Avcusr 9, 1919. ] 
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orming Ek in plenty, and that the fruits 
pear to contain good seed. ave been 
ven to etna low seedlings a this ‘‘ blue 
к. at pon are very i i 
T 
the Le аме to кы 
xx of a res of 
not hav ruthless and 
back the longer branches. to resting buds, 
order to encourage the foi on of new 
І hesitated, however, to do this.for fear 
ese ementary shoots, even if they 
appear, would not have time to- develo 
d ripen their wood in time for flow 
teyear :and if they did not, pruning 
d have been unavailing, for they, shedding 
ves in th tumn, ‘would in the 
g year have become odii as the 
ps ене" Therefore, I have left 
pans alone, nnot refrain from this 
ute to their- ошен beau 
em 8 
ground -beneath 
ght ne ie fea of ^ war food roduction, h: 
; ге Ыі shed. For a long time the grass 
an а stro! 
between life and death, with ng 
ning te. tow latter. . Thé seed could not be 
until ] CUu the drought, d 
n. ieu] of tender grass turned bm 
"Sprung. up in such numbers and 
ty as to make any. but a hardened stud d 
vith its for eed 
Swedes which should have been lifted, 
sel, and а host of unnamable ings grew, 
t the lawn rivalled. the dismal state „бї 
Slev's garden after the lady with gentle 
ceased to tend it. Yet th to 
ibined . attack b in 
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THE MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. 
Por was the third 
vw’ month in succession wi th 
erage rainfall. І recorded rai 
brave d days, but all were light showers, s 
44 in. 
rations, so that the light 
le to exert its full influence. Frui 
iv. ch benefit, and 
d in sequence. There 
month. "Drought RE oa 
unt for this backwardnes 
„ARLY FRUIT 
and: Plums in the markets 
à Crops are much. bett 
97, though Plums аге by 
* Last year I sold some Early 
РА 
THE GARDENERS’ 
` Run 
' to the dro ought, - 
5 rouble is Soaps 1 
tions; but 
found 
varieties of Black Сайына can be divide 
' four typ 
River's at 46s {ең half-bushel of 28 Ib. · The 
highest p eived this year was 17s., with 
is, of course, ll M Lant season I made 
35s. per Dalt bushel of 201Ь. for the гея 
ї the В pud em. ра they ar 
т may ec more 
than 5d, per ЖА bond (585. да . per cwt.) ; 
ut. it is doubtful if they would have gone 
a "aide xury, and, ought 
wilden the c go For most varieties, however, 
the prios i$ & ood one, and few will be lucky 
lech it. 
` enough to 
RUNNING OFF IN Вглск. CvRRANTS. 
arkets are now Proving, are Apples 
If the 
' are fairly. “plentiful, a few wee go ‚у 
' showed that the dir 
ck' Curr. 
ing off; generally a attributed 
row the chief hi 
trem s, short. 
; Baldwin, Goliath or. Victoria, i Bos- 
o (o of e hick Seabrook’s , Black is 
ai ex ES f these 
worst, . dd the rx er 
т 
use of running pe has been proved by artificial 
pollination of parts. of bushes, the result bein 
perfect set of fruit. The trouble is less seen 
іп a showery — ause, /, a drop of 
moisture might he pollen from anthers to 
L At experiment pai e French 
type runs o mes koo 
but I believe that in he former 
as Boskoop's 
above SESS iu "far the heaviest jon: are 
carried b Baldw which n 
nni 
MENTAL Мов: 
por Prec should us 
ugh to mak 
grow e салда there by Mr. бол, O 
burgos horticultural instructor for East Sussex ; 
the unanimous opinion was that the work 
50 done by Mr. В. б. Hutton and his assist- 
ants will be: a шше value to commercial 
horticulturi p 
mising varieties, and tri 
Systems of Pinning pe аали varieties 
of Apples must yield valuable lessons after a 
few years. 
CHRONICLE. 
83 
сс = 542,0. ду Гот aS ey c 
SPRAYING 
Most growers would like to ioe in dry 
nores М or la sg if it can be proved to be 
the ordinary liq id spraying, 
ans li Rep жон. and therefore 
Ther no heavy carting of water 
ing мі ное апа ће ез. к is light 
ed. resent I know of only 
one powder cana A that is on the market, and 
I have been mal few small tests with this 
The mos essful result was against Aphis 
а па 
it succeed killing oat of ihe insects, 
до not eae that " ove all the Apple aphides 
of any s uches; but then so will 
ood i quid w The claim that a powder 
a superior penetrating р 
To test this I tried t| 
trees on which the 
Probably it 
dU. ин ың aphides of all kinds where they 
are exposed, just as wet spr hag d is, but there 
у to fruit-growers seems end. There 
ere much ана у 
wi th. this len ері proper т dusting of 
old Apple treé occ cad 
pote and the 
comfortably. 
did not work at 
R SPRAYING RESULT. 
ood many fruit-growers cling to their faith 
in ые аре whilst the she are dor- 
mant, althou 
'opper on a block of Cox's Orange Pippin tr 
which ar ally ver y b 
scab, a ere becoming seriously affected by 
American Ae iiec caustic soda has cer- 
ainly үе uch to clear the 
American blig Tt oy is impossible to sa: a 
whether ‘the ‘gid did any good, as this 
there is ely any scab be Vous о ined 
Apples in ns, sprayed o Cer- 
plan 
tainly this block of Cox’ s looks nicely dean and 
healthy, the fruit being 
ent years that I am 
vclphat e of copper with having done some IE 
At any rate, I shall be encouraged to try it 
again. 
Another irial was 
iiti that Good e These trees show 
hardly any of oy 
look dark 
bot ye iseased wood was cut 
out i ing as far as le. Winter 
g with lime-sulphur i means а 
on this farm, as een done for years; 
but this block of DA offered an unusually 
Коршин opportunity to test its value against 
brown rot. Market ri 
