March 3, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
173 
Seed Potatoes for Half an Acre of Xiand (^i Young Gardener'). 
Your soil being light and rather high, the distance you propose to have 
the rows and sets is more than generally given under field culture. 
Beauty of Hebron is usually placed in rows 27 inches apart, and the 
sets half that distance asunder in the rows._ This is ample, unless the 
ground is more than ordinarily rich, when it is not good for Potatoes. 
Magnum Bonum Potatoes are rarely planted more than 30 inches 
between the rows, and 15 inches apart in the rows in fields, more being 
considered, and usuHly is, a waste of space. If you have a quarter cf 
an acre of Beauty of Hebron, and the sets are not less than 2 ozs., and 
not exceeding 3 ozs., say average 2^ ozs., per set, you will require 
4 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lbs. of seed Potatoes; and if you have Magnum Bonum 
at the distance named and the same weight of set, average ‘1\ ozs , 
you will need 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. of sets for the other quarter acre, 
if you have the rows 3 feet apart, and the sets IJ foot asunder in the 
rows, and the sets average 2^ ozs. eaeh, you will require a little over 
5 cwt. for the half acre. The quantity of sets necessarily depends on 
their size and the distance of setting. If the ground is in good heart and 
the season favourable, you may have 5 tons of Potatoes. 
Plantlngr Kidney Potatoes (TH. Abbott ).—Tubers with one 
central sprout are far better for planting than those with several iveak 
and attenuated shoots, and if yours have been stored in the manner 
many times advised in the Journal—namely, in shallow boxes or trays 
placed in a light, cool, but frost-proof shed or outbuilding—they will 
perhaps be in a similar condition to the tuber represented in the 
engraving. If so, you could wish for nothing better. The solitary 
shoot of the example shown was sturdy, robust, and too firmly fixe 1 to 
be rubbed off with a touch. With rootlets bristling at the base it was 
in splendid condition for producing a vigorous plant. Do not cut such 
tubers, but insert them as they are when the soil is friable. The first w et k 
in April will be soon enough. We should not employ nitrate of soda at 
planting time. You may mix a little superphosphate and kainit and 
sprinkle about a handful in each 7 or 8 yards of drill if you like, and a 
dusting of nitrate of soda may be given when the plants are ready 
for hoeing. 
Pruning' D'warf Fruit Trees (A. G .)-—The trees should have as 
little pruning as possible for profitable production, acting on the follow¬ 
ing principles :—(1) Allow each variety to assume i;s natural form ; 
(2) confine pruning to thinning out the shoots in late June or early 
July where they cross, crowd, or otherwise interfere with each other, or 
impede the free access of light, air, and rain to the fruit and foliage, 
and in September shorten any shoots that have grown too long to ha'f 
their length, and those not required for extension to four or six good 
sized leave?. This is with the object of ripening the wood and devekp- 
inc' the fruit buds. The above comprises the summer pruning, and the 
winter pruning merely consists in shortening shoots not required for 
extension to three or four buds, and thinning where necessary, so as (o 
leave the primary branehes D to 12 inches apart ; the result is a full 
crop of fruit by the third year, and the object then must be to prevent 
overcropping by judicious thinning of the fruit, keeping the trees under 
rather than overcropped, as some growth is necessary each year not 
only for the needful enlargement of the trees, but for keeping them m 
constant bearing year after year. When the trees attain a good size 
and are juliciously cropped they will need very little pruning, it oeing 
more a question of thinning than shortening the growths. 
Hames of Plants. —We only undertake to name species of plants, 
not varieties that have originated from seed and termed florists’ flowers. 
Flowering specimens are necessary of flowering plants, and Fern Donds 
should bear spores. Specimens should arrive in a fresh state in firrn boxes. 
Slightly damp moss, soft green grass or leaves form the best packing, dry 
wool the worst. Not more than six specimens can be named at once, 
ani the numbers should be visible without untying the ligatures, 
it being often difficult to separate them when the paper is aanip. 
(Subscriber. UqbrooUe:).—!, Abies lisiocarpa ; 2, A. a,lba ; 3 A. alba 
var.; 4, A. Nordmanniana ; 5, A. Smithiana ; fi, Probably A. Menziesi. 
CO VENT GARDEN MARKET.—March 2nd. 
No alteration. Business quiet again. Large supplies of Canary Island produce to 
hand at lower rates. T^r>TTTrr 
FIlU 11. 
s. d. s. d. 
Apples, J-sieve.1 0 to 4 0 
Apples, Canada and Nova 
Scotia, per barrel .. .. 12 0 
Cobs, Kent, per 100 lbs. .. 0 U 
25 0 
40 0 
Grapes, per lb. 
Lemons, case 
Oranges, per 100 
St. Michael Pines, each 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. 
Beet, Red, dozen. 
Carrots, bunch. 
Cauliflowers, dozen .. . 
Celery, bundle . 
Coleworts, dozen bunches 
Cucumbers, dozen 
Endive, dozen . 
Herbs, bunch .. .. . 
Leeks, bunch . 
Lettuce, score . 
Mushrooms, punnet .. . 
VEGETABLES 
s. d. s. d. 
0 9 to r 6 
0 
0 
0 
3 
1 
4 
10 
1 
0 
0 
1 
2 
Mustard and Cress, punnet 
Onions, bunch . 
Parsley, dozen bunches .. 
Parsnips, dozen. 
Potatoes, per cwt. 
Salsafy, bundle. 
Scorzonera, bundle ,. 
Seakale, per basket .. .. 
Shallots, per lb. 
Spinach, bushel. 
Tomatoes, per lb. 
Turnips, bunch. 
s. d. s. d. 
1 6 to 3 0 
15 0 2 10 
4 0 9 0 
3 0 6 0 
s. d. s. d. 
0 2 to 0 0 
3 0 5 
0 0 
3 0 
0 0 
3 0 
1 6 
0 U 
1 9 
0 0 
0 0 
0 6 
0 4 
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES.—CUT FLOWERS. 
Orchid Blooms rather scarce in variety. 
s. d. s. d. 
0 
1 
3 
1 
12 
0 
6 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blooms .. 3 0 to 6 
Azalea, dozen sprays .. .. 0 
Bouvardias, bunch .. .. 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 2 
Christmas Roses, dozen 
blooms .1 
Cineraria, dozen bunches.. 9 
Cyclamen, dozen blooms .. 0 
D.iffodils (double), dozen 
bunches .3 
Daffodils (single), dozen 
bunches . 
Eucharis, dozen .. .. •• 
Euphorbia jacquiniseflora 
dozen sprays. 
Lpiphyllum, dozen blooms 
Freesia, dozen bunches 
Gardenias, per dozen 
Hyacinths, dozen spikes .. 
Hyacinths (French) dozen 
bunches .16 30 
Lilium longiflorum 12 
blooms .6 0 
Lilium (var.) dozen blooms 2 0 
Lily of the Valley 12 sprays 0 6 
Marguerites, 12 bunches .. 3 0 
Mignonette, 12 bunches .. 1 6 
Maidenhair Fern, dozen 
bunches .. _. 
Mimosa or Acacia (French) 
per bunch. 
Narciss (French) dozen 
bunches . .. 
Narciss (various), Scilly 
dozen bunches. 
Pelargoniums, 12 bunches 
„ scarlet, 12 bunches 
Poinsettia, dozen blooms.. 
Primula (double) 12 sprays 
Roses (indoor), dozen 
„ Red, per doz. blooms., 
„ Tea, white, dozen .. 
„ Yellow, dozen .. 
Snowdrops, dozen bunches 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms.. .. 
Tulips, dozen blooms.. .. 
White Lilac (French) per 
bunch. 
Violet Panne, French bchs. 
,, Czar ,, ,, 
„ „ small bunches 
„ English, dozen 
bunches . 
Wallflowers (foreign),dozen 
bunches . 
s. d. s. d. 
6 0 to 12 0 
1 6 
2 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 0 
4 0 
4 0 
15 0 
9 0 
6 0 
0 9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
1 0 
2 0 
1 6 
3 0 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
Arbor Vitae (golden) dozen 
s. 
6 
tl. s. 
Oto 12 
Azalea, per plant .. .. 
2 
6 
6 
Cineraria, per dozen .. 
8 
0 
12 
IS 
Cyclamen, per dozen .. .. 
9 
0 
Daffodils, per dozen .. .. 
9 
0 
15 
Draoeena terminalis, dozen 
f4 
0 
42 
„ viridis, dozen .. 
12 
0 
24 
Erica gracilis, per dozen .. 
9 
0 
12 
„ hyemalis, dozen 
12 
0 
IS 
Euonymus, var., dozen .. 
6 
0 
18 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
21 
Ferns, in variety, dozen .. 
4 
0 
18 
Ficus elastioa, each .. 
1 
6 
7 
Foliage plants, var., each. 
Genista, per dozen .. . - 
Hyacinths, per dozen.. .. 6 0 
Lily of the Valley, per pot 1 3 
Lycopodiums, per dozen .. 3 0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen .. 6 0 
Myrtles, dozen.6 0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
s. d. s. d. 
2 OtolO 0 
10 0 12 0 
Palms, in var., each .. .. 1 
„ (specimens) .. ..10 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 4 
Solauum, per dozen .. .. 9 
Tulips, dozen pots .. .. 6 
9 0 
2 0 
4 0 
15 U 
9 0 
21 0 
63 0 
6 0 
12 0 
8 0 
SEED AISID MANURE. 
Seed time has come again, delayed somewhat by weather it is 
true, but it is here, and we cannot suffer it to pass by without once 
more asking our readers if they have made preparation to turn 
