206 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Ocroper 18, 1919. 
FRUIT REGISTER. Potato is a subject of pon "€ indeed, ^ prevalent this season, and I have seen жы ls beds. 
it зад pe inexhaustible subje ci Very many of Onions ruined by it, due, no o the 
matters relating to e d er have been dry, hot t weather, pon 1 retarded iho g 
SCARCITY OF DESIRABLE OCTOBER noted or discussed in the pages of the Gardeners’ the plants and fav mul the dev DES vit 
DESSERT APPLES Chronicle, Шыл do not re t ever to have pest. n ave pies a good don adult flies 
spite of almost a uox Me uh Mo M an. PME by de Lu и л 
Apples ot seem strange that there are so their crop. For instance, Great Scot and Едзе Paraffin emulsi t ii btedl oo 
few varieties of good dessert quality in use during Blue have their tubers clustering thickly the but sprayin end " “ei ngs Ra pies ris 
J . We һауе plenty in Septem- pase of the st i | b s LE арс» , 
ber and also тое ои пиа Bpr arst ea т ee capacem die Ei heer Tes «i i be poisoned 
sorts vary in the time they are at their best mea. Why this difference? Can Mr. Cuth- И. MNA Pt ийе arsenite of soda 
in different localities and soils, therefore many bera n, Mr. W. Taylor, Mr. F. J. hittenden, n 
growers may not agree with the varieties I Mr. Arthur Sutton or Mr. Snell give any explana- Poplar Leaves (see p. 157).—The ments. 
ще: tion? Further, does a tan ae NUM. жалу, cn of Poplar leaves, branches and twigs poe va hee 
Except from walls of various aspects, a given area, give a larger or a crop excited my curiosity and engaged my attention. 
are none too ies di during the из А-ы "ot than a spreading one? It occurs iod me liat it The Aspen, the grey and white Poplars, and 
October, which is all the more reason forlament- there is not much choose in this respect, a all the black ones, have their rotons and 
ing -— d of "band good dessert ш race of small ог UAE haulmed stay-at-home sounds. The Balsam fi come have no flattened. 
True, we have esl of Pears. which eases the varieties would prove a great blessing to allot- petioles, and do not quiver. All the others 
hardship of a short Apple supply. Still "iene ment holders and in porate gardens, because the above mentioned have heir petioles flattened 
those who арен good Apples at any rows need not be so far apart as the sp: acing Bp pas! to their insertion, and may flap up: 
season usually allowed for reat early and lies varie down, or right and left, through an angle: 
he early part of this month Benoni is ties. West Middlesex. of 90-180 десе or more, according to the 
Ne: the best I can find. This Apple, owing pos- Experiments with Potatos——I have again velocity of the wind. The s and the 
sibly to its shy Dearing d. UA dign a is not nearly grown a few Potatos for роет The sets ШАА челе ae ‘the most dis Шш has 
as grown ts des _ This ere placed in trays as soon as lifted, kept in a when the leaves chiefly are 0 
e Y my p^ рне т of t Apple light shed, and cove with newspap a few weeks ago the grey Poplar "лага m 
until quite recently, when I have been fortunate ere frost. many of the tubers produced by py me a reminder of its capabilities 
in securing crops of high quality fruit. Of Jast year were much too large, I decided, with during a sudden but momentary acceler ration of 
American origin, it was introduced to this regard to main crop late varieties, to-allow the breeze on an otherwise nearly still day. The 
untry by Mr. Rivers. In the shape of the all the shoots on the upper sides of the sd 40. еве Мауса made was 4 ар. апа fer 
fruit it reminds one of King of the Pippins. remain, and there certainly was more regularity ing ons, b 1 once th P 
а when fully ripe is a tex yellow with іп size. I cannot say the crop was as heavy as still. Th pen, in my Aiai бшщ most perd 
еті wie to the and streaks that of the previous year, but I think such was e the clattering noise, and in a ner 
ot darker crim The f esh is s yellow, "tender generally the case, and may be attributed to the may be said to measure the velocity of the 
and juicy, sca a cy ара fla т. dry weather. ЕС were prepared during wind 09 ka steadiness or —— The Black | 
Miller’s Seedling (see 94) is a comparatively the winter, four feet apart. The soil was turned ita | i» pulus d a, P. bos ae Р Nun 
new Apple, and one жа Sourire of prae i two or three times before planting was done, L3 10 s omban y), “serotina, an and P. 
any collection. Thet vigorous, quite upright иш no manure, excepting superphosphate and dica ee P =Й чы The ,quaver n hen wind, more 
ч 1 p» : : Ы т е у А : 
in growth, with “ample leafage, and pos abun ood ash was used, neither had amy been applied vedo күш A hich have long petioles and bang 
th f : M 
dantly medium sized fruit, in fact just the type e year before, when the cro p was also Potatos. down have the greatest variety of motions. I 
that are a ies for desse The skin is My aim was to obtain quality, which is very 
pale yellow when dos. aclicately striped with deficient in the lower parts of Bath. This year have often, ti pu аб, haga eee ellow referred 
The fi white, firm, juicy and I have good quality, but that must be attributed whi reas) ne 
pleasant i in СЯ to the season rather than to my cultivation. The And all the b leaves over me 
now too well known to need method adopted could hardly be called planting. Clapped their qu hands in glee." 
үз bag” description October Apple it The tubers were laid on the surface of the soil in I cannot pass over the many sounds that the 
stands quite at the head of. the list. So as the trench, and each one covered separately with Lombardy produces in winter when leafless- 
q 
I know this Apple has only one fault—it crops about a do minh anei of the pulverised non a With a ‘gentle but steady breeze laden with 
so freely that pd trees make piant LR md soil, certainly e than an inch above the moisture, the tree seems to be singing, droning 
сазы : shoots. "Thes was nó pan sufficient to penetrate or moaning, while one stands close to the bole. 
pE Mgh: Патонг. me ud. м, about two эже ти Mw o T ue S за ptem 2 
American Mother is an American Ar that a telegraph post. The tree often d 
bn uch se ih country, pal nin re s Orna ne a the set age and not a single droning iod in a stiff breeze, and when the 
"Able bs choc g quality it deserves te be more naa till ae k of f it t da sine ato to air is heavily charged with moisture or wet d 
cultivated. In shape it resembles Adams's Pear- E нй хон ae yag А 1 1 p ut,  sleety snow, as on March 28th, 1916, the tree 
main. The „Бо olden skin is. covered with саев ОЗЕ "d UN E mine Шел "Hoa simply roars. The whole tree may wave ies 
iceman x CP HORN EY tem nob e trenches iral. h th ut to the head to foot, if the trunk is not very thick. 
tender, “crisp, juicy and sweet, with a balsam- to lea a к lagi di лу d vie тА summer, w the tree is in leaf, and à 
like о езже de stems standing in uthed breeze is аня де M of sunshine, all 
adis qunm T eer xil iie e ee ds ee en possible е branches dicus ir 
mar, А : 
is a desirable T , posse ib n “in some soils leaves, to harden them. These primary тае Per чор with а Т LI Мы Р 
good flavour; otherwise it has pe iini of the remained green as long as any part of the plant, Gardeners’ Wages (see р. 194).— м 
Peasgood taste and size to suit everyon and though there was an rhe idem green ies се es letter on the am a a ga — 
St. Edmund's Russet, or Pippin, is s found at iting time, certainly not more than i ages last week’s issue by An Empey 1 
of the best of the cd russet type; it is sdb ordinary Ка MAY _ the ns might the Т uil agree with him that the time has 
bearing and has flat- а, Sab: golden different w ith so es which bear tubers for ior owners of gardens to look into the que | 
yellow skin marked d thickly with ras The esh close to he m but $i think that is not the case tion of stone As to an association of owners 
is of pleasan с flavour. ri Mo olyneuz. with late so "Оп t eee ная soil between the (heing a non- ipe myself), I do not approve 
TOWS, ce rm an M length, of the principle er for men or owners. If 
n a mass of fibrous roots was Mad ge UN right the rate en збі Es not to be governed by 
HOME CORRESPO across from row to row. Think of this, you who trade unions it is up to employers to offer men 
ne practise what is locally called "hacking" pre- an adequate salary, and ihe question is « What 
(The Editora do not hold themselees responsible for the vious to earthing up! І am of opinion that four із a living wage? " Let me state my owt ос 
feet between the rows is not too much for strong At КҮ age age of = years I ае, 9s. р r week, 
3o Анана Вора (Go moi 85).—I m growing varieties when the soil is fairly rich in аф 1 as receiving 17s. 6d. bs г week 
exactly the some experience with ‘Woolly Aphis m and that it is possible to obtain quite as. at 2 i ез тес week, rising to 32s., at Е 
ud x Mar dos Riera did еа MaC weight per acre as when the rows are only age of 3 38 Paro] just prior to enlistment, £2 5 
bush fruit ‘trees, tdi have been for vans two feet apart. I allow the haulm to fall about On my return from foreign адчу 
Pe а Е ОО ДА on wiser DR MM ааа а а аа ай the wages зош ве оа 33s. рег Win 
ашы qme Ran fedi знае - e the dight, an there are no which E book months rather ot | 
i nnualiy, mt dedos af [ече Bis The haulm also is not drawn receive the аі dole, but J could gu Я 
Gay oi aard sigh othe расани, А ы. те crowded, and рау my way on that sum; so after І had Pi, 
that, owing to sho Ma ОЗ рл с cO mM udi: most all my modest capita! І went inte, 
а trees were not washed last spring. Head Onion ТЕ Ро р —In reply to J. F., I building trade at 114. per hour until som for З 
Gardener, Southover, Burwash, зря haye e Pe a v the sere vr КӨШ a found = ремня turned up. тру Ку Pier с”; 
arva of the y on gentleman who has realise at а f 
Зара Home лалын" qecs as TM. of e отат ст, а lens T ined the eight itl little requires a living wage as well as any oe. 
duction, the importance "^ e Poli. gei n the square-cut tail e member of the еее and I am paid £° or 
pero : as characteristic. of Phorbia. gie cut ES. pex week, which does not allow any у m rations 
an article been before thinned and allowed to grow xuries, but. » better Fl most of the Oh "onicle- 
| the к with greater force than ever. The uu a ier were sown. The fly has been very advertised The Gardeners’ 
