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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE 
[Окскмвкв 14, 1895, 
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APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
SA У 
Sale of the Lease and Stock of the 
Westfield Nurseries, Ashgate 
Road, Chesterfield, on the Pre- 
mises, by Protheroe & Morris 
8). 
WEDNESDAY, рес. 18 | 
eni day 
, Carnations, mee Dutch 
Bulbs, &c., at Protheroe & 
Morris' Rooms, 
Orchids, at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms, 
Ros 
THURSDAY, рес. 1 R 
FRIDAY, Dro. 10] 
CORRECTED AVERAGE EM FOR THE ENSU- 
ING WEEK, DEDUCED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS 
OF FORTY- THREE YEARS, AT CHISWICK.—40°, 
Охрев the auspices of the Tech- 
nical Education Committee of the 
Surrey County Council, Mr. JoHN 
WniaHT conducted a series of experiments, with 
8 view of ascertaining for different localities "x 
various soils, the best croppers and the е 
oe пасаду, The report is now before 
interesting it must be for the cultivator. 
Potatos. 
localities, and the red 
means of азар got together m exhibited i 
and 17. Two hundred and ань dishes of 
Potatos were shown, the tubers being exhibited 
as taken up, ime a sample of the soil upon which 
they n grown was placed beside them. 
The Manat but most shapely came from the 
chalky soil, the largest from the clay and peat, 
whilst those from the sand were am most 
scabbed, A selection from the best w ked, 
with varying results, as might be райы from 
all the tubers being cooked at the same time 
without reference to their maturity. e canno 
give all the details of these interesting trials, but 
their general character may be gleaned from the 
н extract :— 
good shape, thirty "DA were chosen 
на "ihe entire exhibition Of these, Chancellor 
was found in seven collections from as рама; centres, 
Satisfaction in six, Goldfinder in five. Renown 
and Windsor Castle, each, in four collections. 
e Canon, Triumph, and 
nought, Colossal, Beat of Al 
ictory in two vei у 
the pr fou е 
the whole of the chery displayed. 
For quality, Goldfinder, Supreme, and Satisfaction 
were the best from dark, boggy soil. Windsor 
Castle, Satisfaction, and Renown from clay soil. 
Supreme, Satisfaction, and The Bruce from dark, 
sandy soil, Colossal, Satisfaction, and Windsor 
Castle from chalky soil. Challenger, Chancellor, 
and Satisfaction pe strong loam, Puritan (early), 
indsor Castle, and Dean's Renown from dark 
porous soil, 
Tabers of good shape and marketable appearance 
were chosen from fourteen other varieties, but these 
when cooked were found generally deficient in 
quality. 
names, and thus imply, as 
prove, unmerited condemnatio 
stated, that still more varieties afforded dee Crops 
in the bulk, yet the tube r less 
unshapely, and 3 N 
fer these w 
localities than others, the varieties are reserved for 
further trial prior to the publication of their names. 
As only in one district (embracing Mitcham and 
Bandon Hill) exactly the same varieties were grown 
in four distinct kinds of soil—bog, clay, sand, and 
these trials obviously afford the best basis 
for comparison as to the relative adaptability of the 
varieties to soils of the „ indicated. 
results, both as to the characte the samples in 
ppearance ‚ and their con diio stai cooked, are 
shown in the following summary :— 
SUMMARY OF SAMPLES AND hors riae We. OF VARIETIES GROWN 3 IDENTICAL CONDITIONS IN THE 
M DISTRICT ON THE SOILS INDICATE 
| 
Varieties. | Boggy Soil. | Clay. Gravelly Sand. | Chalk, Remarks. 
Goldfinder ... Sample: юй. — -Sample s воой „Мо & good sample, Sample: Rost, The best on boggy soil, 
Supreme e icm cdi et piii aen — k | Good on bog and sand, 
e gg. Пу Rouy . e, e ig: ira | Gro aroun 
Coloma. “ш Ems — — mer — Cooking: very good | Good on chalk only. 
iwl vod M oli t _ | Third rate. 
smee өө жан: e y | Good a dd Viii. 
WES 31 - с "шш . . Best on bog soil. 
— ^ koe it г "өө Semple: good } Good on clay and chalk, 
бой 2 = — 4 } TOME Good on clay and sand, 
| e к i E d } ue rmi oe p кинон clay only. 
желе i" pex old . Cooking: good | Good.on chalk. 
(Cooking dark Cooking e Cooking еи { | Cooking quality inferior. 
| ае eter : ate } "2 1 d only. 
| sores — atr } then | Fair on sand only. 
in 
the particular solls specified, may be 
. The blanks in the table indicate that the samples 
If the whole of the varieties could be cooked in 
January or February by the same qualified official 
who exercised во much skill and care in October, 
somewhat different reaults might be стоне, for, as 
previously indicated, some of the most useful late 
Potatos 
have been stored for several weeks or mon 
зоте of the exhibited sample ld be spared from 
the analysis to which hn ved the soil) are to be 
subjected, a secon would com- 
plete the test of their Naa гос; чай, For 
the purpose of cooking, Potatos should be kept ia a 
dark place; for planting, they are better where light 
can reach them, but in both cases they must be kept 
cool yet absolutely safe from frost 
es Trrats AT RICHMOND, 
he long drought so antagonistic to the 
influence x chemical manures, that the effects of the 
different mixtures were not adequately declared, 
Four varieties, twenty- тй equal sized sets of each, 
the reason stated, comparatively little difference in 
the results, and it will suffice to give the smallest 
and greatest yields in each case 
Renown creme —'' No ma $5 
Equal pum nitrate of 
soda and super- ims 
4 
25 lb. 
4 „ 
White Perfection, —“ No manure ? 39 „ 
A 1 potato manure 45 „ 
Magnum Bonuri —“ No manure” 86» 
й * Equal parts kainit, super 
phosphate and nitrate 
t soda vei E nu 
Chancellor, —“ No manu E „ 908 58 
ulphate н ammonia 2 104 5 
Ра З parts kainit, 1 part each ‘of 
super-phosphate, and 
nitrate of soda 
The mineral manures were applied at the rate a 
41b., the nitrogenous kinds at llb, per rod. No 
farmyard manure was used, 
W. the last meeting of the 
year, comes also the dissolution of 
the several committees. Prior to 
their dispersal the committees are asked to sug- 
gest the names of members for the reconstruction 
of the committees in the ensuing year. Asthere 
324 fa ee S a: i144 Mam mhara 
Committees. 
proposed must be Fellows of the Society, it is a mis- 
fortune when the members do not use their privi- 
lege, if only to neutralise the prejudice that some 
people still indulge in, that provincial interests 
are not sufficiently studied by the Society. Time 
and space are after all not quite obliterated, and a 
gentleman living in Scotland or Ireland can 
hardly be expected to attend so frequently as 
his brethren ved live nearer the centre, But 
to suppose, е sometimes hear, that provincial 
exhibitors, саан committee men, or provin- 
cial exhibit ts are, apart from 1 
of time and distance that we have alluded to, i 
take 
A much larger infusion of new members would be 
desirable in all the committees, but it is difficult 
privilege of suggesting new members, and when 
the Council do not more rigorously enforce the 
per don of retirement of older ones by rotation. 
Again, the amateur, as distinguished from the 
commercial element, requires to be much 
strengthened. Perhaps this could be done 
through the medium of the Scientific Commi 
to whom might be allotted the task of dealing 
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