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¿The Editors do not rend е Бино Jor the 
opinions expressed by corresponden 
Grapes n Unheat ted Vin eries.— To criticise the 
'ourt G ave been 
grown and finished so satisfactorily тати aly 
without fire-heat ami hus ^ xceptional season. 
чем Аа е that os ment was adhered 
ten years, e. results would be 
equal de: I think there would soon 
be ed eee, imperfect fruit, immature 
Mod, and mildew. I rapes fc 
the ү Hem in ша with as little fire-heat as 
xod cum having bottled up every bi sun- 
h 
it of sun 
eat when it was safe to do so without scorching 
the berries ór the foliage of the vines, but I 
had to employ fire-heat during the early stages 
ViG. 151.—COLLECTION OF FRUIT EXHIBITED чы bon. HON. 
of growth in April and May; otherwise, the 
young and tender кын ths would have been frozen 
r decidedly checked. A quantity of the Grapes so 
s se g I am 
dh is season are ere hanging, but I 
using a very little heat to prevent 
have also grown Madresfield Court Grapes in 
Kent for some years, and my experi is that 
fire-heat is absolutely necessary to get them 
finished quickly, and this pr час 3 has the effect 
of slightly toughening the skin e pre 
venting splitting, which ld certainly occur 
the us had e closed early and in 
o keep up the necessary warmth 
n 
to finish w^ variety 
available.—J. R. A. 
The Treatment of Silver Leat. Although 
those who know most about the nature of Silver 
Leafi disease will be most ШО: 3 ia reserve 
judgment as to the efficacy of t seas de- 
scribed on 254, Баса) var is atl that 
every met thod which has been tes amid by respon- 
y re 
adopted generally 
should be tested thoroughly, and this is par- 
ticularly se in the case of one which 
to be based on the use of a spray 
substance а poem pode to be of pruna a 
CHRONICLE. a 29, Ma 
variety on October 21, and I had the P" s 
of obtaining four frit diss Bowhill Pippin 
T 
them. hey were of e i e, wd i 
coloured and finished. АП y friends who tasted Ё 
th agreed that this variety was firs 
Mr. Molyneux, by his many abl rticles in i 
your periodical, is man whose horticultural #@ 
knowledge commands my pect, but fro 
letter on page 241 he does not shine in inferen 
r а а тич 1 re um progressive | | 
en to lear twenty e 
ledged quite recently that hà was зааж to in 
the present director of Wisley for his know- | 
ledge of thé real ee in ar ‘owes of see 
Potatos. ‘There has bee tendency by some ё! 
gardeners to run dona W ridley and to point out Jf 
that they could always do better than those at ё 
Wisley. Those who conduct the В. Ее Gardens a 
kin 
are quite capable of looki g after themselves, 
and need по suppo Fain e, but it 
ls fair to state that few experi 
mental stations have done more wit les than 
isley. In 1918 the pori crop all over the 
sults? The m factors are nter 
planting o ties; choice (1.e., one 
plantation on river bank or low ground and the 
other on hillside, high up; spraying 
Interplanting the r ges makes  pollination 
more certain. en la rosts injure 
blooms on the low- lying plantation that on the 
hill escapes damage; and ° ought spoils 
the hill crop, that on the iver bank pulls 
hrough and carries its crop. large pe 
centage о! pples are infertile to their own 
ii 
pollen. This fact was well known in France” 
thirty years ago and has formed the subject of 
many articles in pcd nal dn S aces during the 
past. ten years. ha the subject 7 
most careful inv estigation ч "Wis ey inas 
ally-constructed in т orc 
tailing exa expe of some ye 
duration. With r К i little- known varieti 
of Apples, LA ia the following list may be 
of interest :— о Dutch Mignon 
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are written nw i rmation purely, not disc 
sion, and he find out all about September 
Beauty from b dolar. E Jardine. 
Late ps Apples. age 250, Market 
7rower ask a M өч ose ек Calville 
Rouge Etoile and Heusgen’s Golden Reine 
Apples, both of which d grow. The first oa 
not succeed with me, engh such "fruits аз ў 
FAS are v sgen s 3 
loes very well, is a а н апа keeps 
unusually wel. Tts begins ШО 
March aM lasts till June, hough a s samples 
may r a lit tle. arlie In a gar s ae ET 
trees are prac all vim eb an des le 
begin to crop in the n ibn season ае. 
ear maiden year. In and thee favoured E Я 
the bushes are remarkably Teale. am_ almost ded 
afraid of menfioning flavour, as this аери 
во much on personal [fes but Heusgen's he E 
е сат Ao its own with any Apple * 
know. Ж. Robertson, Limavady. 
