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AUGUST 15, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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, not quite so large as last year. Late 
e ok: Potatos ol turn out poor and small. We 
ave no traces of th resent. David 
. Lumsden, Bloxholm Hall Gardens, Sleaford. 
: good crops of e pa and fre 
i disease. Late sorts look well, considering the 
J eal con ntinued dry weat te 7 Villiam Hurst Somerby 
= Park, Gainsboro ugh. 
IDDLESEX.— Potatos at Eri nee eae 
having the haulm cut down night after night by frost, 
m 
merican varieties, throu 
their natural tendency to produce large tubers, and 
enjoying a dry rey telling to most advantag 
Ther aN o appearance of disease. A. F. 
e is 
Barron, Chiswic 
—— There is a little sor ig but the crop will 
be Tight on account of the mely es rh! — of the 
soil, neither is the quality s ica being 
y and deficient in Rent perša he seals the 
i e sare were fully 
i 
develope 
are = glee about the size of pin- 
soon as we get sufficient rain to moisten the soil ey 
e o 
S 
ent aes to excite secon 
T. Baines, Slices 
hould the drought eal = a few 
otato crop will 
although samples may be aie yet iey w 
and 
-entirely ke from disease. X, Henderson, thos m 
—Potato crops uncertain; early ones 
1 growt 
especially on light soil. To make the case worse the 
ght” or disease has appeared. F Wighton, 
— Cossey Park. — 
à~ —— The Potato crop promises to be successful 
ooking remarkably well. Very 
oa disease has shown itse f up to the present 
but 
citer them, they appea 
le odour a aro round them. 
all early varieties has 
T. Wynne, kD Hall Gardens, near Great 
Yarmouth 
—— Potatos are a = crop, tubers ma oe free 
Kom à disease at present ; late sorts are looking well. 
My experience is to ye e all itty and e et 
ones up as soon as poss ssible, gee ss sets in 
all up and store them in 
fresh lime on the tubers, which sien heh geting 
the disease. This plan I find from many y 
oo, be the best and surest. Wm. {tiers 
Elmham 
cache —Myatt’s Improved Ashleaf is the 
= “greatest favourite here for early use ; this bog they 
are small, but of good quality ; for ‘late u e, Pater- 
son’ “i Victoria and Wellington are the pe this year. 
a they will begin to grow if soaking 
i We have not had enough raia her ere to, go into 
the ground an inch since 
p here, up t 
z god; but, gre want of rain 
small, % Worraker, Milton, " Peterborói oh. 
holla Ne ege noa of all — are 
out es Late very 
the present ‘eis Patatos. are looking 
= is no disease as as I have seen. 
. Ingram, The Gardens, Alnw. 
ors —The Potato crop looks 
well. I 
ts planted out, and nothing could be 
ntinued dry weath 
e Potato Sop about here will be much 
inte aver. 
is correct, the late gad 
n to grow 
uae The early soris t 
a crop, and if what I heat from holders 
will 
aa 
oe 
ady t, but 
appeared, Sohn Grenshicids, © de 
Nor 
taken up are not half 
of allotments 
ey ave 
ase has 
C hips ipping 
4 UTLAND. —The Potato eee in aes district is good, 
rned, but it is too 
a te ‘thea eme of the te 
Bes is agai 
In digging early ica no unso 
Our tw 
so far as the gard 
early to form 
crops; at present abana 
found here. 
arieties 
are gana! s Prolific nat King of the E 
good crop. 
und Paige poa been 
here this season 
new varieties Extra Early Vermont looks well at 
resent. Ez Smith, Exton Park, Rutland. 
SALO n good land the early crop is very fair, 
but on light heath soil in the neighbourhood, where 
they were cut down by spring frosts, they are small 
M are fair size, bu re black in the 
middle ; tops nearly all dead. mericans show 
spots very similar - disease, if mi the real thing. 
Lat s look green and healthy so far. Daniel 
linia Hawkstone. 
ur 
disease, the sar ofan 
very promising. Althou 
until pandas pa ten 
otato — is very good and free from 
late ones 
ook- 
the extent a Sot ome uie W., H, Welch, Willey 
C 
Hall Ga 
disease. On June 2 
did a little damage in 
close shaded places, to wh 
not free access ; 
abo 
arge 
e made eiiivë Jaju 
—I have ieee Mee care cor field 
ent of 
mongit 
roots sent = oe: various 
ic 
me—no 
for all open places it le as I have said 
thunder 
r, but 
l 
bie ezes a win = ae have upili dried up all _— 
= the s is wes vanced 
do not Po wae pe a we shall have our usual ai 
at disease ; the atmo a is geting cooler, and there 
is less dange vs —Au o'clock : I have 
just been into Wey 
outh to make farther i a Toa of 
the ji Hone a the: jewacatts answer is— e 
known ; and t upply of Potatos is and of 
fine Sah re fet bulk pee Cornish kidneys, a 
favourite in the west. Ff. Scott, Merriott. 
. as aoe pian the Potato 
cially on high ground. 2 
of March a — of April di 
e up 
STAFFORD 
Ashleaf, 
Bannerman, ae. ct ge 
th late an 
bi z Takie Alton Tow. 
well cultivă 
early rag ve have Ben 
three weeks later tha 
a sorts, never looked | 
whic 
Hallet, asia Farm, Bridgewater. 
—We have fine crops of Rivers’ Royal 
aad, late sorts look very prom 
n usual, ovog to t 
ising. Thos. 
mall, and hav en conse- 
quence, they are rapidly making a second growth 
From s 1 inquiries that I have made, I am pleased 
to say that, so so far, no disease has made its a 
appearance 
in Cod district. eee Thomas, The Gardens, Drayton 
The gr 
peighbourh hood b 
likely to be a good crop, a 
in 
Pk. 
ound is dry as 
aip gi eeg a of the wells 
Late pog are 
SurFoLK.—Cr light, tu tubers numerous but small, 
— ag I have not seen a diseased one 
weather s 
and s 
ase may be expected. 7 bas Blair, "Shrubland 
—— Potatos are of po quality, agit small in 
t that they are s 
wonder is, n 
to the 
; the 
that ‘they are so good, iw von S -i — 
ound three times, the 
Poms but 
uality, 
e frosted | Harewood, 
as the 
middle of June ; they noen mihe amazing pity, 
and m 
many of the crops are n 
pa 
he 
hp as 
ey! a standstill. 
est at o 
nce, 
est 
w approaching mat 
ae in nie 
recen 
ling. It is satisfactory to note that the crop is 
entirely free from disease so far, and although g 
tubers are atos th and good. 
will be e 
continuance of s 
uch kinds as sig early and are full 
end of lot July pei nd such ad: will ha have a 
Peerless 
ay, but if some 
e or is very good both in 
eg rance of disease at 
rop ded gathered in good STAR 
nt Garden Prolific, Fox’s Seedling, Earl 
Ashe ris Kidne 
Jackson’s Diui A idney, Early 
King, and Early Rose. William Kemp, Albury Park, 
paa 
G 
—— Potato crop excellent. Disease has sh 
itself o ta t ager we but the tubers are still 
hea Fames Drewett, Denbies, Dorking. 
varieties are ve ery go ood, and the late 
sorts are looking very well, William Kidd, Tandridge 
ourt, ‘on 
SUSSEX. pen otatos are better here than they have 
been for some years, I taken all my sorts up, 
meg He 
t Potatos 
sorry to say ya bad in 
this ne bolehouheuk: John Wilson, Castle Gardens, 
ndel, 
are very 
— I hear wee p of the PP ae in this 
neighbourhood. 
bah 2 
CKSE a reg n ve aa ort some- 
what. unfavourably of ‘ne pa planted and late 
varieties, W tis ae be feared will prove scanty 
both in'size a aba ty ; they are, however, in most 
c y and vigorous in growth but have begun 
to Spaen to a great degree. William Gardiner, 
Lor 
A flames —Potatos are plentiful pet ees 
ove to the dro age em There is no sign 
as yet. William a renin 
=. ber os ae abu 
j ee feeds Long. 
othe e present time the Potato ose has 
made his than arance. Through the want of rain 
in y a and July the crops will be very light ; should 
the disease 
is no disease at present. 
na 
page growth from the 
from disease. Samuel Melon, Omberslon D 
a a — Potat pe mp a 
checked in 1 some 
t| very promising, and in iana Ma ar 
looked better ; but I am 
the disease on 
SCOTLAND. 
ABERDEENSHIRE.—The crop 
nich _ symptons of 
se has | progress” 
