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carry & too generous a coating. It was 
dirty Wu, res very soon done Possibly some 
reader has tried the plan and can report on the 
ult. r. vis (p. 261, Vol. XLIV.) advises 
me to use Bentley's tree-protecting paint nstead 
of wire ng. This, however, could hardly be 
applied to bushes, as bran as well as stems 
would, I , have to be painted. 
are all very wi 
well on are 
out of the question in large plantati ions have 
ры 
arly where the pex 
correspon dent, 
there is оя 
with this pest than 
a caustic or 
a coarse nozzle be used, e s 
—— anger and the I directed 
spots. One application 
of na pois was should 2 айы, P4 m sum- 
mer treatment must be repeated as 
Persistent treatment can pine voto to "held the 
pe in check, Masi: uh is probably — to 
that it can be 
"So far I have > dealt isd with akan ight 
it occurs also on 
a caustic 
er As. is practical. On a large 
y is not. The only alternative 
of carbon bisulphide. Fou 
h п 
m ts nudi жо 
ord 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
first came into common use, very extrav vagant 
claims were made for s The trees were to be 
cleared entirely of inse s and Fete spores, 
and clean, healthy iri wou ald be ејн uced. а 
w n found that these claims were not jus 
fi thorities now hold out little hope that 
we ore than rid the trees of mo 
growth, for which purpose spraying once every 
ее is sufficient ost districts. At 
pos ects ar 
is lat int Massee umen за 
** no known fungicide cai a 
can а fungicide kill fungous " 
can do is, when properly deposited on а leaf or 
a , to kill germinating spores that 
alight on the surface." This mi that fungi- 
cides are of M к ‚ but only аз a pre- 
tissues of dead spurs, young в 
bens where it cannot be touched ex вр: хь 4 
If we accept thi ere is no object 
going pto the expense of m пакі ing our winter ake 
a fungicide. Winter spraying simply to clea 
trees of moss and lose оозе bark is, however, well 
worth w as these eee are against 
the үө, being у” the tree, and they serve {о pro- 
insect pests. 
o ons DIFFER. 
It is Бон of mention that growers are by 
agreement with mycologiste E 
imitations of 
e “of great 
destroying aphis 
Mr. Seabrook is a gest believer in Bose! gerbs of 
to 100 gallon 
fficacio 
not a eight to the f 
e growers, who are also 
and unlikely to ears practices i 
they were eere that id. There 
I consider, a wide fi "c ьн investiga 
tions in the use of insecticides and fungicides. 
Market Grower. 
——— 
ON INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION. 
BEST USE FOR TUR 
they 
them oM dig them plots. Farm. 
yard manure and similar bulky manures are very 
where these can- 
unio: p the dr 
: ЖЫ ы: set in the tool frame, m 1 
; in the bottom he бтз due covering | 
ed potting вор, 
there seem to be many thousands of tons of these 1 
ing in " 
tacked turves s in one form or another 
on the oe grounds of the country. Т n а^ 
of the utmost tance that this р 
рог 
sho E got into the soil at an «ig 
Certain experts have expressed inion after 
a " allotments that on a great deal 
of ment g crops w 
urve: 
allot: round the 
practically doubled өзүү: the past веазо 
been possible t the turves «ша were 
the year 
the Potatos 
‘each 
p; man 
each. T cut the seed myse d took the lead- 
part in planting them, personally at- | 
tended to them thereafter. A farmer can hardly 
pect to succeed with cut seed. The cutting 
ay be carelessly o with horse. 
cultivation and field planting shoots are apt 0 | 
t ru ; a cut tuber then has little chance - 
f su I ma the sets were planted 
some on the 15th and the res he 20th of | 
Summerfield. 
SEED POTATOS. 
8 the Foo ~ Production Dep 
for planting i 
tons were supplied to the Allied Gove 
ALLOTMENTS. 
published this week b 
small-holders, - 
000 
bs 
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