596 LHE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 7, 1874, 
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than thus par to it — be coer su 
still it is an element that cannot be too persistently 
t er the oor of the cultivator. The 
autumn fruiters are now in general bearing, and 
are in constant request for stewing, as well as for 
Stewed Cu Ere mbers 
oms 
ey appear, and continue to > add a a little fresh 
geig pe peki TESNI warmi ast as t 
roots oo irly covered the surface of the Sey k 
Thomas Saos Brbom feild Lodge. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Complete the taking up of root crops, such as 
Carrots, Beet, &c. ‘Parsnips also may be taken 
but if the ground is not a S wanted, these 
und me yet. 
may remain in the gro’ Late 
sown nips shi A meie p E ae 
for use taken up ; thi e ee 
or 
day take up Cazliflowers fit 
for use, and stow away in a pit or other sheltered 
situation. the haulms of Asparagus, and 
ive the beds a dressing of well decomposed dung, to 
be aft s earthed over with the soil from the 
alleys between the beds. The ed leaves of 
Seakale may also be d and th vered 
ith a little exhausted tan or sawdust, but when this 
is ensively for forcing er cover it is 
better to take up the roots at once and lay in, in a 
s] spo ot, so as to be require 
easily got at when 
covering o y the crowns of that intended to be forced 
or eise tie ar 
the later crops joen ardoons. On the 
first indications ‘ea st e i Endive fit for use 
should 
spare. 
Beg plete 3 yak — up o 
be taken and laid pits, if to 
Cauli irs "should now i pricked out 
fo 5 very early use. dwarf 
kinds to plant under walls, M Maclean's Little Gem and 
Carter’ productive. These 
also since well for early spring sowing, and save th 
trouble and ense of st In the forcing de- 
partment a succession of French Beans should be put 
in, keeping e ad cl e glass 
as possible. roots of Rhubarb and Seakale 
of ed. 
- Little advan s, however, very 
es unless the Gema | is AL aioe ous, and 
resources adequate. William Cox, Ware 
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Ip ae eee Oy ee L 
BACON, 
o. THE TA ANKARD APPLE.—Do any of your readers 
a alate keeping, large, 5 Paine a Apple, da the 
me of Tankard ? searched t 
oe ae cannot t indo cet oi that name. 
pera obliged for as 
krowa shod it. G- R. F. 
Rose CATERPILLARS.—For the last four years I 
troubled with the i 
If 
to 
GREENHOUSE: F. R. H. We do not undertake to 
ommend a more than another of the advertisers 
bet our colum 
: Japonica, A thin solution of gum-arabic will 
ITS . Pear: Beurré pirga ts 
Apples: 1, Augus Pearmain ; 2, Winter Codlin ; 
3, Cockle Pippin; 4, Emperor pik hail ae oA 
Apples: 1, King of the Pippins; 2, Autu Pear- 
in; 3, Ords"; 4, Holland Pippin; 5, Blenheim 
Orange.— 7: C. A. Apple dise. Pears: 2, 
Beurré Rance; 3, B e; 4, most probably 
Glou Morceau, an exceedingly b 
La Juive ; 
ee without 
ars: 1%, Beurré 
Clairgea Win = ee Hacon’s 
eS rn, ino pa 6 Jersey Gratioli ; 8, 
Gans W. ere rne. 
z 
ow montel, — 
5, Waltham Abbey ‘Seeulligg : 
Winter Nonsuch. All very handsome. —&. 
Winter Greenin 
An Epimedium— 
wers.—V, G. The 
nisa Gleichenia, b but it 
riminahie. without ‘fructi fica tion 
Zin 
"Plagianthus sido- 
gopetalum crinitum. G., Man 
nthemum ae say Chry- 
santhemum Datarea 
SEEDLING PEAR: G. Swailes Mb iagthcrie all the 
ent were quite decayed w seed a so that 
can pass no Naame e its anaita- It edium 
vo Sia true Bergam shape, an be 
THE OAREN F. F. The specimen you refer to was 
st many years ago from a cutting, and has lately 
become rather drawn, and m to "a 
ood, We c 
ih 
tell you on what stock this plait is ales or padded. 
uestion was var in these columns a few weeks 
we 
size, 
distinc 
if ‘the ce of af Mere are in 
an outside border, and they havi of access 
to the raised d corns inside, by sian i eo the latter 
ietis le to you. It has probably 
only been put there to stand plants upon, instead of 
an ordinary stage. 
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. — X. Y, P., Edinburgh 
enome sat a your private udarik OP —E, Wood.— 
anksj J. K.—J. S. —W. L., Halifax.—J. M. 
—E. W. =< —W. E.—F. A. D 
Elmside. —M. SEF SAE E —J. C.—A. F.— 
Markets, 
COVENT GARDEN, November 5. 
There is nothing to add to last week’s report, the 
markets h the same, with v fin le 
change either in supply or demand, Thos, ; 
Wholesale ee 
Favr. 
P A 
ie k per Hesieve To 16 pricing io 
Fil , per Ib. Io 
pongo in 10 0-15 0 
Grapes, English, p. Ib. py: o| æ. 20 
— Musca s, do. .. 2 6-60, Pineapples, P. Ib, . 3060 
Peaken I0 0-15 o | Plums, %4-si . 2036 
Melons, each .. .. sige eol Wie oy tad ..16 Ove 
VEGETABLES. 
s.d. selta KELA 
; i , 08. 2 5-0 I 6-.. 
Beans, et, bush. so 32) Ming Grea. me. 
Beet, oO 2 10-26 
whe eee i, bu ° nae 
gu ley, per bunch.. o 4- 0 
= 6 | Persie p dot. pe et 
es oe neem ete 2-04 
| — black, Turnip,do. .. - o 6 
“per 6-26 
6! Sol peat o 
‘| 
unki 
_ tons from St. Malo, and 318 bags 
Cur Repos 
re ae oe 
Asters, per doz. a es o- 60 
Mignonett l 
Came llias, 12 O 12 banae n; 
© | Pelargoniums, per 
Dahlias, p. do bu o- 60 per 12 sprays : 
Eucharis, per doz. .. 4 o~ 9 o | Roses, indoor p. doz, 
Eschscholtzia, 12 bun, 2 o- 6 o Outdoor do. 
Gardenias, p. doz.. o-90 SI rea, per 12 sprays 
Gladiolus, doz. sprays 1 o- 2 0 ephanotis , T2sprays 
eliotropes, p Tuberik p. doz. 
s 6 | Violets, p. doz. bun. o 
‘ 
SEEDS. 
LoNDoN : Nov. 6. — Inactivity, as might be expected, 
now acterises the agricultural seed trade. Red 
CORN. 
Business at Mar e was very quiet 
nesday, and prices d n 
as very difficult to move, but factors were not 
inclined to press sales nding Barley was 
malting qualities were rather Malt was i 
and little inquiry existed for either Oats, Maize, 
eas, or flour, but the value of these articles was main- 
tained.—Average prices of co r the 
October 31: i » 445. 4 fros à 42s. ud. 
Oats, ~ oe th last 
Wh 
CATTLE. 
With full pti a stock and m ild weather, the 
throi a weet oe gen : 
“The tiber of beasts on sale v 
sales a dimen to n For ir e bes a 
fed, 6s. 2d. to re the topping rates. 
descriptions sold badly, ad g 
ns there was a dull trade 
were kerdi obtainable for the suitable 
a ite an extreme quotation for ime 
wW s at market hun 
inferior, 45. to 
tions of Monday ` were tase given for choi 
a few instances these, being exceeded ; 
\ p case 
-n equal, —small ; 
ney than on Monday. 
Sade slow, at late rates. No altera 
trade for milch cows. 
HA 
AY. 
At Whitechapel there were fair supplies of fodder, f 
which rather 
prem ae 
e 
ee 855. to 
o8s. ; and straw, 38s. to 42s. per 
POTATOS. > 
The supply of Potatos on se at the porast 
amr bma 
Spitalfields markets has 
descriptions 
» 521 fro tein Osten : 
_ COALS. 
` Best house coals were steady at 
and seconds 
