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FLOWERING OF THE JERUSALEM АНТ! 
—As a consequence of the prolonged warmth, this 
p'ant bas been blooming in Ё hens in the marke t 
gardens in and around Bath, and has thrown up 
of bright he tte Paal, which when cut are useful 
der ath, [It is not uncommon 
in warm year 
GUIDE TO KEW GARDENS8.—When greatly 
enjoying recent visit to these fine gardens, I was 
me from making notes of the herbaceous 
ING FRUIT TREES.—After reading Mr. J. 
Sipai article under this heading in your last 
issue, І came to the conclusion that to write any- 
rtainly never advocated it. What 
was, фы at ranches must be so dis- 
sed as the sunlight and sir into the 
middle " the Gea. » but I fail to see the necessity 
of cutting out the centre чет a tree, s о that the sun 
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branches radiate, is much better calculated to resist 
etorms, and much more — managed. What І 
wished to insist upon was, that the branches 
radiating from this central axis, should be placed 
of the tree ; tbis, after the first pruning or 5 5 is a 
very simple matter, and if апу crossing branches be 
removed, and the thin growths which often shoot up 
ower portions of bran and the 
interior of an A li crow’s nest, be cut 
out, the less pruning a standard tree gets the better. 
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to prune in years gone by in Mr. Van Houtte's 
garden, near Ghent, but I ovs it would be quite out 
of the question to prune a standard tree in such a 
wa 
Which no light or air could gue, which seems 
dear to Mr, Simpson's is as far removed from 
Cordon training as the equator from the po Mr. 
Simpson says that my directions on the subject of 
standards and co ту; 
they were intended to be so, and I rejoice to find that 
at on one point I have been тв : 
its bearing fruit, "This is the rock upon which we 
standard 
trees, I want my young trees to make growth and 
not fruit, and therefore I am dubbed a mutilator." 
Fie 93.—YUCCA GUATEMALENSIS. 
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E is not fi i N whe 
well kept A as much as any sort, 
Tam 13 * the little band” is growing fast, and 
I hope one day to find my ore creeping into the 
fold; bat tine АА we prune our trees to produce 
and brush wood removed, but before one can leave 
results and sure because a m n on o 
our 
bargained th that it ib be kept in his pocket. 
WEATHER IN YORKSHIRE.—Daring the 
the ground, The ground this morning (Satur 
last), was hard er oug h for us manure 
as 
for the past че Pome и-и years. All ae — have 
3 as if by magic. 
IN KENT.—During the last few days I bave been 
с nen in that garden of England, zam and 
with eggs, and rooks 
profusely on cottage walis, and fine blooms 3 
provi bat & remar e it ; and 
now in some districts severe frost h in, 10? 
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Á— — plants, Dahlias, &c., and making 
rrible havoc. A. О. 
THE TRUTH ABOUT PRICES8.— What jolly times 
we poor growers might have if the prices for Apples 
and Plums given in that cheerful prize 
we 
back to 1889, when that severe frost spoiled во 
many Apples both native and imported, to find а 
bushel selling for 12s. after the winter was over, and 
миа I ДАР 869 bushels of winter kinds, But 
sort 
that good luc 
once is a lifetime. In March, 1895, Wellingtons were 
8з.; to-day they are 4s, and very fine fruit indeed, but 
the fruit * not em it having been grown on culti- 
and commission to take off these prices, which cost 
