January 4, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
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Pi 
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e been for the 
case I have 
p pics i le little 
v the Er UT 
to th 
to trees if t 
Ке sign уре, "Hiver Leaf, Mei careful to 
take the whole stump out. We still 2 
bud or graft our fruit trees, or w .fin 
selves in a terrible ene dd to varieties lesión 
having many fruitless t Rad- 
f Buffs," Weny gte ton Кыа, 2nd 
Northern General Hospital, Becketts Park, 
Leeds. 
t think it will be тойо that Mr. 
Bais. or 243, Vol LXIV.) is correct in his sug- 
gestion that Si Iver Leaf occurs only where Plum 
I find the 
I must ck d that in am cae t the ows 
f age 
soil is very wet in wint As for 
which trees are at B e no recor 
the disease a ring y younger than eight 
Years from planting. It is quite likely that the 
silveri f the leaves do occur until 
to the tissues of the branch d stem. 
Mr.  Hayward's opinion, he tre 
must be attacked at or below the M uad evel. 
Ке agree. The silvering шау ойе n be 
noticed at the end of a branch only, бер the 
ue may be traced down through the Bs. 
escape from the acce E 
Lied. (like ca: 2 
e to um purpureum 
the меа that ыба tre pie 9 more liable 
to the disease than those on own roots, 
I think this is quite likely to сеа porrecta be- 
junction ibetween and stock 
evi y the 
wound made in grafting, erg Kad. nothing to 
do with the roo With regard to ЗМ, 
have seen it ae by a well-known urserymian 
espondents confirm this? Ид 
merican Blight (see pp. 50, 77, 92, 180, 
20) е a LXIV.).—Some 15 Же ago 
"hus N troubled ne. Ameri- 
can igh М С А on Apples King о 
ч Pippins and Ribston Pippin. They were 
tandard sti about 40 years old, an 
tron and branch were si 
With American Blight. I grafted the tree of 
King of the Pippins with Golden Noble on 
m енй т, i de 
leaving all the er the Pippin 
ie ania аси result i is s most туб, 
have Һай excellent crops of Golden "Noble м 
ang of the Pi this year. We h ut 
age of Golden Noble and 1 cwt. of King of 
Bli 108, hat is , the 
ight has entirely disappeared, and wi 
I. We have paa many of our old 
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continuous bearing, with Bramley’s Seedling 
mostly, and Golden Noble. сык шше 
o poet well, but has not growi 1 qui uite 
о varieties. 
ght be done to improve old orchards by re- 
grafting with these strong-growing varieties ш 
the extension system, and all our best fru 
are obtaine t tl he "e 
i Bramley’ s Sepd- 
a the: 
rins ron old bee die outright. e above 
varieties I have found immune from American 
ight. James Harris, Blackpill Nurseries, 
Swansea. ae 
SOCIETIES. 
WINDSOR, ETON, / AND ne 
HORTICULTURA 
Tue annual general meeting se this Society 
was held on Wednesday, the ies ult., at the 
Town Hall, R H * (chairma n of 
E. J. H. Rice, sub- 
mitted the Байагы ч d s which showed 
uera amounti adm ай 6а. EC 
ollows m from 
$72 13s. 74.; 8 gubscriptons E Tis. dividends 
thr stock, £2 3s. 6d.; diti to 
6s. 5d. The 
E 
[t 
nm 
ati 
per cent. War Bonds, £50; donation to Wind- 
sor, Eton and District Horticultural Show, £25; 
9з. 4d. Mr. Rice said he 
алака igs and 
had bee 
o- 
istrict, H 
stood at 20, and he poc enlar ged to 
iens 
oi was Carnie 
Frail and the Rev. 
F. FA А. “Philp (iar of Taplow) were then 
mmittee.. 
added to the 
Mr. Wa rd ren rote resigning his positi 
as assistant hon. secretary of the Be NE 
to want o one carry out the duties, and it 
was arr iens 
ES E of Colonel Jackson, 
deed ey, tia ролдон. (Сапоп 
one р Мг “treasurer ( Rice), 
he hon. secreta: Ошу. LG. Reed) and the 
committee were unanimously 
The Rev. M. F. Foxell was то AM hon. 
secretarv 
Society will a show on Saturday, 
June 28, 1919, and E. быз ы ded that the assis- 
view to obtaining permission for the sh be 
held in the Slopes of Windsor Castle. 
Se HORTICULTURAL OF poo: dig 
eighty-ninth annual genera ing of 
ihe Reval d Horti кг Society of Ireland was 
held on the Ten at 5, Molesworth Street, 
Dublin, for the iat, of receiving the r eport 
and сша; ү UR accounts for the year a a 
the re aa was stated 
that two а над exhibitions were held during 
the year. Owing to the support given to the 
Society by the officers же men of the Grand 
m 
B 
- 5: 
Fleet, by Oe pem valuable prizes in recogni 
tion of work done by the Irish m ч ше 
һе advisability E 
origin ally proposed private winte 
у into a two days’ public exhibition 
e, for the sailors, commenc 
four years a; , thanks to the support of 
the publie, een consis stently — an 
there was still u urger ved EM for this good work, 
fora few m mo 
ecretary, said that 
e report was satisfactory, inasmuch as the 
Society was in debt the extent only of 
£33 17s, 
m chairman, moving the adoption of the re- 
port, said that nearly all societies hus this kind 
had б Pure the war, but 
they sho 
5 oe 
E 
п 
k d the Vege- 
able Pr Committee in providing fruit and 
fresh vegetables for the gallant men of ou 
One thousan 
Y 
Mr. D'Olier seconded, and the report was 
adopted. 
On e motion of 26 chairman, seconded by 
Mr. Miley, it was resolved to instruct the Coun- 
_cil to incorpor — m rg title of the Society the 
word “ Arboricul 
The members of hs Council were re-elected, 
Mr. James Toner being added. 
Obituary. 
M. Roe.—We regret to record the dea 
M Roe, late bailiff and fruit manager for 
Capt. Owen Croft, ona rem, Withington, 
Hereford. Mr. p way on the 21st 
ult., after a сои illness ; АБ leaves a wife 
and young 
James dieta —Many gardeners, especially 
in Scotland, will learn with d of the death 
of Mr. James Besant. Born in Ham e, he 
and at an eariy M and began his 
ng four years a 
ig, he was жорогон 
ardener at Mylnefield, where eh apum к 
ten years before he went to occ 
ogi at Castle На Jongiorgan r^ which 
ese > ran apes ies ut 30 Mr. Besan 
ssful edad tend 
cultural мра. апа ону" aa ез 
dee an i gh. 
astic and successful cultivator y Cheju 
themu e e esses with 
indoor fruit, 2 He won 
burgh Pris онан te ria while for the 
exhibit he was her e King’s Cup, the 
Med Е 
the first prize—a site ce—for six 
bunches of Grapes, a mean ccn ent. Е 
years succession he won the first prize 
ih е 
w and family the 
sincerest sympathy of many old friends will be 
extended. Jas. Whitton. 
