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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Коүвмвев 9, 13%, 
RIPE STRAWBERRIES.—Some two or three weeks 
ago, 1 noticed in the pages of the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
that a correspondent had been ga thering ripe Straw- 
berries from outdoor plants, which is certainly of 
to continue b ee for at 2 another week, should 
the weather keep mild. urrows, Berwick 
Gardens, avatar, € October 21, 
BURGHLEY, —Your correspondent, 
e vegetable for some 
ut more because it isa a autumn Cabbage 
than for obtaining—wha eet; I say, а Cauliflower- 
I have never detected the slightest ten- 
a Caul точе though І have sown 
and grown it “ all seasons. It is very hardy, and 
makes а -— X all through the early winter. 
The secon n June is a very favourable time 
to sow — short time ago, when visiting the 
seed gr ounds of one of ou t largest 6 
ke informed ven this vegetable о mea 
Brassica. I grow n because it is 
liked b here, and i is ready to an at a favourable time 
for m making a ch — . Опе e 
kinds of vegeta 
W. A, Cook, arene Basset, Cal 
8 ы 
LATE RASPBERRIES. — I have never kno 
autumn Raspberries so ded. as they 585 been 
this year, ve been gathering daily fo me 
time, and even after 5° of frost. This fruit is — legi 
eties, ut from 
summer fruiters as well, vie y Cartera Prolific, 
and the fruits are of large sizə, and excellent flavour. 
n 
crop next я 
the tropical weather during the month of Septem 
3 will е already exhausted themselves 
find the — 4 is * te e very uppermost buds, 
VENE in our uld have been pruned away. 
'The effect will be bei waited with & certain measure of 
anxiety A. Cook, 
SHARPE’S VICTOR AND 
POTATOS.—I w 
informing note 
VALE OF CLEVELAND 
R. D. 2 
mbs, 
г as the earliest мч ба * for 
small gardens мрн, Tread “ R. D.'s letter with 
special attention on this account, to see if thia Vale 
of Cleveland was the yellow-fleshed Vi pri —— 
this to be the case, the mys — 
distributed under different names ect the 
grea bo 
Ww 
са tity, to * emn w-fleshed Vi ыг. 
of Potatos ar n given to sport, and run 
pee rather E — their original size, colour, 
constitution, and quality. Messrs, Sharpe and Shor 
Victor was the original kind. Messrs. “ R. D." and 
A. D.“ must in the rich experience of their Potato- 
lore have met with numerous sports more striking 
поа ae e" 3 ne. yellow Victor into the white, 
bia Fok Ge ая а ы recent meeting of 
лн? 
Mr. Miles, of Southampton. Si ined он 
richly-coloured 1 which To — as а Blen- 
emarkably high col shown 
by frequent applications of sulphate 
the r of tree during the 
at E thia statement was 
received with some incredul o me the Apple 
т 
often A 
able о solve the ba D s 
е CLASSES AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.— 
3 а gardener 
the reason w 
— i time i in 2 and character of the finish, 
the €— ox he differ very widely. As to flavour, 
ca co o Grapes so widely 
n equal a nt of time, avour is not s 
ery wide apart. Caltivators of Gros Colmar are 
reatly handicapped by the present schedule 
g 
arrangement. Robt, Grindrod, 
A DRILL HALL $HOW.—Any Po not geni 
ng 
Б 
ч 
88 8 
B 
rably [уала | int 
exten i nature 
show was a small one.. 
i or an 
without & single penny as 
ffered, I thou it & remark- 
ially representative, How many 
objects of the ruit interest Fellows, as mini as the 
general pagi o not attend the Drill Hall 
eetings ! r’ lar a адам» eges 
& liberal 5 in horticulture. 2, that 
being so ees they are as a hh во: more 
popular, Fellow 
DIPLOSIS Midi gps m Can any of your сее 
logical reader 
tion of one’s Pear trees rom being attac 
depth of ut 2 inches from the garden 
ear trees, wheeling it right away and replacing 
with mai loam, ; but t ck was jus 
ad as ever the following spring. We then used. 
fresh hot gas-lime all r ound about and underneath 
my n 
во, Pear не Ате if 
the уч deed be not Tre in soon be reduced toa 
low ebb, owing to the repea ated destruction of the 
b r 
— on an 
qu failure of crop. scrap of 
practicable ебе will be кэй received 
by fruit growers and W. Crump, [Have you tried 
spraying the blossom? Ер. 
ТОМАТОВ, —Еог some years it has been my 
practice to make a a sowing of Tomato seed ue this 
= сей for early fruiting in the vinery that is started 
sown in well-drained pots in rather sandier 
than that I make use of in ＋ — tbe seedlings 
аар. apt to pera — at this season. The seedlings 
е grown on w check, and with but little water, 
especially until T — fill w roots. 0 
a shelf near the g 
1 up to the time of afford- 
ing t them thet еа shift i in tthe spring. Н. Markham, 
CRAB TREES —I am glad to see in your columns 
that various wri 
! во plan 
ousands of fruits hang down from them, the aight 
Once веер is never forgotten. J. Macers, Marazi 
EE 
SOCIETIES, 
vet CHRYSANTHEMUM 
оа Put aA a 
fes RD "UR uc Мыш pe. 
onal 
@ = LA) auspices of the Nati 
blooms were also | 
bei i r of better E : 
finish than those aa last season 
s reflexed 
centuated by 
ther, but fortunately on Wed. 
h more favourable, 
Reporters for the presa miim labour * unum] - 
viene i when repor a show held in the 
quarium, and the a — this year were ven 
far from “tatisfactory. o doubt much of 
wer Hr ig а unavoidable in such a building, but we 
the c е, ав being our apology for any inae- 
pace or me hri tbat may appear in our report, 
CUT BLOOMS. 
OCIETY'S А83. 
The battle of the ae ural Societies for honours in the 
class for 9 eicht оранд ч re Japanese and inet 
aged i in A five T n. 
F 
ЧТ еріп 
= 
whole of the —. were furnished by one of its — 
Me. W. H. Lees, д o F. A. BE eere а 
his own name, the 7 efforts he made 
Ok the aee blooms in this — 
Van der kp E 
. H. Т 
Мїзз Rita вас and Мапе. 
Heale. he — Ф 
coloured bloom of Hairy Wonder 
3rd BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX — уе SOCIETY. 
EN CLA idil 
Incurved Blooms. са were vith wo exhibits in the api 
и от зар tw 0 blooms, ine €— distinct, and the let 1 
10, ken 
y Mr. W. H. Les 
were - Br 
— again had first-class bloo! 
т 
ч 
2 
e 
„Empress Eugénie, 2 mli 
Alfred Salter, Lord pet Kobert реле, st 
Front т es Plan 
ngton, Re 
Though the only other haie the 
deserv y Mr. W. Mease, gr. to Ах 
Leatherhead; his stand, howev ppt in б 
brighter — more мло Bree varieti Inde, 
Glo be d'Or, Lo rd Alcester, Alfred Salter. Барна, -e 
Princess of T Alfred Lynes, and Jeanne к 
most noticea і 
The bes Gne! y four incurved blooms eod 
. to Col. ARCHER HOUBLON, 
Lord Alcester, and Jardin des 
, Elsfield Howe, ge 
d' Ато, Alfred Lyn в, Madame D DT 8 5 
India, and Novelty, 200, Mr, R. Ridge 8 
