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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[NovEeMBER 29, 1919, 
Шет future growth. Hedges which аге not too 
at the base, but are too high, may be cut 
t 
within 6 inches of the base pr e greater 
in the subsequent growth. 
Winter Fanrows.—Land intended for grow- 
ing spring-sown Oats, Barl Ve ip: 
Mangold and Potatos should be deeply eene 
Generally these Rcs eg cen "d e 
It € the ore vious straw crop, M reed where 
own on heavy land, w. g 
Where - sóil H Кр апа T subs so inert 
as збан caus дынч at the roots of growing 
ps af vary wet Wade се land 
should be ‘ploughed deeper than the ordinary 
practice admits o two horses, or is ue 
ы for PN "cultivation In this cas 
ree, or even four horses to ensure a 
бон. The autumn and winter weather will 
disintegra! this turned-up subsoil and when 
the next Зра aoe place, Ше vus ip 
be ш IE cm made nable 
cultivation. 
Basic Stag on PasTURES.— The present is e 
most, atab ГУР, to apply basic slag 10 
ture, at the rate of 6 т acre, wit 
e 
increasing th тоа value of the ЭК lud. 
even where there is a chalk subsoil, for which many 
ple assume sla of no value. I am 
duri ummer and early autumn mainly on 
down land yim improvement in the herbage is 
m preciated by the sheep, the grass being 
more plentiful and sweeter or the hay crop, 
too, basic slag applied to permanent pasture and 
Clover, mixed with Italian Rye grass, is a great 
assistance, but it must be sown early in ma 
acre; 10 cwt. gos 
used with profit. The Мае grades are 
Ed torso to the lower grades. E. Мор yneun. 
TRADE NOTE. 
SALE AT MESSRS. H. CANNELL AND 
SONS, EYNSFORD. 
EEK'S sale of the whole of the nursery 
sk, the leases, and goodwill of Messrs. 
Cannell’s nu business opened on Monday 
. 24. theroe and Morris were 
the auctioneers. A large company of both 
n men and market growers attended бш 
the early part of the - n the stocks ој 
over эче i ай t under de 
sage Pt a Orange Pippin 
emand for trees, adi 
Mr. Te iue, who соп Ta ae. per 
appropriately to the | reco! e fi 
. Messrs. Н. Оаа an апа 
few off ona ве for the 
E hore of the name 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
CLAMEN EUROPAEUM oe Years OLD: C. 
i known 
e corms a con 
ar we wo Pu unable 
i g r 
er y be nedied by careful 
watering, ihe use ot a little artificial heat, 
and freer ventilation 
жй Аш Crean RU Frow. 
Mrs. S. The DUE of the centre of the 
flowers and buds due chiefly the 
climatic gis ms есе асан us early 
autumn. full reference о bea trou ae 
be ‘inns on page 270, issu 
r 22. 
NAMES OF FRUI ms: , Franklin’ 8 
Russet ; е 
Stirling Castle; 5, Striped Beefing; 6, п 
Elizabeth; 7, Cla урме ee 8, Egremont 
R 
jusset ; 9, Sam Y 10, Win er Hawthorn- 
den ; Pears : “Мане Louise ‚ Maréchal 
de Cour; C, Nouvelle кие; D, E and F 
decayed ; G, B urré d' Joséphin 
de cae } Hs Жош ўе Uvedale’s 
ee: Е сепи —F. L оа "Pippin; 2, 
урн uii a local variety.—J. W. H. 
T Reinette de Caux; 2, Newton 
:J.T. 1, Bisma 
3, Yellow japan (small fruit); 
frui UA 5, „рау | ‘Margi 
Cullen ; 3, 
“Беш tory. s 
i E rondeau; 2, 
ite und, Es 
ourite 
—H. 
, Bergamot d'Esperen; 4, 
тал ; 3, decayed; 4, Beurré 
Zéphirin Grégoire ; 
qe Winter Greening ; 
Ribston in; 
5, probably Lord pus М "Belle de 
7, Roi eqs Ht JS. Annie 
beth.—Z. R. TE Striped Beefing; 2, 
Greenup's заа" Y Claygate Pearmain; 4, 
Adams’s Pearmain + 5 5 ef recognised (local). 
—New st. bec -—O. 
Penda Piat. e Б Bit a American Mother ; 
Clayga! Charles Ross.— 
E rud x а Ане пы 2, Maltster ; 
8; кн уш ws Seedling (syn.  Welling- 
ton). — Ü Chelmsford _ Wonder; 
2, i ; 5, Sturmer Pippin; 4, 
dies. 5, decayed e Doyenné du 
uere 6, decayed ; 7, Glou М. 
- Gascoyne's Scarlet ; 2 рон 
Seedling; Cox’s Orange Pippin ; 5, Ja 
Red; 6, Cellini; 7, Doyenné du Comi ; 8, 
Forelle.—2. W. B. Cox’s Orange Pippa — 
W. S. Fruits decayed. 
Names or PraANTS: Berl vulgaris 
T. K. 1, Nandina domestica ; 2, lecti 
formosa; ó, Eleagnus longipes. 
PEACH 
FnRum Ber 
RIPENING: J. W. The dropping of Peach 
C either ee or after еи stoning period 
may be due rious causes ; ÁN 
them are etia cropping, | 
unsuitable stocks, and p light =й If you 
are sure your tree of Roy val George Peach 
ger о by th : 
Sorr Ror o CHARDIA. rouble is 
probably to the presence of t Rot 
SPLITTING OF THE FLOWER Stem or LARGE C 
sANTHEMUMS : О. W. Certain varieties of Chry- 
santhemu es tible thers — 
to the peculiar horizontal splitting of the 
flow t ‘hic! refer 1 
far we can ere is mo 
Pani ig The splitting appears | 
to act the stem 
imm Wels pid the flower toa 
is 
e bud ir flower, and there- - 
large pesa 
end so hardened in а 
ore i 8 
dry season the Sesion further n 
the s advances, the ex g flower 
needs a larger supply of moisture for its d 
velopment, and in the effo: plant to | 
supply this need through the hardened wood — 
and the soft portion above e stem is burst 
or split in Ж рн galas, 1 
vertical slit i e e stem with п- 
ife, as soon as yes of the gi. 
W. S. The 4 
ceived is a fine appie of к, айий of Р 
фе e» at Mot Congl igniperda 
А p» zs of the Goat Moth 
1 airly we T glue o those who have con- - 
siderable experience fruit or forest | 
rees, the moth itself is not very well known. 
e сај oing a large amount | 
of е ring into the wood 
adm 
hs killed ra Arva, ` whilst in othe 
trunks are so badly unnelled that during. | 
rain or wind storm 
that has been w 
are comparatively new it is 
larvae by forcing into the ho 
fin e ion e fumes 
forced in by means of bellows have proved 
of this 
infested should be cut down and b 
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Received.—H. McL.—T. ^is Роп. 28 
Pr n ant ore, Ltd—A. R—C. С, S. A o 
н. H. B—G. В.-С. 8—А. T, A. E 
