THE ~GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 14, 1875, 
CONDITION OF THE FRUIT D ae as 
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| | STRAW- PEACHES | | 
COUNTY. pe APPLES. PEARS. PLUMS. | BERRIES. ‘CHERRIES pi UA | FIGS. | 
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IRELAND. l | | 
DUBLIN ...... „in some Full crop = Fair average |Thinin general Abundant, and| Full crop Full crop Excellent 
| рч none (inferior in ^i good quality | 
GALWAY ...... A heavy crop Splendid crop,| Rather more | Ve Very fine crop, Where not E Medium 
of sr fine | doce = rger than an aver-| especia ily Morellos de tected the cro 
| than usual lage e, and rey] President best for year: ight id 
: | much finer | ruit small 
KERRY .. Heavy crop с ood; the best Сооа NS ўс. Heavy crop | Very good [rna crop, de 
and good for past “thr ree| tori and large Pd by east 
year: Tien о inds 
| кс è E 
KILDARE ...... Blossoms de-| Good crop Good crop |Blossoms de Abundant Plentiful Light crop 
royed ен = | stroyed тем : 
"oe d c Most excellent — crop| Moderate ap (Most abundant| Most abundant Don’t succeed} Don’t do at 
crop n walls and and fine and fine well in this | all pe 
standards : quarter 
KILKENNY .... Cropdestroyed| Heavy crop 1 ноз: сгор | Very poor |Plentiful, and Good Crop moderate сюр pue, 
| on May 3o and quality good in quality where grown 
ood 
MEATH.. .. Half crop Great crop, Great crop Good Very fine in Very good Good Very good ; 
but small places best I have 
seen 
TURONE woii Extra crop | Extra crop | Extra crop Good Good . 
WATERFORD . Very poor as a| A heavy crop, Splendid crop erage | A бе re "ie Good crop; | A very fi A heavy crop ; 
irule ; not much| and fruit very! on walls ; on | crop; fruit Morellos very| crop; trees | moret for 
grown inthis |бпе and clean bush trees not|very large and, owing t d^ 9% fine very healthy ; several years 
istrict so plentiful clean void yan will be 
tach s spelled late 
WEXFORD .... None; they |Most abundant} Good crop |All kinds very, Moderate |МогеПоѕ plen-| Average crop avery abund- 
: do not succeed Min iem scarce fitka ot ; fruit fine 
scarce 
WICKLOW. =, | Very light ‘Abundant Fair crop, Average; | А grand crop Moralis Outside a light| Exceedingly 
rap quality inferior) Damsons | loaded, other | crop, under abundant and 
| | scarce | sorts under glass abundant fine 
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CHANNEL 
ISLANDS. | 
GUERNSEY.... Average Fine Fine Fine Moderate Moderate Average Average 
JERSEY Su. Scarce Generally a | Good, except Good Good crop Plentiful A good crop | Good, seldom 
good crop | Chaumontels fail here 
SMALL 8 | НАМЕ 
FRUITS. NETS. ga 
be ADDRESS, 
E 
Quent mid- Middling |D. maroon Knock 
ing; Goose | ma ; й 
са. боа. Lodge, 
Very good with More than an Eid George, 
the exception) average E - — Ballin. 
Heavy crop and Fil- Frederick 
all sorts ; ns жгне б good, | The РЗ Mee 
for past three|Walnuts попе larne Ee 
years | 
Very abundant | V ery abundant IW. mery, Kil- 
kea a Елеу 
Excellent crops, Moderate crop D. James, Carton 
Gardens 
Never known | Very good |George Dodd, Wood- 
to be better stock Park 
Very good Great crop |John Clews, Head. 
fort House, Kells 
Very good “Р. Anderson, Barons- 
сои 
Abundance of| Poor crops; |George Fairbairn, 
all kinds, and | not muc The Gardens, Cur- 
а of good grown in this | raghmore 
uality locality 
Heavy crop of P. Braund, Gardens, 
fine fruit of all Courtown House 
kinds 
Raspberries, | Walnuts in |Thomas P. Turner, 
black and red| abundance, Killruddery Саг 
Currants, very} Cobs and Fi 
heavy berts scarce 
Average T. А Meus Rich- 
Plentiful in pene cul- William Melville, 
general vated here eville Vinery 
REMARKS ON THE FRUIT CROPS. 
THE fruit crops generally are the finest we have ма 
for several years in this district, with warmth t 
ripen umn crops they promise to 
be of much finer size and quality than usual here. 
Strawberries, especially Garibaldi (Vicomtesse Héri- 
cart de Thury), and black, red, and white Currants 
have been much above the average. Malcolm Dunn, 
Dalkeith Gardens, Fuly 2 
——— i and matured last 
many bright sunny days, consequently fruit of 
ch better than usual, Pears, Apples 
ed. p 
the best wa have E ad for a but ime, heat, 
which are not ж I did not anticipate so heavy a 
the whole of the = the fruit was um кА Kiuna 
y seeing a crop, 
cially on wall tr ams also are literally 
loaded with “fruit, the а зна а Paar. К, to be sup- 
trawberries have b 
pos 
ported wit 
average, but 
the fruit has 
leavy rains "which we 
fruit ve 
an 
have 
thanks to 
ies have been a 
re 
been m tr 
eavy rains we have 
Drayton Manor, Tamworth. 
325.1 2 
in qua 
pani 
—— The fruit crops in this district upon the whole 
he Apple crop is light, D may 
table c 
gardens 
— spring this у 
certainly above the е average, v with he San oe 
Pears. There 
of 
ed d 
very good. 
эч accounted for in consequence of the 
and fi which pre urin 
vege rops in general par- 
ticularly соо, Potatos are an excellent crop, and 
the 
gen 
year are 
of crop. de. Taylor, Lsel Grange, agmen 
crops this 
une Ё Nuts, but I do not t think fis iso 
eches in the forest are almost b "ёва + 
igh winds 
blossoming 
. We 
and showers coming just at the right — 
доне. дану Е fast, and prom 
best crop we have had in this yeh of тач занар ke 
sorde years. p Fowler, Castle K 
aphis, £ 
he sa 
crop, Peaches and Nectarines a Eus fene nd rig 
t much ee in this locality, sed моии: ` 
ant, Gooseberries 
Figs no 
Figs un ы glass abu 
ant and fine, red 
гау. 
—— All bush fruit trees have үзе» very free from 
th is consequ uently in a very 
Carrants very good, white ¢ Currants 
ants moderate, suffered from. spring 
abund- 
this district. _ Apricots an average crops oce with ts, and the Hawthorns are also very m 
ome of the bts laden with Беті es. A. Johnson, Savernake, August 
is strewn в Tale fruit, which we > shall ed soon Owing > a cold, tedious winter $ 
ave c e cider mill. Pears full crop, | ward spring, fruit of all kinds were much later 
especially Targonlls, of which i there are heavy ap than usual, and, with the exception of — е 
Plums very plentiful, especials. the kitchen night, which injured : Plum and bush 
tem qs 
favourable for all kinds of stone fruit, fae also peep mest 
ee ing period. St dia 
no protection 
the winter and spring months. І shall be glad i pie give 
you my experience upon this subject on some fu 
day, should you think it of any importan 
fruits of every description have been 
than I have 
Small 
more re ран 
seen them br a Ta time, especially 
seye mirr арб эк eaer 
to the weight of the crop. Filberts peann except 
nuts, which in this ather scarce, 
istrict are 
H. W. Ward, Дн Agen Gardens, goi erem 
— a whole, the prospects of the fruit 
a in а district, а although somewhat partial, are 
tisfact This partiality is not L ej confined 
to individual kinds of Apples or Pears that had 
excessively heavy crops lat queso and therefrom 
suffered exbosstiom but remarkable qs as regards the 
* 
fruit, 
gave promise of an abundant pine 
Soft fruits have ig seriously y incessant 
— than half the crop of Straw d 
р 
and 
а ed 
trict y 
blossom, ber. iving low, some sorts 0 
— by t 
neither frequent nor severe, 
m Paul, Waltham Cross. 
and are 
E n quality. A Austin, Ashton 
—— Rivers’ role’ Pm s quite a sight in 
standardsand walls. This 
