SEPTEMBER 13, 1919.] 
( ardeners Chronicle . 
No. 1707.—8A TURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1919. 
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s from China, the 
meri: 138 pardes of . 143 
nit A EEG |R. Н. 8. War Relief Fund 142 
on ihe condition of the 139 Боуа1 Home Canner, the 142 
jard and — |Soeieties;— 
3 = . 144 National Dahlia . ... 146 
'anomalella, pai POR- = 145 
th he m -leaf Miner 139 Нос 144 
De, ен а silver 144 mote, Боор of 
flowe Ireland . 147 
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EL rat week... 142 Soe ERI ONT nà 139 
ituary— 
Bcott, G. Shaw ... 148| Vegetable seed-saving 140 
chid and Village Clubs’ Associa- 
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Scottia- Week's work, the 140, 141 
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ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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elery Aldenham Pink seeding 4 
igustrum sinense „143 
pticula anomalella and Tortrix berginanniana, 
E pests of the Kose . 139 
se lrene Thompson «шї; до» oe < 145 
oo wee 141 
ürnip Aldenham Victory seeding у 
MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. 
MHE dod Sii of August was abnormally hot 
d ing the 17th 
way in which one is constantly 
P forced to alter one’s conclusions ir aad growing. 
the trees 
weather brol 
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any 
Duchess of Oldenburg, Norfolk 
Sudeley and Royal Jubilee were 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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> sufferers, as they always are. 
the 
the ae 
The total 
rainfall tor Au E was 3.17 in., which tal in 
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DEMAND PM PLUM 
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was 
because the 
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was 
ora 
the ear reat They were certainly a ve чаро 
and а ligh and they 
ke “Victor aie "x 
market was probably almost clear e Plums. 
CHEAP APPL 
If Plums are dear, ыны are cheap. 
de superb samples of Beauty of have 
eached the maximum controlled wholesale к 
of 1 10s. 5d. per half-sieve = ^ lb., thoug! 
inferior grades have been in the go ea s ab bis 
"n aie lb. 'ently 
prefer to buy к quality fruit 
in in the irs of poca it at the jum price 
realisin bigger 
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n 
windfalls are ата with. It is only another 
Bi» 
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t Plum trees than in any 
рро! 
be compl у dai 
probably S excellent, 
and should receive general approval, as the plan 
off of 
destructive disease, which с be dealt with 
in any less drastic fashion. 
MPULSORY aiy YING 
liceo been sound- 
t same oun 
ing the opinion of gr on the suggestion 
of enforced spraying Me ice against pests 
and diseases. I unde + growers have 
d widely-varying opinions on thisquestion, 
Some of the Kent growers who s ray their 
rchards are strongly in favour of compulsion, 
as they consider that their trees are re-infes 
from ihe plan ns of neighbours who do not 
spray. Possibly I should he force of their 
argument i i egular fruit- 
c s 
ing ue unless done at — the 
ж stage, sod Le hn ер does not always 
allow о de irksome to | 
forced to " m n one's enim санд ared 
т to 
of the ae so that thos 
the most intelligence may rea 
benefit. 
greates 
RAFTIN 
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An races пјес н investigation, whic h 
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deserves more 
e stock. 
For instance, кеен Seedling is practically 
immt in the ordinary 
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a variety ea of di on Crab or 
aradise stock. If any reader can give evidence 
