Fenrvary 5, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
175 
The following table at in the last column, the 
duc 0 
the total US of all 
Product of Vines in University Experimental Plot at Cupartino, 
Santa Clara Co. 
E C d Total | Average 
3 Variety. боа TES Бла 
E Grapes. Vine, 
: Lb. Lb. 
Black Bu лй ip 40 1050 26:2 
"Nebbiol ә; РЕ des n 20 650 32:5 
Fresa e iP ve T 7 200 28°5 
Franken Riesling... "" “5 20 686 3013 
Gros Blanc ET 20 685 34:2 
Crabb's Black шүн Gs 20 404 203 
Chauche Grise — ... š S 20 853 42:6 
Gemay Teinturier v Mes 20 596 29:8 
Malbeck EN 20 253 12:6 
Portal’s osa (Malb m E | 20 247 12:3 
= Memi "s | XB 510 255 
1 Er Verb 4. e AR | 20 1037 51°8 
... Folle Blanche we} ЯЙ 765 33.2 
` Johannisbergen Riesling | 20 309 154 
Herbermont s nus 20 658 32:0 
_ West's White Prolifie i$ Pi | 33 1953 591 
| Wests St. Peters (0) 2 .. | 20 345 | 172 
abernet Franc E m 20 425 21:2 
` Teinturier 20 440 22°0 
irah e 14 430 30'7 
Kleinbergen vr 20 1000 50:0 
Ploussard (pro: 20 881 440 
de aE 20 1413 7076 
ыан 90 | 1ю | 375 
13 | 991 | 760 
7 555 79:2 
1 1аз) 28 | 1605 573 
18 | 1145 63.6 
33 | 1884 58.8 
7 487 12:4 
Chanthe Noir " | T | 457 65'3 
These results show that the m ME of the 
list is he of the Gros Verdot, n е 
80 Ib. of Grapes to the Vine. Tt. та id t 
suger picis in the Grapes have jamie бе 
low this 
om the IO and other 
nges lying toward New Almader. 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
FIGS. 
ТнеѕЕ, in order to secure fruit of the largest 
ime nsions, should have liberal supplies of tepis ie 
hem at the roots, and if th 
in preference to old ones. 
MELONS, 
hese, if the ایا دا‎ eink tice ait 22 
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211555 
+3. "n . * 1. * d 
the side of the pots those intended for training to 
the trellis in the Melon-house should be shifted into 
6-inch pots and be plunged again in a bottom-hea 
of about 80?, and be kept near the glass, vd 
putting a small stick to each plant for support ile 
those plant з which are intended for planting i in Hote 
e 
e soil has 
become of the same temperature as the pits or frames. 
The soil the Melon delights in is a good tu 
each light about 10 inches deep, 18 inches long, and 
12 inches wide; at the same time covering the inter- 
vening and surrounding space with 2 inches thick of 
lants should be turned аА out of 
the pots while moist at the roots, v in the case of 
the hotbeds here referred to, be 
A clear d oi 10 or 
he surface of the hillock and the 
glass should be bs so that the foliage of the plants 
may X ultima а а. contact with the glass, 
H. W. Ward, Longford 
WILLOW GROWING. 
(Concluded dm p. 144.) 
NAG R the case 
of a Willow ioo iv thi ings, ЙЫ. сагыш рге- 
paration of the grou planting, con- 
any other system of cleaning, but it may т 
be found necessary, particularly where Bindweeds o 
other running-rooted plants are in the soil, to duy 
recourse to the more tedious but surer method of 
hand weeding. We have noticed on various occasions 
the marked difference between the yield of Osiers on 
clean, well-managed ground, an 
individually are cleaner, straighter, and in every way 
better adapted for the use of the basket-maker. 
The crop of Willows may be cut immediately after 
the fall ofthe leaf in autumn, tied in bundles, and 
carted 
sever them from the Бета as clos as con 
veniently be done h аа is not кай 
quently entailed on the succeeding crop by allowing 
the decaying wood to remain intact. A good standard 
ut the rods back to within three-quarters of 
an inch of the old wood, as by so doing, just sufficient 
eyes or buds are left for producing the crop of the 
following season; and it is always preferable and 
more — to e ^ не a and strong rods, 
han a number of s and weak ones. After 
cutting "the crop, ast ie stools start fully into 
growth in spring, it may be well, and will save con- 
siderable time and trouble hereafter, to have the 
ground A — by jen and raking the 
and other surface rubbish 
h 
me 
[7] 
accum 
that is consequent on the 
crop : another advantage, apart f from cutting over the 
weeds in a young state, is that by gom "is early 
start at cleaning, less damage to the young and 
tender shoots of the Willow is likely to be “inflicted, 
than when the work is deferred till later in the 
season. 
Prortts оғ Милоу CULTURE. 
That Willow culture was at one time, and that 
not a quarter of a century ago, a profitable occupa- 
tion is beyond doubt, but like corn an 
i=" 
£o 
et 
et 
acre fro 
though it be carried out economically and on the 
most approved principles, whereas not a dozen Tent 
since nearly dou the amount named was 
sidered as cat a fair average of тра prices ыйы 
wing figures are not the results of а single 
H 
p 
Ф 
asis, а 
mately, of the expenses and profits in connection 
with the cultivation of Osiers for basket-making :— 
Cost of Forming Osier bed per Acre. 
Preparation of ground, including’ draining, 
ploughing, rr weedin “od 2 а «.011:070 
25,000 sets, аё 125. рег 1000... .. иш б> 15 0 0 
Planting eet d per 1000 bes eo»... 815. 0 
1 102915: 0 
early Expenses. 
-— of Ses ad invested at 5 per cent. .. £110 0 
Rent o: 012 0 
Repairing fences and | making up gaps i їп Osier 
m 100 
Weed 1 110 0 
Cutting t с Is D 
#6 0 0 
Yearly р. 
= бетача of rods at 15. ... £10 10 0 
OE Өз 
Nett profit . £410 0 
Of course it must be borne in mind that as prices 
of labour vary considerably in different districts, 80, 
in proportion, will vary cost of fi 
managing an Osier bed. A 
for nearly. one half the above-named cost; but ar Б 
distance than 4 or 5 miles from where the rods ar 
luce 
produced, 
Willow culture is, therefore, even under the most 
antageous circ eran. speculation not to ө 
entered into largely at t, and, as will be see 
from the following letter, мет oa a short shine 
ago by one of our la Will 
Scaling, of Basford, Notts, has best gradually on the 
decline in this country for some time :—“ I am sorry 
to say that since my report to the Highland and 
Agri Society was written, Osier cultivation 
has cease to pay, from the same causes салын Wheat 
growing has ce to pay, viz. foreign imports, 
aided by railway preferential dion, which enables 
ч" we are PT advise any one to 
plant Osiers." A, D, Webster 
