THE 
Jury 18, 1874] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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l and a small pe konaer Gapa which pa See 
= 
r Sultana raisin, 
CE 
black Grapes drying in the sun 
i ere 
vast distri 
difficulties of cing! are so grea 
m to the coast so aes 
en vegetables. T r harv sag op 
October and November, y aie ed from May 
July, consists principally of oe sve Tesla, 
f Mer pisht appears to y aa s op 
i t ira 
& - 
er proper manag t, for valley, 
which is wel watered and evidently fertile, poo con- 
sana the city of ee ai, 
To be hiuk, 
LIGHTNI 
RECENTLY visited a large mei growing in the 
cat Woodburn, Dalkeith, which was struck by 
have 
es from 
ng 
ance of havi. ing Deen se sco 
ches in length, and a 
t has be yellowish appearance, Peerecalarly on the 
t side. 
ing dirig the same eb 
P creuers nd tft m? i 
main br 
longitu- 
no splintering i is seen eebo on the 
orted p the public papers as 
y lightning on _the same $ g7, 
‘ed for four years. 
re Or t pegs but ae 
i or torn to pieces like many other trees, 
rio peene influence, such 
ouses, be i pe 
excellent wine is made, but aa al 
p that of Shiraz, wh € aF A iid of 
E ars around the city, — 
m pples, Quinces, a lar 
not unlike a Berg . The plain is for 
the most part cultivated, and there are two harvests 
in the year. mer crop, S$ mmer 
reaped in the end of autumn, consists of Rice, psn 
Indian whi two ki 
rn, n 
| Maize and small Millet, ba ae ——s plant, aa 
1 les. The 
the deman 
agit, i Which had a 
and often the whole SE evidently caused by light- 
revious summer or autumn, but not 
trees are also subject to the effects of 
lightning; when injured they are almost im Pima « 
PT APAA by the sudden browning of the In 
MARKET ironik IN WEST 
G 
(Concluded i ia = 40. k 
n thei 
u the former fro wt. 
acre, and the latter placed over “the 
beds pied 2 ches i 
rowns o for some years here, 
it was found that the heads became weaker, and th 
cutti ason sooner over, pann the old plan has 
again been resorted to, and will soon become general 
Hair which com m the hides at the tanyard is 
considered superior to anything as a dressing for 
A s; this ure produces finer heads, an 
anure which takes long to serra see its 
being 
properties, whatever they seca be, will hold 
pro sre i fine heads for nty years in ni eria 
The supply of am materia is 5 fomad very much under 
Tan fro ii the hide o or Piipari used to be considered 
by these growers o 
ime 
bee deeply interested 1 
erected a pen across the OR gate or door, which, 
when the carts passed ou ee ee 
At this affro nin the gardeners agreed to wait and see if 
apm agus wou -= really do: without the ain; “ate and find- 
ing it grew quite as well, were spared the annoyance 
of tan seler and the 9 A of rd tee E the asin 
pi pee have ; great influence fr “the eee from 
Asparagus growing. In so’ acre 
has been realised, while at pores seasons the profits 
have been zi Cutti latter 
p f March and the i 
n ap me is performed by women, who afterwards ti 
the heads in bundles of twenty or twenty-five ; 
tied into one ; the 
Asa ation of the soil is made 
for this crop. planting is exceptional : when 
planted at that the s prepared, Th 
usual time for planting is in the spring, and, as befo 
s j Oni 
row to ri d about a foot from plant to plant. In 
most instances the runners are allowed to grow until 
the a a e "literally full, the alleys only being kept, 
The second year after planting the beds are full of 
sce In the month of April of the second year a 
essing of guano or a mixture of dung is 
between the plants. 
beds ake 
that, after the a 
drawing a chain-harro 
for the 
manure between the plants. A 
formerly used for that purpose. 
about the crowns, about 
runn esson these 
from nine to twelve years. The old Caroline hasļjbeen 
S Se kind for market purposes, but the sort 
i I : 
RADISHES, 
Radishes are sown in November for the first crop. 
Ground from which a Mangel cr crop has been taken is 
Wheat ‘‘arish” is sometimes utilised for 
a Potato c 
è 
e ham The women get 
dots pini it paling and ty ide 
frost and snow have i 
before the women can set to work. From 50 to 60 acres 
of Radishes are grown. 
RASPBERRIES. 
_ Ras eo poe = grown in fields. The favourite variety 
s call eehive. In forming a plantation, 
pie ys ped old stools are used, and when planted 
hey last from ten to twenty years. low situation 
is best suited for the 
l n bet 
ti ies 
was a few yess - entirely consumed in the c 
a “na buyers come from — 
who pure iad e by the 40a ton 
biaa realised. When icked they are hii in barrels, 
each barrel payaa about I cwt., and are thus sent 
away. From 30 to 40 acres of Fe eeter are grown 
PARSLEY, 
is grown in beds about 4 feet wide, the 
guano for this crop, an 
ey 
Parsle 
corned being manured with 
August is the for 
y sows, , on 
have been taken, but 
The black | red and 
white are also pos osha A This fruit, as a rule, is 
with a yearly pru 
. Upwards of 300 dO Currant bushes 
EARS, &C. 
A quantity of eth Bend P is grown hs cea 
20 to 30 eh Pears in general are not largely 
wn. pples are grown 
earely to meet the oem a tte 
made to for an arket, but, as far as 
extent, nor by any 
asce 
Lama 
pan pamir not Pie 
one cossessin capabilities to 
tee io S a success. I should imagine, if it is 
carried on in Scotland, it wou s be found a 
se here for a good Gr ape grower 
any great 
rtain if it 
or the flower 
ands. same 
Seakale, &e., of which very little is gr 
think growing sweet Violets for market would be a 
ing in neighbour 
successful unde g the jh 
ild win they are in flower from Novem o 
h, in ope most places the he wint county 
