THE 



GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1898. 



FLORAL FETE, 



HREWSBURY GR E AT F 



11 1 August 17 and 18, 1898. 



— : n the Schedule amount to £950, with Gold and Silver jweaais, ov. 



i^^ oost free on application to the Hon. Sees., , 



Schedules post iree o w ^ Adnitt. and Naunton, The Square 



Shrewsbury 



SOUTHERN COUNTIES CARNATION SOCIETY.— The First Annual 

 FXHIBITION will be held at Argyll House, Woolston, Southampton (One mile 

 frm Southampton Docks Station ; ten minutes' walk from Woolston Station), on FRIDAY, 



^1 he Exhibition will open at Two p.m., and close at Seven p.m. Admission, One Shilling. 

 Schedules and further particulars may be obtained from the 



Hon. Secretary, Argyll House, Woolston. 



coupled with the condition of orchards that are met with on all sides, 

 should be sufficient to convince the most sceptical that if we are to 

 compete successfully with American and Canadian apples we must 



follow the example of the growers in these countries and cultivate our 

 orchards. 



GARDENERS' EXCURSIONS. 



The excursion of the National Chrysanthemum Society on Monday 



ORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted in this ^ reat taste ™ Railway Company has done so much to popularise and 



nJnma at One Shilling per line, the minimum chare, belne Five Shillings. Advertise. the Visit of the Hortirnltnrol n.,K t~ ci 1 j ™ • _ * 



l\ eolmnn at One Shilling per line, the minimum char 

 etr.: Olce, 148 and 149. Aldersjjate Street, London, E.C. 



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS 



the visit of the : Horticultural Club to Slough and Stoke Pogis on Tuesday 

 is sufficient evidence that the holiday spirit is abroad, and that the horti- 

 culturists m the metropolitan district have been brought within its 

 influence These excursions have been so admirably planned 



that 



Owing to continued increase in circulation, the « Gardeners* Magazine " notm "g but fine weather is wanting to ensure abundant enjoyment to 



~- . . . hose who are so fortunate as to be able to take part in them, and we, 



Wednesday 



We 



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of the Week 



GRASS ORCHARDS. 



insertion, or altered, unless received before Four p.m. on that day. therefore, trust the elements will on each occasion be favourable w C 



have nothin S t0 " r ge against day trips to places of interest, but it 



appears to us that the time has come when an endeavour should be made 

 to arrange excursions extending over two or three days to enable horti- 

 cultunsts to visit gardens and parks in distant parts of the country and 

 at a cost well within the means of the average gardener. There can 



hardly be anything more beneficial to practical horticulturists from all 

 ftauri " nu lu I,1Ui > 1 recent returns, mere are 224,000 acres of points of view than tn vicit «f^Ki;ek Z e. """-uuunsis irom ail 



orchards in Great Britain, and of this area all but three per cent, is t0 be carried ^con^Tff I fT* ™Z 



lituate in England, a fact in no way surprising, considering the more home and tc c£ v the fa^dZL^ , Wh,Ch at 



favourable conditions of soil and climate that obtain within its boun- co-operattn i e entiat Tht ! ^ Tr T am ° Unt ° f 



daries. Of the English acreage there are nearly ico.oco acres in thefour enhanc *e ri^JFteri?^. 1 ° ° V? ^ PUrp ° Se ° f 



counties of Devon, Hereford, Somerset and Worcester and in thefirstthree IT ^ Pleasure and the educat.onal value of the excursion, but 



of these the orchards consis chiefly of gras^and pLnted I °' f°T* * b ° th railwa y and hoteI 



In Worcestershire the largest proportio'n ZtS£^£*j£ eSSre Z th Tathv W > ^ 



although there is a considerable area of cultivated land devoted to "fr e ( J" 1 t the . W of gardeners can well afford, 



fruit culture, as at Evesham, and som- place on the borders o the but '. ow "?« t0 the *f*P™ that 13 no - bein S *hown by the railway com- 



Seven, In Kent, Gloucester hire, an^ rsh^iw ^^a^S fT* T T a "° " Ruining for parties of thirty or 



percentage of grass land planted with standi Z t ruft t ees and h is Z I **< * T \ > ^ * ShOUld be P ° Ssible t0 



est mntPH th*t ^ ^ ,.o„ ., . , , . _ trees '. ana 11 » obtain favourable terms from the hotels. There are many centres from 



««i;.u t j_ 6 pic^cui eunuicion or London, and. as an evamn p. wnuM m^r»t,^^ ««.u^ r^..i-^ ♦ m i_. , 



Journal 



published in the Gardeners' Mao«,»^ 1./,k" ^ "'-^ ?. ra "™. y . J0UrMi : .° f aboUt hundred and fifty miles in either direction. 



London, and, as an example, we would mention "the Dukeries," which 

 include three or four first class gardens of different character that could 



Wasted OrchaS «2?£ Jt would be P ossible "> ^ a &rther distance but there ^m^^S 



amnlvmnfi^ ,L ^ lan , d ;. and reprinted in sepaiate form, are centres within a radius of a hundred miles from London, and, indeed, of 



• o . , ^ . % Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Exeter, Southampton, and other of the ereat 



l?^l Se ° Provincial towns ; and we would strongly advise that centres be selected 

 arp-e nrnnnrtmr, ^ ^ far enough for their horticultural features to be investigate t without 



undue hurry in the time at disposal, that the members of the party may 

 be able not only to thoroughly enjoy the visit, but derive some practical 

 advantage from it. We know that some gardeners' associations succeed 

 in covering two or three hundred miles, and visiting three or four gardens, 



amply confirmed. We _ 



ZXtll th r S r - h — - — wno 



r cdudnl h C f 0f frui * c ^e, that a large proportion of them is not 

 i S TZii ? < mUCh frUU 35 il s ^uld, and that a great deal of the 

 -here 'ene ' t V^tT^ ^ ™ d ° f P °° r ^ Ualit >'- Even in counties 



Ken I Z st r" an U d ^ ^ ° Ut ****** and ^ aS in 

 nearly as ba H f ^ Shropshire, there are grass apple orchards in 



r,, L a ,? ad , a ^ndition as those of the western counties." 



Panted out that many of he owners cZid'er TnT*" " " fUrthCr to thC C ° UrSe ° f S ° m6 fiftCen ° r SixtCen h ° Urs ; but such *™™ons are 

 "-nure grass land on which fruk tree, IT^ZIa Q } . Z™*™ 55 ^ t0 of but benefit either physically or mentally to those who take part 



in them. 



IMPORTS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



* <hese orch Jh"1 0 " wh,cl ! fruit trees ar * Planted. In the greater part 

 «ock wiS ^ corl graS f haS beCn ^"larlymown or fed off by lean 

 Plating fer ^ " ^ and without the a PP^ation of any corn- 

 ed pear t ee e2 u ' m thc miStaken beHef that standard a PPl* 

 f '"it beyond thl^Ti? 0 ? 1 ^/ 0 hdp them t0 P r ° duCe ^ntinuous crops of 



4 from rtf they ° btain at some distanc o below the surface 



*ium me atmosphere It is al^n n v ^u**«v,v. 13 a niaicimi iij^icudc m wm ^Apvuo auu iiu}juEia. in mc case 01 



between fruit trees m „; rc T C j?" 1 that graSS grOW * the exports of both British and Irish produce and manufactures, there is 



1 whereas it fl w 1? L Cquires nothin g and takes nothing out of the - • - -- • , _.r 5 __ . r . ..' . 



ereas it absorbs the available plant food from it as far as the 



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The Board of Trade returns for June are, we are pleased to state 

 more satisfactory than they have been for several months past, and there 

 is a material increase in both the exports and imports. In the case of 

 the exports of both British and Irish produce and manuiitciures, mere is 

 an increase in each section, with the exception of that for textile fabrics, 



ot s extend, an d materially int^ f -T L &S ^ &S the in which there was a material dro P in val "es. In the isection devoted 



11 so important m »i> I ieneres . Wltn . _ tne P ro Per aeration of the to fruits the decreases Dredominate, the most imoortant drom h^i™ in 



• so important in ^ v "**" *""F C1 m 



are ill «7* earher vea, s of the life of the trees. 



mor e especially L, ° rchards >" but the y *® bear reiteration, 



de Pat tments of A r ,mportance is now recognised by one of the great 

 form is the best nnZ^^^ and thdr a PP e arance in the present 



^ our bJ^^l 01 thC g r " that ^ Sh ° Wn in C ° n - 

 ,a « e of cultivating" Can be n0 ^ uest,on « to the advan- 



° rcha rd S> but if the ,oH b6tWeen thCtreeS ° f a PP Ie » P ear , a nd plum 



^ned f rom ,s " a ^rally fertile excellent results may be ob- 



the grass is fed off u ? en the treeS reCeive P ro P er Mention, and 

 g L rass d «ri ng the thrl ? ° r Cattle - The trees suffer ™* fr om the 

 ex P eri m e nts cmaI^a J Cars they are P lanted « as ^own by 

 ,h ; COu rse of these tZ a* ^ W ° burn ex P erim «tal fruit farm. In 

 ° f leaves * demonstrated tha t *• grass reduced the size 

 8ndth « growth by 7 ? D ! rr ree ! ^y^ 5 after P lantin * b X 41 percent., 



°y 74 per cent. The results of the Woburn experiments, 



to fruits the decreases predominate, the most important drops being in 

 These facts t h e imports of apples and oranges. Of apples we received 17,241 



,669 

 ^9,373 and £ 



£34h47i, as compared 



J 



The imports of 



1 



f .£566443 in l8 97- Cherries were received in increased quantities, the 

 nports amounting to 166,017 bushels, of the value of £117,399, or an 

 increase in quantity of 7,956 bushels, and in value of ^19,311 ; 

 but on the six months there is a small drop both in quantity and 

 value. Grapes also show an increase, the imports amounting to 

 5,018 bushels, against 4,469 bushels last year ; but with an increase 

 of 549 bushels, there is a decrease in value of £1,033. But 

 few pears are imported in June, and last month the imports nearly 

 reached the vanishing point, for four bushels only, of the value of £z y 

 were received, which is the lowest price per bushel recorded for 



