THE” GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
nd more particularly 
which suffered more fri 
frost. Gw, Wetland, Wi wey, Wore Hp 
—_ 
fae) 
upon 
m this 
ery try 
in m 
left them 
aphides 
attacks of a 
any Plum trees have died 
: = iis come, never ee been able t 
ears, a he fros the 
to deve 
» and are almost 
ap. 
havi upon the folia iage in general 
n Plums and 
and black C 
of 
prey 
Slat has 
from 
a single - 
protection afforded by the 
ee 
t-a 
‘old mero ay Ci in 
xia Collin proving a 
ie second bee 
urrants, 
cause a from actual 
er the and c 
o eet i iti is satisfactory t as ie ee ith ov excep. 
ticker of Apples, herd uae we r crops of most ian kinds 
of fruits in this neighħbou —much be = 
could have fy oe ohe 
winter were remarkably mild and d 
thing at the comm 
ast antam 
n Fe 
a a salutary check, otherwise the consequence to 
ur fruit crops would, 3 all probability, have been 
very disastrous, Be Saul, Stourton 
— The 
TETE of f outdo 
been 
prospect of securing to ves and 
abundant supply of iow especially of A 
‘Damsons, which the people about see seem most t 
appreciate But the Fai ipik a d cold no otha 
inds which we experienced through the A tes’ 
an l and M May ha reck 
Peg most of the Se 
the Sate 
sad 
epochos entertained i in 
y and day mo 
a rag varieties of vi 
other 
See whilst 
c 
enheim Orange, Du 
Pippin, Golden Pippin, Coc! 
Pippin, and many other varieties, 
w 
e Pippin , Cox’s Orange 
_ REMARKS ON THE FRUIT CROPS. 
fruit, = SE all growing under the 
There 
grown ies som 
oth 
202 [AUGUST 18, 1874, 
CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROPS—(Continuea). 
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| | | 
ae | PEACHES | i 
p : SMAL é NAME 
COUNTY, | APRICOTS.| APPLES. | PEARS. | PLUMS. | ,StRAW. | CHERRIES. AND NEC | FIGS. FRU | MOTE. | AM l 
A TA S. | | ADDRESS, : 
| | gs i 4 
WALES. | | | : 
CARMARTHEN Good crops ; | Good crops ; Scarce Heavy crops ; Almosta | | Good crops; Walnuts, a few) EP Sen »Dynevor j 
fruit fine feat foe ome gardens failure every- | porary good | 
a failure i i where | 
PEMBROKE Heavy crop Moderate Good * Good ery goo [Thomas Yı ro Sk 
p | | beck adr aver- 
: | | | fordwes 
IRELAND. : | | £ 
ANTRIM. menee A good crop Very few jA few on walls| Average Good crop -, None out-of- Very few grow-| ‘pier and, A plentiful |D. Taylor, Glenarm f 
: doors | ing here fine crop Cast 
DONEGAL...... Middling Poor Early sorts Not good Middling REP nhs Goss itherrixs ‘Promise to be Langan Hanlon, 
very good | | very bad; a abundant | Drumboe Castle 
rants good K 
DERRY ......../Very thin out-| Goad crop aay any, | Scarce, suf- | Medium crop Fair crop None outdoors, Rather a | Medium crop |W. Fleming, Palace 
doors wing to May| fered also | der failure | Gardens, bent 
rost glass 
ARMAGH ..... 5 e undant,| A splendid Ve e, Heavy crop of|A fair fide Am A very good | Raspberries a Very few |W. A, Brownlow, 
although in | crop over the | crop on sta Sa! a a toral | red fruit, crop of early | krops S so |crop, but little} medium crop, Gardens, Lurgan - 
full flower andjentire country} dards i i open failur oon over jand late kinds! eet as usual ;) grown out-of- | Gooseberries 
rote ground, but Par ed to the s looking doors here a moderate 
during severe scarce on extreme heat welt or rop, Currants 
frost and sno walls and dry | another year good 
early in March weather | ee 
CAVAN g. Soe re grein | Very fair crops} we 7 aver-| Scarcely an | Very scarce Be much Very scarce |Very fair crops| Pentiful in |—— 
pa rop | average crop i ae in general woods 
ene 
MEATH air... A heavy crop Where Shel: A thin crop on| A fair crop, A fine crop | A very godd An bunda Thin crop a po Sha a Thin crop |Robert 
tered from most trees, |more especially| crop of crop where a ores 
spring frosts a urgonelles | e Gage Morelii zall protected, eena a 
ven crop}; and Marie | varieties others very especially of | remarkably 
Louise over the poor a sse and | | | heavy crop.o: A 
average Royal George Sashes 
DUBLIN ecic E aop am Thin crop ` Thin crop [On walls, good Abundant and] Fair av erage | Pean bat | | Middling pee: nt-and| Thin crop |D. Pressley, Knock- 
mall i crop; on stand-| good quality | searcel qua alae maroon Lodge ‘ 
: ards thin | average size 
WATERFORD ..| A good crop | Halfa crop; | A moderate | Half a crop; | A very fine |Very poor crop Anaverage | A light crop | Abundant of he = 
: : fruit Snes and crop it very fin crop crop br all kinds |. Curr 
| 
CORK ..........] Gcolavérage Fine ¢ ade Rather scarce | Victorias good,|A goodaverage| May Dukes Very tele a crop! Middling Abundant Good |J. Fraser, Besborough 
hy cro in this neigh- [other varieties crop very good | 
jiran 
BERRY u K Good, and of | Very scarce ; except | Bad; bloom |Average crop,| None; killed | Very good Average crop | Halfa crop Wer Bedford 
fine quality destroyed by econ destroyed by | except Mo- by frost in under glass 3 Eek ota Kil. A 
frost frost rellos May | 
CHANNEL £ 
ISLANDS. 7 : 
GUERNSEY... Moderate Exstellent Excellent, but} Average Moderate |Below average! Moderate Average |Above average Thomas C. Bréhaut, 
small Richmond House - 
JERSEY n. Pemali in | A modera Generally a moderate | Rather anin- | A plentiful In some parts | Plentiful on (Rather Very little cul- if ear Melci aE 
e districts | crop oily ik in |good crop, but crop only Psi cro crop a plentiful crop) standards in some parts tivated 
nly some parts smer ruon fruit smaller | se ale 
than usual | | 
collect: 
are without a single | 
pro 
of inse 
hardy f fru 
field, W 
as hot and very dry, and cr crops 
ides bei 
apl 
doing much i injury to Peaches, Plums 
and C berries 
sects, and sat 
remar: 
it trees gener: 
M 
am on this matter, few standard o : 
Eray S scien A less injury. “William Cox, Mi 
ps asa — are good cl ae at 
made little - 
mely. numerous, and 
, Cherries. Cur- 
; but toot U the bezinmag, of 
cleared the ton 
a l 
Taly we myag t rains, which 
urated the soil, causing a 
growth, = Dunn, 2 Dalkeith, Midlothian. 
k fine show of 
although the a wea has fav A 
aphides in their aaa otk 
have been sadly injured 7 them. 
disease ( ia mal has 
 Malvaceæ here, even the otic Mallow is 
with the parasite. arden crops 
Peas and Beans, however, have been short 
havi pest gg from want of rain. H. Munro, 
ih to the beginning of May our fruit, crops 
romining. PI umis and Cherries set 2" 
