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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



VII. 



Tomatoes are grown here on open walls, and kept to one stem, 

 all the fruits being kept well exposed to light and air all through 

 the growing season. Farmyard manure is applied under the 

 roots before planting. After the first set of bloom, the plants 

 are heavily mulched with good farmyard manure. This season 

 only two waterings have been given. The variety shown is 

 Hathaway 's Excelsior. 



Celery is grown in the ordinary way in trenches, a quantity 

 of farmyard manure being used in the trenches and some mixed 

 with the subsoil. The plants are in a single row, and are kept 

 well supplied with water when the weather is dry. Celery mag- 

 got has this season been very prevalent. Early Celery is bleached 

 with brown paper, which is put on like bandages, and tied 

 securely. 



Onions : Rousham Park Hero is the best Onion here in all 

 respects, giving good useful- sized bulbs, with quite ordinary 

 cultivation. 



Carrots : Sutton's New Intermediate proves the best for the 

 main crop. It is of large size, and of good colour and flavour. 



Beetroot : I find Pragnell's Exhibition is the best and most 

 useful. The roots are of good colour and size, and of excellent 

 flavour. 



Cabbage : St. John's Day we find the best for autumn use ; 

 it has such good flavour for a cabbage, and is such a nice size 

 for table.— Robert Smith, The Gardens, Kenward, Yalding, 

 Maidstone, Kent. 



VIII. 



The soil is a heavy yellow loam from 18 inches to 2 feet in 

 depth, and can only be worked at certain times. The subsoil is 

 red rock. The aspect is very low and damp, catching both early 

 and late frosts. 



In cultivating Potatoes we have the ground well dug in the 

 autumn and let it lie until it is well dried, and then, on a fine 

 day, fork it over, and repeat this process as many times as con- 

 venient. When planting time comes we never dibble the tubers 

 in, but nick the soil out with a spade, then lay the tubers in the 

 proper distance from set to set. This is then forked over until the 

 width you want to plant the next row is reached, then the spade 

 again, &c, &c. — E.S. Wiles, The Gardens, Edgcote, Banbury. 



