196 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS about one pound in 15 gallons of water, and 
А зара the application at ап interval of abou ЖЕ 
three weeks. Soil from sow ixe 
Априеза.: 25 С. The address не with kainit, should be used next season; the 
с" е ad Co. is 25, Bavag i ens, kainit has the effect of destroying the 
ES, The water w you send i mycelium or spores of the Collar-rot diseas 
a common Duckweed, Lemna maj e best of Cucumbers. 
plant is to skim it from the surface; drag a 
nvas over n early 
summer and repeat the process at frequen 
tervals as weed re-a is most 
i ant to remove the wi it flower: 
and if the work is тое out patiently through- 
out one season should su eradicate 
the Duckweed. Where water fowls have access 
ponds or lakes this weed is rarely trouble- 
some. 
APPLE SHOOT WITHERED e is no 
se 
е at the roots or 
жаН other local cause “which only those on 
the spot could determin 
Basic SLAG: s E. a very suitable 
i ta your vegetable 
b fertiliser ds slow acting, and 
с 
quantities г of quick-acti: 
ertilisers such as sulp of àmmonia or 
nitrate of soda. The latter fertilisers are be: 
applied in the iens and, as they are y 
soluble, esp nitrate of soda, they should 
be applied in amit dressings, the Pile being 
"little and often." Опе oun f sulphate of 
ammonia is sufficient to each square yard, a 
the case 
ly date. The house in which the plants 
haye been growing should Ibe thoroughly 
cleansed d g the ‚ and walls, 
woodwork an sprayed with a 
solution of pert rms ot iron. All the old soil 
should be removed, and great care T R in the 
provision of fresh g material for another 
year. addition to using sulphate of iron 
it is advisal spr Y the 1 
CucuMB' ВВ. he Cu cumber fruit 
submitted. erate evidence of attack by = 
disease —€— rag ele 
scab (Cladosporiu 
scabies). s disease has been followed by 
Bacterial S ft Rot. Spray the plants 
regular intervals with a Agri of suiphi ot 
hide 
potassium, and remove and burn al! diseased 
its. 
DAMSON ATTACKED BY FuNcous REN 
J- E. 
The fruits are attacked by Bro 
ructi 
but | frequently 
All diseased 
on j ould d 
otherwise t e centres of жашың еен 
tion. cae in trees should 
‘be roughly drenched "with solution o 
sulphate of iron, and the ground immediately 
und and around area 
"similarly treated. In the when the 
eig are about half developed, aay е 
tree: ith a weak solution of Bordeau 
minim. 
‘FAILURE WITH CUCUMBER B. Your Cucum- 
pear to he ge e bt from wilt 
y 35 i of 
part 
ghly drench every 
et part of the interior of ihe aperi with a 
PM pon of sulphide of copper, strength 
FRUIT FROM Sunvb: Miss D. The fruit is that 
of Cydonia Fossa “ssh fruits zd pim 
ibus used for the making of jelly, in res same 
way as Crab sani used. 
pe a ғов Naminc: J. J. The grass is Lolium 
e (Rye Gr tee which is strong growing 
ense tufts, wi which 
app: 
tion could be p in February, Бы this 
Wi 
ture. Give water frequently in dr poe ad er. 
There is no fungous 
disease pre: the Ivy leaves and stems, 
е a ы of the trouble must be 
tap vr in other directions. It is possible 
that & cape of gas has pio, afiect ed 
the ave and stems, but in any с S 
is a purely local o 
Names or FRUI J. and 2, Lane’s 
Prince Mbeti; gies Pao n E 5, None- 
such ; 6, Triomp he de уро 
mm e ppin 
ling's Seedling. —F. J.A.: Cl apps Favourite. 
W. G.:.1, not recogni ised ; Duchess of 
оаа 3 Hawthor nden ; a, bas s Seed- 
ling; 5, 
е Ml 
mte de 
rye to Vai 2, 
i hess ; 
12, 25, Cox's Orange viser s 17, King of 
the Pippins $136,.K in; 22, Golden 
Stone's Apple , Pitmaston Pine; 33, Potts's 
К ing ; ie ; . Gold 
Noble; 45, se Bonne of Jersey; 47, The 
Queen; 48, 's Nonsuch; 51, 60, 77, 
78, Ecklinville Seedling ; 52, 72, decayed ; 57, 
58, De Neige; 59, Stirling Castle; 65, 66, 67 
Beauty of КА ch Crab; 79, 80, 
Hanwell Souring.—4 M.; 1, Potts's Seed- 
ling; 2, Warner King; Peasgood's. Non 
uch; 4, Annie Elizabeth.—A: D.. 1, Golden 
Noble (culinary); 2, inter. Strawberry 
(dessert); 3, 's Codlin (culinary); 4, 
Small’s Admirable (culinary); 5, Annie Eliza- 
beth (culinary) -A. W.; 1, Winter Haw- 
thornden; 2, ly Joe; 3, Margil; 4, de- 
cayed; 5, Downton Pippin; 6, Plum Late 
Rivers. W. &.; 1, Gravenstein; 2, 
B "s ng; 3, Alfriston; 4 Lane's 
, Queen; 6, not 
je ig ЫС, Tas 
ҮЛ, Lady Su 
DA 
[OCTOBER 11, 1919, 
2, Warner —H. E. & Marguerite | 
Мага; ^2. Cae 3545; Williame? ? bon Chré- 
3 4, "Lord Eos MA 5, Worcester Pear- | 
m ed 6, e's Prince Albert; т ner’s 
King; 8, Lord Suffield; 9, Souvenir du Con 
ў 10; recognised; 11, French Crab; 
12, Cellini.—H. : 1, Lane’s Prince Albert 
, Golden ae 5, Tornoe Prolific; 4, 
Newton Wonder; Bramley’s Seedling; 6, 
Newton by т "Win ter Ribeton, =p. Н 
DE Pear is g small Marie Louise; the Plum 
dec: о А oe л Ма 1. Tyler’ 
2. “decayed; 3, Bramle 
oi 
Chrétien; 3, “Marguerite Меша; 4, Confer- 
d Au 
tomne—B. R. 0., 
no in ch 
ing of the P 
C D 1 
Doyenne u E Comi 7, decayed; 
Louise; 9, misha pb, quite out of character. 
Б not recog- 
Louise ; 
dante de Thies 6, W: 
7, Louis А eines iur not 
Zy: S.: 1, Bismarck; 2,- ‚Та ne’ 
sometimes ‘Ace var. 
Ginnala.—5. L pua iuuenis. perdi 
Mr. H. D. Tigwel Dd his address is Harro 
vea Peters Middies ) 
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NP E S—H. G.—L. H; snd 8, 
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