684 Time of Blossoming of Fruit Trees. [dec, 



of flowering, whether they were worked on the crab, free, Non- 

 such, English broad-leaved Paradise, or French narrow-leaved 

 Paradise. 



One point of interest noticed in the manure trial plots was 

 the late flowering of Wellington apples in a plot without potash. 

 The eight plots received various combinations of artificial 

 manures, and it was observed that Wellingtons on the plot 

 receiving nitrate of soda and superphosphate without potash 

 w r ere notably later in flower than on any of the other plots, 

 including the unmanured ; the fruit was less in size and 

 quantity, and the growth also of the trees is less than on other 

 plots. 



There does not appear to be any relation between the time 

 of flowering and that of maturing fruit, although some of the 

 early flowering apples, such as Irish Peach, Mank's Codlin, 

 Duchess of Oldenburgh, and Mr. Gladstone come in season early, 

 whilst Court Pendu Plat or the Wiseapple and most of the 

 cider apples are the latest to flower, Court Pendu Plat being in 

 season from December to May. Two cooking apples, Golden 

 Noble and Wellington, each commenced to flower on 19th 

 May, were in full bloom on the 27th, and their petals had fallen 

 on 3rd July, but their respective seasons were different, that of 

 Golden Noble being from September to December, that of Wel- 

 lington from November to March. 



The earliest flowering apples were in bloom an average of 

 16J days, the second early, 15 J days ; the mid-season, 14! days : 

 the late flowering, 13J days ; the latest flowering, 17 days, 

 or an average of 15 days from 83 varieties recorded. The 

 earliest flowering trees took an average of 8 days between 

 commencing to flower and being in full bloom; the second 

 early took 6 days ; the mid-season averaged 5 days ; the late 

 5§ days, and the latest also 5J days. Some varieties, such as 

 Winter Quoining, Hoary Morning, Blenheim Orange, and 

 Loddington, had only a short flowering period of nine to eleven 

 days, whilst of varieties having a long duration of flowering 

 may be mentioned Mank's Codlin, Prince Bismarck, Ribston 

 Pippin, Irish Peach, Cox's Orange Pippin, Bramley's Seedling, 

 Potts's Seedling. Lane's Prince Albert was eighteen or nine- 

 teen days in flower, and Graham's Royal Jubilee twenty-one 

 days. 



