С Max 10, 1919.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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THE the fruit blossom will open in conditions 
that are favourable to pollination. 
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Gardeners Chronicle Late Вгоом anD IwsEcr PESTS. 
This is.a late season, but not so back- 
No. 1689.—SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919. ward as 1917, which was exceptional. In 
з that year there were no fruit.-trees of 
any sort in full bloom before the early 
CONTENTS. pus UR This year the blossoms of 
Alpine garden, the . 224, Market fruit garden, bx the earliest Plums were fully open on 
EU MS 0 aig м: 225 April 19, and of Cherries cn April 30; 
Big bud m 231|" Blick, C 232 but no Pears or Apples expanded a single 
Blizzard, Basics еру the 230 з-с ЛЫ ЧЫНЫ 909 
Вгайїога Obrysanthe- ерси ала a" m Жаку up to the end of the month. This 
: mum show abandoned 228| Orchid ` notes and а hopetu Эз; as ey 100m ing 
_ Bulb garden, the— gleanings .. 226 tibi a big crop. Insect pests also ar 
Hermodactylu Mu TOR NE 
Ее зи сыш. 1 224 | Plant breeding institute late in putting in ап appearance App М 
Culinary ‘Pea, "inheri- for Wales . v:299 suckers were first seen on April 20, anid 
Tance of as ER riri Potato, neuem of р 
-.. 230 E LE 2298 these were numerous ry the end of the 
_ Exservice men, land rus ioensis Йоге month, by which time man о 
‘settlement for’ . s. 298 |. Репо ..  .. ..229 te ill y f E Winter M in y Б 
Farina production ` o, 229 Societies „. ..  ..281 caterpillars o г; inter Moth group 
Fignochio.... -se — s 280 |Trade notes wy... 982 were to be Probably there are 
eners ours an rees and sh s— 
a Coniters ise UN many more Ыы yet d be hatched, 
_ Horticultural Club „295 but at far fewer than in 
59 mom dinner see 280 Tulipa turkéstasica and , ud the past two years of severe eater pillar 
meeting and dinner Week's work, the MEN BINDS. Xx an aphis was. E 
as 
E Kew, official guide-lec- ointed 3 Е" sistant d : 
turer at . . 228 Director ofthe. Ато solitary specim was discovered on an 
London Gardens Guild 229) Arbor .. 228 TESA ie. after examining hundreds 
USTRATION of bloom clusters. This, however, is not 
Crisp, Sir Frank, porti ot pig rte aye 232 Very nusual ; 2 and the aphis attack ma 
_ Pyrus ioensis flore ae 229 develop rapidly when the ариг иө 
ре оша зе an warmer robably it is too ope 
затен» E = “ ШОШО р X» that these pests have been killed SÉ severe 
weather, althou T now that ne ч; 
yee So торг ури Сэ. к ОРУ ac танаа а a ai 
THE MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. to frost if exposed on the outside of the 
. s a 
* T HE Blackthorn winter came with a hours examining the trees in the hope of 
lot of snow fell, and it remai oom clusters. I find a few cater- 
he ground for several hours; which, pillars and Apple suckers с 
needless to state, is a very unusual occur rished presumably fr ause, 
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P district (Sussex). А similar blizzard but the majority were alive and well. If 
was experienced in 1911, but that was they can stand such an ordea; eal the sih m 
_ quite early in the month. Fortunately mecs survive anything in the w 
is late this year. Only weather to which they are likely. ча Бе 
the earliest-blooming Plums—Black Dia- exposed 
. mon and  Monarch—were in ful osr:or SPRAY 
: рв а we the time; but several others Spraying | had not been p by the 
. had their bloom expanded end of April, none of the A ple bloom 
: p 
and the etna of these flowers n usters orta reached quite the right 
a is у 
| importan : b 
tunately the ee was not parti- apart with the fingers. It is best "s wait 
t the time, no more than until the тб, have separated, that 
= frost being UH whilst the the wash can wn amongst bo pedi- 
raged. Apple and. Pear bloom cels. It is impossible to catch all varieties 
in the cluster | n ‘presum at just the tage where there is 
gh the surrounding foliage much g ; but I would 
w has a hed appear- eave some until after the petals have 
: y the early Plum bloom fallen, rather than 
Я Sh E E on the night of th ial by spraying duri stage 
. 95th, w Зао of frost were registered ; hich it is practically impossible {о 
but iti + quite i ely that the thermometer reach the insects. In some years aphides 
. did not г register this low e for found on the outside of the buds 
than a few minutes. Te PM mend ae ge i 
we =н пг | t i 
. rants and Gooseberries not injured diee early for these alone; but such 
- by frost er шот, but the s tops of early cases are exceptional. enous I believe 
а дыд discoloured. that it pays to do plenty of spraying, 
April was à cold month almost through- цайг 1 се) gm so dear that there is 
do work that is of 
З ‘out, iet ing experienced cn twelve 
E ne average, 2.92 ins. falling on 13 days chemicals, ` of some of the usual 
ato my station. There were very few washes, рег “100 КАГА, works out as 
Берек days," which was no doubt follows Е 
rtunate, in view of the severe conditions Caustic ‘sod (20 Ib. per 100 gals.) 12 
-which vegetation was exposed at the  Lime-sulphur (winter кепин. 10 0 
. е of the month. At the time of writing “ai itto Солак ег strength 5 0 
psv -become more seasonable, Arsenate of lead 14 . per 100 gals.) 6 0 
and а warm rain is falling. It is to be Nicotine (802. р T : 
E hoped, therefore, that the greater part hes Soft т (8lb. j "100 gals.) 
rainfall also was above по beul Ep is present prices of 
A find that to drench a чө me 
ee of av аа, Size, as опе would with a 
ith sh or an aphi 
rather more tha ana a of fluid. Where 
the trees are а ted 12 feet spart each 
cost of spraying an acre of fruit ice Dos 
year, giving the minimum number 
plicatio Mem likely to be required, is RN 
as 
d. 
Winter spraying "un caustic ; 
soda gallons 2 10 0 
шга i aphis, set before 
the bloo cre en, with soft 
Spraying for caterpillars and 
fungus diseases with arsenate 
sum 
mer str ength) after fall of 
bloom 200 gal 
Second spraying with liniéau 
phur for diseases : 200 gallons 010 0 
-fuel for power sprayer, and 
horse work for меи water would bring 
the cost up to £10 at Jeast; and 
with ў 
requir ray 
he against this must be put ех ta spray- 
PREVENTION OF APHIS ATTACKS. 
„against Apple 
о т vari eriments 
n out dur uy the last БИр JUNE, 
ing in er А to 
satisfactory method of йк сш Te egg- 
laying forms of the three usual species 
of Apple aphis, which are found in the 
in autum ot at that 
trees in autumn, do n t n 
curl es leaves, but are fully exposed 
and easily kille к rees are 
thoroughly sprayed. Moreover, аз risk 
of scorching the leaves i is oF little account 
i n 
di edid by AS his malifoliae (formerly 
named A. sorbi).—Market Grow 
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