THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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Ш SEPTEMBER 27, 1919.] 
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"n POTATOS IN IN SCOTLAND. 
Ix many of the пе t Po tato- growing districts 
light on account 
early varieties wil 
ИШИ їп the aggregate a consequently, high prices 
З and t 
1115 ж demand by growers (far mers) they 
annot be blamed. It takes 15 to 20 cwts. of 
үш Potatos to plant one acre, and if the return is 
m ошу three to four tons how сап пасун » imd г? 
абв, Something approaching £ acre 
peni realised to pay expenses means 20 per 
ъё) ton for a start without showing much of a profit 
FE ihe g V 3 ton wholesale is being 
ph freely ers for Edzell Blue, Mid- 
ag 2° enw Балу a Duko i be padi я ет seed 
"n wil have ipee 
wi that рет Eclipse ы "Bhar irá cim ress 
bin P ought for Пер; but Witch Hi ll and eun " 
BA Sn e purchased at all, holder: ers of 
i cel not t being sellers at ре nt. Dargill Early, 
ШӘ which bee und have one or two 
мш Es. "bia "o d ene а This variety 
ИШЕ is not so early as its name would indicate, but, 
al we? g resistant to Wart ice and a good crop- 
en per, it will be in demand. The G nment has a 
good supply of Dargill Early in its own hands for 
mu distribution in England. “ America " is said to 
im have changed hands at a fabulous price per ton, 
ie, 5 but i viour has b rratic. Among 
asi! second earlies Arran Comrade has made a great 
si reputation as offered last year for the first 
dah time a growing acre of it was recently sold 
me! for £500, a other for £ is a first- 
be well worth 
ў uring а small quantity of it even at а hig 
i ce. 14 is yet t MOT о уи about lat 
xil varieties with con Ё them look 
i Well, especially in the DW. est je ida of - 
T = Ma ie? es giv ing eles crops in s 
arts, an ers a of a much more tut 
sil size ak in th I lifted a root 
P in my garden r ids Shieh tied р, and 
xit bey EL E: mge a pikes дЫ. D which to grow, he 
Ww plant had no special treatm Kerr’s Pink a 
y Tinwald Perfe ARI n both promiso ч nen Gr il 
ur Scot (second early) is first-rate. I have not seen 
@ any blight in Scotlan “hia season, but many 
farmers have been busy spraying. I recently 
E pent а d a farm where my firm is interested 
ja! b E 100 acres of M ud seed righ ly 
r was c au acres per da; 
Ж He was using Burgundy Mixture—20 lbs. pepo 
v Ee and: 10 aes mre bos н ка pu о! water 
н Ш те is foreman of litmus 
T paper in his vet a и 1 aie i t 
» mixture, emi Sprayer was $ 
mÝ: ing below and one above each drill. Four hors 
‘at Г and fi en are employ spray 20 acres per 
(a day, two men and tw rses carting water; 
17 ‘one man and two horses (tandem) in the sprayer 
"t two men preparing the mixture m barrel 
K triking fact in the to world is th n- 
cen уя оп оп a es resistant, V d e 
> 2%. 
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№. 
REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF 
THE FRUIT CROPS. 
(See Tables and Summar ies, ante pp. 64-70.) 
(Continued hes om p. 156.) 
ENGI TH WEST. 
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GrovcrsrERsHI E i bad plague of 
caterpillars but iba: trees are iode of thoro pests 
anded all o 
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б [ү where poultry had a free rur ; we 
v = with Tanglefoot. ig bud is d pa 
i k Currants as in some previous seasons, but 
"f the fruit was thin. We had of 
In eberries, t these fruits w e 
Senerally in the district. J. Osmond, Ebrington 
fi Hall Gardens, Ebrington, Campden. 
Ern early; promise of exceptional crops 
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has not been fulfilled, but the fruit crops on 
the whole should be good. Caterpillars have 
Ce ume = 
done serious uM in some of the plantations 
but ретт trees on grass have not suffered so 
much, , Shire Hall. 
T of Cherries flowered pro- 
fus туз. fas apy dread bed 6 the on account 
; We hz = a most onra crop of 
1alit C urrants 
Strawberries good qual Black 
showed signs o зый һу pe TR the foliage 
turned yellow and some he berries бота. 
The Apple crop is the best Шр known here 
for years—caterpillars were very prevalent and 
would have done much damage hea I not per- 
sisted in spraying with arsenate of lead. Pears 
are а Baht crop. е an al feature here is a 
good crop of Apples. All fruit trees j "ge re 
uc ird well, with the exception 
John Banting, Tortworth Gardens, о ет, 
Ry mer, Loddington, Wealthy сец 
таіп, , 
Ho: — and W огсевіег “Pear 
ivers’ 
Stra ^s iur 
7 а) in = haty owing to con- 
t EB Spencer, "Goodrich 
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pec to 
» per ips drought 
Riv € arly 
1 places e 
е mage p the Pea ^ar midge: alsc 
aa n „Бәй ofen ae 
Fic. 78.—MONTBRETIA HIS MA 
(See ддв by the R.H.S, Floral addi. p. 168). 
HEREFORD.—Apple trees dropped their fruits, 
and by « not be more 
y all Эррера there will : 
than a half crop of these ir ue id nd jam 
Apples in ар аге more plentiful, being 
about an average cro Apricot trees wered 
well but Paes flowers dropped owing to north-e: 
winds. Strawberries ao very promising in 
the early stage, but owing to prolonged drought 
the fruits did not ul "and m any of the late 
owers ое. us m F. Roberts, Stoke Edith 
Park, Here 
A die are n average. crop, 
Varieti a carrying g rs crops are, Adam's 2 
а 
main, Bra amley's Se Р 3 
Reinette, Charles Ros Du h Mignonne, Frog- 
more Prolific, 6 Duc Albert. Lord "Derby, 
Lerd Grosvenor, Lord Suffield, Matinington Pear- 
ali ng, 
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places and some trees had hardly a single fruit. 
and Red i pe 9 both 
ecg leo good. 
Biack Currants “гоп off ? deal. Leere 
are a very poor crop. DA х ^ E. Durham 
ONMOUTHS HIRE, 
— Fruit generally 
tre о J 
blossomed freely, БА the fruits ick unsatisfac- 
torily owing probably to the dry weather, accom- 
panied by cold winds. Small fruits generally 
vere good crops oseberries especially were 
very fine. trawberries were plentiful but 
sma than usual, owing to the dry weather 
and through want of labour y could not be 
watered, Standard Apple trees are generally carry 
ing better crops than are bu à 4 pyramids 
being deeper suffe 
the same extent from the е though all 
