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THE GARDENERS’ 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM 
TORING MANGOLDS. 
Mangold crop this 
"na cw АК» Ял 
үе 
sold а аз 
what yy Ps will 
know not, be cat p Теләк 
Tur 
d h crow 
with the left hand, pull, and then with a larg 
knife or a , sever the leaves within 
an inch or so the crown: with sa 
tion throw roots into heaps or i 
dropping the leaves close by. A common plan is 
to build cene-sha; heaps of about 
wheelbarrowfuls, and cover them with the 
leav hich are supposed to be sufficient to 
ward off several degrees of frost. Usually mhe 
heap: allowed to remain a week to 
and are then supposed to be in a better on- 
dition » storing than. when put straight pen 
a hea pe dv 
at loss 
he roots are closely c Ww 
bid еу гин dry properly. li thes 
carted away the e day into heaps or 
Mee in annie the oss is saved snd 
i oided. А 
ructu 8 n 
the hea rast deep. There seems no 
—-— to the Salk which may be built up in 
shed. 
times selected, being bet for ge or ior 
straw and ca ving for covering the roots—the 
clamps may be 10 feet Р at the base accord- 
amps are де, field select а site 
as near to the gate as possible and preferably 
on’ the side sheltered from north winds. Build 
the into a cone- ed mound up to 6 feet 
high or more, using larger ts for the 
outside. The most expeditious ig ag is to tip 
the ca e middle o: and 
up in eap 
work from the centre of the heap, m “two {Bangs 
to the opposite ends. When clamp is 
ith straw, or better still Barley 
i loser — wards 
raw alone. A covering a 
straw will tend to Беер the у р Чгу, аз 
Пе і ikely to be айн? 7 
wet. 
thick, dug 
should be 
from a 
coating of : 
ut on 
A co soil 1 foot 
trench around the clamps, 
three parts way u 
on to ward off heavy rains. Ventilators should 
be arranged on th e ridge at every 
feet ; c align AN ipes answer the purpose 
w 
: row "€ ph 
the е dry 
roperly Wo Mangolds will keep 
ad оре A not attempt to stac k, 
epe 
E Molyneuz, 
SOCIETIES. 
ORMSEIRK POTATO SHOW AND 
алата 
OCTOBER 29 Амр 30.—The Pinto Exhibition 
and Conference, held at тое и on p a 29 
and 30, rgest of 
the series Е mick opened [ny "d Daniel 
Hall, of Board of Agriculture, in 
he Sed e: E a large and appreciative 
i d to its price limit the 
standing room in the Dri тА Hall. Sir Daniel was 
supported on ile lat tform by Dr, Keeble, of 
the Horticultural Division ‘of the Board, and "Mr, 
Birch, and was introduced by Mr. R. 
Rothwell, ion president of the Ormskirk Potato 
> 
Sir aniel Hall, in the course Na on address, 
refer As to the fin sain s of Mr. obtaine 
from various ee 2 NR led з to the di discovery 
of the existence of Soy е са rt disease in 
certain varieties of “the district. 
To-day these facts neon jd definitely estab- 
ite in Lis mage ee Yellow Sharpe’s 
Victor, Broad and others. The 
work carried out y" pi Snell in connection 
with the testing for immunity at the луш 
rial Station was rmly еш 
w 
pe isease Order, pueris sed by Mr. Taylor, re- 
was ma the sch gre of the County 
a Sir Daniel aa expressed tl rd’s 
pathy with what some of the lee cousidered 
a hardship, viz., the prohibition of va 
chiefly Kin ing Edward, within : 
while their neighbours immediately outside th 
area were enabled to h 
enhanced price. 16 vé explain 
сэп be framed which does not inflict вот 
с dete ow d to the wap EN of dealing 
ie in ко ү as t алы rd aope 
security pax i x wea ely 
necessary that ihe n Е консей ае. vum 
own on infected land should be prohibited, 
ITS. 
EXHIB 
MA lax ova single dishes and collec- 
e leading immune varieties as tested 
portant show. In 
exhibitors were for the most part new and the 
taged was coarse; but now all this has 
ped and high class sa mples were staged, 
The  compatikion in every class v was keen, and in 
"The leading varieties Free Йа to W 
staged in 
art disease 
classes were, M i ; Scot, 
Tinwald Perfection, Resistant Snowdrop, Edzell 
eo The A an 
exhib er's point of vi 
The. Miis bier a е сыл so frequently seen 
in this YA. are Wempi ern) and a better 
ware ace. mátter of 
size is taki 
in the words of Mr. Findlay, 
“The variety is toning down and-will be a use- 
ul Potato 2 the future. Up-to-date was just 
та same in childhood.” 
very геа , and ific in were staged 
true io iype and without speck or blemish 
despite the fact that the variety done not lend 
itself readily to exhibition use. Kerr’s Pink is 
8 popular and despite its colour will 
с ly find a place оп our markets the 
coming years until Mr. Snell finds a pore 
white substitute. The — m те of 
colour presented by this variety is remarkable 
and is amari attributable to “divergent 
climatic and soil conditions, The prize dishes 
were very handsome. 
Edzell Blue is still good and although not 
so early as many of the susceptible varieties, 
its plete immuni: rantees it a_ pla 
in collections. Resistant Snowdro) Dargill 
. come nearest to the desired ideal in an 
immune early kidney, but t is e scope 
for additions in у ion. е 
were well staged: The 
for a collection of immune seer бек fewer 
CHRONICLE. 
[Novemner 8, 1919. 
E Exur 
_ These eer E" 
and 
tato raisers. A large number of 
these exhibits were staged and gold medals were 
awarded to Messrs. BrncH, Sefton, Liverpool, 
Mr. P. Car TTERALL, Kir 
One side of the 
hibit from the be grounds; Pr ies p "Snell 
oured t 
endeav cate the public as well as 
ше Potato ower, de tru ers and 
of the immune varieties so the 
to for! 
desire on ie part of farm 
d cottagers, to become асе with 
ski 
мау ers ап 
the work which is being carried on at Orm 
е. 
The Conference was held оп the second day and 
was UNAM us sanded. The proc oceedings 
of a discussion of Ре results 
аш à in verd poeni trials at Ormskirk. Those 
2 Е 
the object оѓ ascertain ning Урт, ШЕ Кри 
sent in for trial are immune fron susceptible 
to Wart disease, many importa tant id “difficult ques 
tions of  synonymity ari Oi varieties 
ent in for trial kao by 
some “are. by 
the senders г, and i essential 
to ascertain whether the ev came unis 
and, if so, whether they are sufficien tly dis- 
es make it desirable 
ture and i source of satisfaction to them 
that advantage å а taken of the trials s vedi! 
" e knotty points of nomenclat 
lar ү: К, qum expert comm ее н Чг 
set up, and th the members E thie priest s Rcs 
operation with Mr. John Snell, make a deis 
cómperátive y arae nm of all the Mer ete grown 
in the trial and present a repo thereo 
e considerati ion of oA 
ке reason V 
y there would seem why 
king the same 
er. 
reticall 
two puts tying plant breeders ma 
cross shoul wise des out from the diversity 
of Or rige: appearin e first generation identi- 
cal or approximately i in ne ical seedlings. Nor 1s 
it impossible о фоне derived from 
different, ies гөр bo all intents and 
lentical. 
purposes id. 
The or opinion of those closely connected with ihe 
raising of new varieties appeared to be, how- 
СЕЎ that in actual practice чап тау Бе 
each to опе single origin. Martin 
Sutton, for example; stated that in pe experi- 
brio de ойды no os сй of one and the 
peona time independ- 
far as to 
pronoun 
e 
Potatos, as disti da from 
mere ris," are of single and not of multiple 
origin. 
Perha rtant announcemen: 
t concerning hw 
ning o е blished 1 
now that this variety is not new, but is in point — 
