302 
коон needs a 
for its rapid growt 
wo ad perhaps three of the plants sent by 
ihot summer and autumn sun 
h. 
Fortune to England in 1854 are growing in dif- 
ierent сана of ie United States. The largest of 
these гта В. Tn in 1859, 
and p. kid: in ті at Flushing, Long 
e 
Island. In 1895 this ire sd coi -five = high 
with a кетет two feet in diam This 
stall i ect he alth, and ли w fully шам у 
у high "(estimated) with a “all, Ba cc trunk 
eet ten inches in diameter. anches 
e ion twenty to кау бча е d элк 
a broad, symmetrical, pyramidal head, The 
bark, unlike that of the Larches, is thick, di wane 
t rounded. ridges and is dark b 
roduced ings crops 
It 
of seeds 8, usual Hy only in al pap 
certainly one of ee: most interesting exotic trees 
Nor ell : 
yh 
tive feet high with а E 
trunk four feet in н and a spi 
-5 fe 
eighbou urhood 
а athe er Р Е the Wel- 
It is fair to assume, therefore, that 
thi 3 was also one of Ae riginal Fortune plants. 
The two fi pecimens Saud by Mr. C. A. 
Dana at M n ту eri e agin id 
raised -from the seeds s t to Englan by Maries 
iu. 1878. 
Pseudolarix is planted in the тыл ie te 
rune: left-hand side of the Buss LM 
to the Walter reet ent; еа 
larger tr nd ees po E 
1871; the s valle 
seed over p the “Wellesley pios and xa 
,bsendolarix ia а tree of xtraordi 
i йе + 
E prove 
4 valuable; for the and parks 
es the attention “ol oh > of fand: 
10у, at least as е 
which ar 
Lar Е 
е light green hs they first appear in earl 
pe dark: green during the s г and un у 
е (бае, seeds аге in; ity 
by at least two trees in Bes Uniti S 
probably чы several trees in Europe, there is no 
this tree should ка be taken a 
neces 
the lovers of handsome and interesting rees. 
THE MARKET FRUIT GARDEN. 
Novennim was а wet, o cold, te unpleasant 
total infall was 
sleet at the beginning of the 
month and piro an appreciable fall S sow. on 
E "es | wm MN thermometer registered 
warmer 
th een "s were tree from al Á 
that little progress could be made with w 
Е 5 
А ore th 
КО November, but this year they ware ni 
x all picked-vntil the 10th. This is accounted for 
TH E Е GAR RDEN ERS Г 
partly by the plentiful yield, but more by the 
interruption caused by the harvesting of a large 
field of Potatos, a crop which does not work 
well with fruit. Apart from the anxiety to the 
grower of having пш неча to possible о 
and frost, по har esulted from th 
gathering, exce t that there were ea 
numerous  windf think the 
ls. 
are keeping all the better for being бетт le. 
There Р no doubt that ps varieties are often 
picked too early. They n "o verum 
ерни for successful storing he them 
ч r full flavo 
» 
r-flavo ured de id mets s left till 
last. s ait” on the roy with "the renal that it 
acquires a flav second о; only to that of Cox’s 
the recognised market 
у nately it | шош well and is. not 
Hors blown pre a good h which is shared 
by Newton Wonder and ан иан Wonder 
2B 
aS 
S 
ui 
Rh 'a 
m: 
ecause вЫ. prevents it from gaininy 
If sold P IM st green- 
lo 
name as it deserves. 
5 е ing 
this year ‘good, 
we 
ere е? 98 
а matter 
needs 
1g 
одны. and late banging o of the fruit, 
APPL ND FRUIT, 
In spite of wh £I have written in favour of 
late gathering, I ll e ре езе. to Phar yest уа; 
my Apples by October in future. There is 
isk of int tion from bad 
great a risk errup’ tthe 
in November. Two nights after the work was 
completed 10 = f frost were register 
ft. from the und. Would this have in- 
jured the "iced x they had been still exposed 
on the oy should have реи 9 
, but now I am doubtful, as lefi 
Apples bes Botia trees in my private » garden, айа 
they are none the worse at the beginning of 
December, though there 
frosts. We tak 
Жебедей y thou аг 
eser a 20 even temperature, I have муд 
3 de a fruit room ‘without in 
On the ud dee I have found Apples ж, ‘the 
grass under the trees jd e , quite sound 
b 
but almost devoid of flavour, presumably the 
result of having been en йу. Тһе 
fruit is, of e, frequently put into cold 
на е in America, but І ‘believe the tempera- 
merely kept pre , and -not allowed to 
sink below freezing po 
Mino о 
In a season which has been т kably free 
from 
sees any reference 
fact I conclude that it is 
а 1 than in most ыы: 
and no doubt produce: 
sphere which oe баре ip^ - Eon saga 
of Blen 
easily ООА by 
spraying, but this would presum ably have 
be done Fong in the season is 45 
than 
required for other diseases. ий blotch is one 
of the hitaben that spreads in the store. 
dy. io to both Appl 
ple 
rchards, e the — M Been 
inactory: 
ere 
it gave its m 
CHRONICLE. —— 
Ыла 13,. 1919, 
as it Dues assist the moisture-holding he 0 
the soil. I consider it far more worth buy 
dun London stable dung. аг 
obtain locally is 
than either, 
necessar 
heavy, probably 
, Wisely concluded th the Се a са il fee 
“ing after this s heavy crop. 
farm ов 
pne hc to dab as iil a e 2 Alas E 
it is very dry and short, as Pages па ре, 
n ма of farmyard manure mu be 
vei that it is a comp! lete fertiliser, when e 
s shoddy sup 
basi 
iud ваї follow 
ман 
omes available at а тоге reasonal 
ЕЕ 
On р. A p sen pn referring to 
ced ot mine Silver Leaf in ise ы: dea 
his ing affected t by spra; 
УШ. p ‘Proprietary улен atte er the fail | | 
the leaf апа а he spring юу be 
the sind үе ы vui ible. He does 
whether mà control trees were left u o ral 1. 
T rta: е 
his is nt, without it bemus 
cannot y be Cases of apparent 
ilvered trees POPE ` without any ШАШЫ еп 
are known m pai Fu ere have al 
been instance; aie 
application to “the boil p sulphate s o iron, hea | 
ШЕН of isers, etc. ; but h tr el 
due inveni ae abes ‘cond 
exkibits the leaf up es 
Кыйык rst band а ые ool 
the seat of the trouble. x х 
ractice is worth a ton of mies 50 : age е 
origi a 
tu rther alienation. 
ео the wood and во 
r does it act only on the surface? 
же сап it prevent infection, whic 
through wounds in any part of 
pis oe 
d oen no REL t the sire di : e 
by growers a the sae of Sig. instead. 
сане spraying against insec A 89 
oe are 
neg gull ob themselves 
the results obtained. Th ef bar to pro 
at present he lack of efficient apparatus 
apply the powders of the her 
are very A distinct adv 
was, however, marked by a big machine w 
I belie pine awards at both Maidstone 
ambridg: useful atus 
This appar: 
жасай апа а age ape mechan a 
by an ой е This was demonstral 
here ars gro 
or so on such apparatus sp well for t 
a mi dusti and Lois the future of 
ра а insect pests. Ма 
vig 
