Атап, 12, 1919.] 
THE 
Gardeners Chronicle 
No, 1685.—SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1919, 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CONTENTS. 
Атай» army Obituary— 
seh "i Johnson, R 1^6 
Apiary. th . M6. Mirrey, Joht ^. ME 
Beo-keepitig 150 Wise, В. .. M 
Big-Bud Mite, spraying Orchid ә and 
tor . M3 glean! 
ks, notices ol- +! Odontogiowum Hu 
loon antar 177 meanum and O.asyer- 
Bulb garcon, tbe- d sum d 176 
Gal nthus Imperati... 176 pear in France, culu 
the late Sir РА valion of the wa 
Cultivation andie fertility 180 ro cbe SOP a 
Dry-wall g V5 ponto s ayin: 192 
Far crops and stock - |n € 
XA em ^. 18 | o rad revision, of 108 
owers in ses ^ boase 177 
orestry— 
3 The 8i Tika Spruce ... 176 sr 09 special кеп 151 
Fritillaria ea pes Roya Horticultural жо. 
tiardeners’ hours and - war relict 
— 3 Jur А РУ е 
> memorial rae oo Ma | 099 * T" 
Gooseberry mildew, = E 
A bos 
H „ Mr. | Sola: gardeners, 
P. reti "ў мари) ters from — . 178 
Land for ex jers ... 350 Tomalo seedlings damp- 
MacWatt, Dr.John ... 190 „18E of s + 
=o um ME. e nolos — 185 
njurious to plants LY - 
а < et тан xu M. „„ 175 
I 1729 Week's Work, the 178, 179 
174 War ltem ... se „> M 
Army agricultural school in France — - „ 182 
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Hive, details of tho “W. B. С,” „юм 
Hardie making ... „1% 
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to hatch out before the bloom buds open, 
has proved fruitless as in previous years, 
although the trees will doubtless be 
infes Moths can certainly 
frost, for I ука a female Mare 
quite lively on a tree А a night when 
10° of frost were regis 
ли In ARREARS, 
he past winter was the worst in my 
experience te Wiggin operation in fruit 
р tions. The women, who do most of 
h rk, were not able to age s 
not resume work until after the middle 
of March, the -— being too wet. 
men man ig at intervals Tue 
that time, EU there was much of the 
finished. It is urgently r for 
grassy weeds have grown practically all 
e winter, о 
plantations are green wi j 
‘No Damace ву BIRDS. 
There o doubt that the bird popula- 
tion et Ae district has by 
back to normal since its severe thinning 
du bea winter of 1916. Never since 
been done to 
amage 
frait buds. This year there has been no 
play г with ot either amongst Plums 
and scarcely - bull- 
pal — ia di seen. I am at all 
sure that this is a matter for ра a 
lation. Damage to buds, and ripe fruit 
is very annoying, but birds are easier to 
- caterpillars, which 
appear to be the alternative. 
Trees, 
ing TT + ro Mor ouid ie m 
chosen as rafting old 
because they did 
very well, whi ist the fruit was 
d ud sell freely even 
not very 
stem oar branches bei 
bene КЕТЕ free 
was done 
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CHRONICLE. 
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ams е A og headed down for graft- 
ng) w the idea that it might utilise 
any ex bo of sap and relieve the pressure 
on the scions. These branches have now 
been sawn off, and I shall be interested 
w the trees behave this year. 
run them, I found a great deal 
= ар about the stocks, and in some 
the duin of stock and scion, 
particularly where the scion is Cox’s 
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e is 
wound, the little 
eal perithecia of the сардин і сап Бе вееп, 
ced. 3 that th isease entered in 
the soft tissue hori the junction I am 
trying to pre developin 
y brushing ia ғ УА ег. Я of sulphate 4 
copper. 
re the А is of @ variety very 
liable to canker. The junction forms just 
the kind of wound through which the 
can entér easily. future I 
by "avo 
more iform success 
perhaps more uni wi 
CHANGE IN m or APPLES. 
It is astonishing 
fore is give p^ x 
y character. A 
the may come mary 
Blenheim Pippin is a case i ра 
ariety has grown here the past 
eighteen and always found to be 
planted at firs these 
mained healthy, Blenheim Pippin was 
lanted fairly extensively рм years 
ater. These younger 
well, and bas ag р sound u v p wl las 
year. Now that they ri: badly 
cankered, on y branches well as 
old, and' many Tile had to he sacrificed 
n pruning. it must be 
doubtful whether 
pad Eeay, Lao canny м to the bad, several 
in bringing th ead | into 
Pel. One vt the aot ы Кай ай 
жет 
A rower 
can А is which varieties 
main healthy and crop regularly 
»" his land, and this he can learn gn ds by 
s — y^ E: to 
MI ure X nt aa - 
riculture Aper ima 
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