Ran 4, 1919] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
JME IMPRESSIONS OF FRENCH AND 
GIAN HUSBANDRY | DURING THE WAR. 
previous visits E Belgium er France I 
often Él many russi of the hus- 
eae coun im during the 
ssed more strongly Piha 
think 
us when we co to © de uestion 
settling soldiers upon the lan fa 
I gpeak as unskilled observer and no 
farmer should lend weigh my conclu 
The in favou to 
Jand policy is mainly that of people ignorant 
in The secret ссеѕв 
in the с ries w. men- 
—lies in 
oubtedly 
of dir fashioned qualities 
| Vi rgil emphasises во strongly, = al 
k toil sa bP 
Jo: ^u sight of, or at 1 east left in the back- 
sound of rning lan 
ring the past T 6 а ат 
в them is 
that their labour ncs NR 
p in the salvation of & 
ee v 
ips is 
and Ed men Si Ree their 
fot out of the gr until their 
th 
urch was a 
; Pageant, ses ra wits h glorious possibilities 
h olding officers 
eco 
economy of labour. 
ots. 
3 was that kr one 
1 Hee ths | эчу actualte gel on the 
Бо Bis T ihe farmyard one would je Ети 
the 
&. with their volished brass 
эы» Der utensile. their long tables 
е аі of pom elibe an 
trocious hed Em where 
Mm MEL ола to be happy and 
; forcibly with the кү” 
contented. Let it not be thought that I am fol- 
lowing the traditional method “ot Englishmen in 
glorifying the for er at the аи Ат his 
fellow- a eka: aha from i do 
seriously contend that to be a ЫТ ae 
of workers, gom 
to daugh ter. The earth is jealous of her secrets, 
sae does not yield them up to the chance- 
merely a matter of habit and praes 
rm carts in England are so radica - 
b 
these hu 
g 
ge and what a large number of men they 
set fre 
Pus , to mention оно genre of this im- 
m econ pex ae osi 
о 
abour and 
appliances. What T. SEI saw , everywhere 
during the summer of 191 
fields being. assiduous n т 
Jess all-holders ы Кав" was ЖЕСЕ. 
[n atheri essentia 
Сожы or: w 
not ind тоша А ge any by of effort in 
gatherin 
Аба have ever eyed me more 
asterv of man over 
in hes атт]. boca than that 
gon drawn bv a 
a share. nar- 
in 
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h ir effe ine ont, 
their Boise pre The singla rei is versal. 
and control is exercised very ийне эш He the 
ED 
One-way pue were also, so far as I could 
and » very iain ке 
one 
a fore r th 
satisfaction чачы 1 um rg at last I sa 
Ат э e d in bs make this England dear to 
мез ack from the war, a country 
visu el is prepared to dio 
and Жейу wait earn a decent nate 
wh have survived the incredible horrors and 
M ot 
the pres dent of 
first 
lace, but one canno p ны к also of 
brave, patient men and women across the water, 
of that endless procession of refugees streaming 
at as reel iria advanced in the hour of his 
ned steads, fruit trees sys 
tematica je. down by the ruthless invader, 
of r ands e: +‘ - ys pot of 
solat: lie 
in in the erernel йт and tree n power 
of the Flemis asa indomitable 
pne f oed nch aufs ural population. 
if ople can e face of almost 
inre атое, reclaim their lands from 
e fl of wa they have proved they can, 
surely ^ is lice to to expect that it will be 
expe 
our own fault if England does not once again 
of yore, nurture a race of sturdy yeomen, people 
born'on and bred to the Earth. Raymond Е. 
Negus (Lt.-Col.). 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
WINTER WORK AMONGST SMALL 
FRUITS. 
his season of 
and po аады 
rowth п 
нез the same аниа 
сечо plants, and 
aefew young ane uà han 
lants that have grown too 
ith regard to SPUR Carrants the pruning is 
In these the old 
un, 
wel 
M replace old 
wood 
of the previous year's wth retained, especi- 
ally he base of the plant 
The t e with Black Currants is the 
mite which causes Big B Where there is an 
attack of this pest all enlarged buds should be 
removed by ! d burnt, trees after- 
dr an i This will 
e rry is a useful and popular fruit, 
is grown in the same quarters 
Currants. The stems are usuall ined to wires 
r poles, and the pruning consists in cutting out 
canes which have fruited, preferabl soon 
as the fruit has been gathered. Autumn-fruiting 
becranm e i in the spring, and these 
fruit е t season's growth. А space 
of ic one foot i is desirable agers the shoots 
when they are tied, as nothi gain oe by over- 
crowding. "efte produces 
