U plant. 
nless нй the spray т deer is still 
adhering to че eat нес wien the attack 
n be expected. 
will be checked by similar observations 
made in еа is that the amount of disease 
among the tubers varied very considerably, 
curious state of affairs. 
everted “shoots five ae of buds 
тәм Big Buds 
containing mites these "€ very 
uncommon and always low down on the 
shoot ; в), round, СА buds like small 
Big containing no mites; 
ce to 'Bi& Bud’ in Black 
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Сата А Ann, кезу “Aerie, m e Ногііс. Research 
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Novemser 8, 1919.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 233 
THE to the variety. Thus, although (4) dead buds one-third the normal 
ы Һе haulms of King Edward and Up to Date (5) blank buds, t.e., the bud pei ebould 
Gar Chronicle were equally affected, the tubers of the ve appeared in the leaf axil was missin 
” former when lifted showed only 1% per cent. Lees concludes from further examin 
No.1715.—-SA TURDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1919. recognisably blighted; whereas of Up to tion that not only the Big Buds but also the 
EE S е ш Date 73 per cent. of the tubers from seed of uds are due to attack by the mite, 
Scotch origin and 10 ce e tubers e missing buds are in all probability 
CONTENTS. 25р 5 1оса1 — were attacke to be attributed to t me cause an 
А eedless to say, not all tubers which  sibly also the round, swollen buds. 
Арія, scareity of | Hand. Potato and... аге blighted can be recognised as diseased When th s attack ak b 
к оюоона elegans ... 240 | Light and the healing of at lifting time, and in the report it is summer they kill the growing fruit and ar 
Кын Рен ош MeDonald, M3 Was . 234 entioned that about two-thirds of t tarved in consequence, Since other buds 
Bees, the care of — ... 234| _ tirement of... ” E s ultimately manifested disease. m remain, the bud attacked sacrifices itself like 
Black currants, reversion i. | Gece tbe A cluded in the trial were certain varieties which Samson in the Temple of Gaza, and by its 
E. db 3| Hybrid Or nU sie resisted late blight to a remarkable ее, оз the bush lives and in this way is 
"Тһе Book of the School | bridge m Cooks- ng only occasional s when Up t istant. 
ec 240 | | Uri n. 240 Date grown оп neighbouring plots was UM e mite attacks a more vigorous bud 
sete oe ag | Bandia Fitzalanii ... 239 black with bl ght. When lifted, only one- it fails to kill the growing point, and the 
Clematis Davidiana `.) Чез a n рег cent. of the tubers of Scotti bud lives and becomes big. he drier 
NE m ot Y Gunnera chilensis and Chief were found to be diseased. Provost climate of East Anglia the buds are apt to 
Agriculiure . AE pensar y 236 also showed di resistance, but not so be smaller than th oister western 
Farm, crops and stock З aea O MEI. i 242 markedly as Scottish Chi Arran Chief climate of Long Ashton; hence in East 
en register - 242 | Potato spraying trial... 233 was less susceptible to late blight than King nglia attack by the mite is not Е 
Peach Lady Palmer- аа 284 Edward, King Edward less than Up to ugh to „Жү the fruitfulness the 
Кане crece, аш oo Rats, the destruction of 233 Date, and EM most susceptible variety was sh, wher at Long Ashton the Laces is 
Florists’ flowers : 3 Rhododendrons, n notes on 285 May Quee oe Мены 
К er Тона VAYA i RE pai nts out tar in Sear die 
: 1 rug rarely produce ig eabrook's 
m un — . 240 wee work, CMT. The malady or malforma- Black, aea p just шкан, the mite does 
Growth, daily rings оѓ... 234 | Yeliow wing Moth 240 LM in tion in a b palig attack this variety, and hence the h aha 
ILLUSTRATIONS. k Currant: sa a that terminal Big Bud is the condition for 
Campanula carpatica, forms of 238, 239 to be жима ap reversion is not disproved by the behaviour 
Gam ae eee -+ 24 more gener al, and "growers m Norak and of ihig variety. 
Yellow Underwing Vue Triphaena pronuba... з. eu elsewhere are ousl cerned to - Lees, however, has observed cases in 
; a, shan p ona at; Af sii reversion occurs, although no attack 
а рге however, the malady Ad baffled by mites has ta a In me qu he 
the ensuin; eek i о in 
deduced У p rue gp the inte fifty D vestigator ieee d ve Кю Ж Lees who a os oe jo ma ee g 1 
ACTUAL TEMPERA ^y has devoted himself to a study rsion,* is a fk d. Since a flower bud is only 
Gardeners Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington беоне is inclined to “believe had this aras is to of limited growth, the abnormal development 
е ace ac ЧЕ E, tom ds Wednesday, par’ 5 Бе ascribed to an arrest of growth of the оғ laterals which енени Reversion 
га terminal ny which arrest may in some cases might happen in. correlatio of growt 
due иси S: d Big Bud Mite. The жае of the wm rem nit. ее, 
Y ymptoms by which Reversion may og- version. This is not to our mind a 
Potato N in Agricultural and nised are: (1) tensive growth of disproof of Mr. ies “suggestion; for the 
Spraying Trial, Horticul РСС А = lateral орар whic хез the bu rminal bud of a plan in some way 
tation, ng ton crowded instead of an open one; (2) the control the. behaviour e Piet and the 
ntains valuable Cheetos on t А internodes nd thin; and (3) sharp- mere removal of the terminal need by n 
results of spraying Potatos pem ; i кез combi eee narrow, with ed eans produce the same result in laterals 
deaux mixture and other fungicides con more tha sually serrated. as the неса of a terminal flower bud. 
taini copper я ate. A first sprayin suffering from the malady the fruit “© runs e think Pe. Lees should follow this 
; > p A ng bs "хей ipse = реше time either no, or clue yet fur 
ph dli hg: 1 am ^ au 9 се егу few, be о Бе found. Owing to 
blight E ón Ju y А Ж “the “Potatos e e habit of growth gh "the ser {шташ to 
The ; or ae * the distribution of wood and fl buds, 
August Бк sign 16856 nd to Ба it of the latter, н aie The attention of our readers is directed to the 
3r when it was noted. on one me plant mixed buds to form both flowers and short transposition of the са or centre, leader 
J P ate and on one or two plants of ur growths, the number of long kamat and the frst leader. In t DUIMO Sequens 
had predi wider amd after that date it be. Shoots found in normal plants each year is jy Md M te л» 
Ee ae s ~ few. The formation of much lateral реч йере d» y 
yet more general. It is neonne t to in Reverted bushes Mr. Lees attributes = x the Pew er pne 
observe that--as might be expected from the eck to the terminal bud, and he points o Destruction 0! "us Rats and Mice 
long interval betw: the sprayin he that i ic haus Фета) Bill podme ч 7 the Board of 
outbreak, and the considerable development > *i "pvo iid Bé vear Bus Hod griculture was read a second ад п the House 
g foliage during t interval—the S!0n has M 8 2 К Олло th ult., апа аа а а 
plots which had been rayed were as badl is to be found among them soon afterwards Committee of the whole House. It passed throu: 
ffected as those which been left un. But which way to read the facts is not yet Committee the next day. Lord Aberconway who 
yed. That the explanation just given is clear. Are Reverted bushes more O had presented a Bi = House of Lords 
Correct, is c 2 d b the fact that plots attack of Big Bud, or do bushes attacked by drew his measure in favou ы Me rather stronger 
sprayed later эра cuc Jute y t fact AAR AR ig Bud “ revert conse се of the опе submitted by the Boar 
able for several weeks as Pelea ded кы аск? ehaviour of the variety Se Industrial Research. ме Nicer ee fti 
and st ee ches among others  brook's Black would seem at first sight to Association of Research for the Cocoa, Chocolate, 
which not been raved late and were show at Reversion 2 cur with а Sugar, Confectionery, and Jam Trades has been 
SO badly attacked Pir T lack an receding attack by Bud for this formed in acco with the Government 
са a РУ Hee toe often insisted variety, though resistant to Big Bud in the scheme for the encouragem of in 
cide’ ub арй east of England, nevertheless reverts. But research. The secretary M ard, 
Ef. similar дане is to ge a ане i gp асай 5 ag go ot arce mia 9, weed T ре, 
Ње Һа ча апа 
The Р Crops in m Holland — 
The Boar ey p^ “Agriculture and  Fisheri 
received informa: from His Majesty's Con- 
sul General at онга, to the effect that the 
tato yield in Holland is expected to be fairly 
good or and the quality good or ve о 
This description applies to Limburg, der- 
land and Utrecht, to Orenthe, Overyssel апа 
and eal агч 
Reports from Groningen, Friesland СКЕ 
Holland are fairly satisfactory, but оп i the sand 
