. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . t was 9 tons of Potatos, and until nowwe have only found 1 bushel of bad tubers; the reputedly good quality and in possession of nat-ural vigour. Last year I grew thirty varieties ofPotato, some new and some old, and my experi-ence is exactly similar to that of Mr. of the varieties were so badly diseased asto be hardly worth lifting, whilst in the case ofothers there was hardly a speck to be found onthe tubers, and among3t the latter were thefollowing, all comparatively modern varieties
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . t was 9 tons of Potatos, and until nowwe have only found 1 bushel of bad tubers; the reputedly good quality and in possession of nat-ural vigour. Last year I grew thirty varieties ofPotato, some new and some old, and my experi-ence is exactly similar to that of Mr. of the varieties were so badly diseased asto be hardly worth lifting, whilst in the case ofothers there was hardly a speck to be found onthe tubers, and among3t the latter were thefollowing, all comparatively modern varieties a—Sir John Llewelyn, Evergood. The Factor, KingEdward VII., Chiswick Favourite, BritishPremier, and Cigarette. Experience of thiskind has led growers to pay more attention tomodern Potatos. How much of the disease oflast year may be traced to heavy application ofrank manure is an open question, but I am ofthe opinion that those pi-ople who grew theirPotatos on land that was manured the previousseason not only came out with less disease, butobtained produce of higher table quality. Though. FlG. 47.—CATTLEYA :. AS GROWN IN THE COLLECTION OF NORMAN C. COOKSON, ESQ. remainder are sound. The ground slopes to thesouth, and is heavy, sticky loam. Our rainfallfor 1903 was 4(316 ins. A. B. Wadds, PaddockhurstGardens, Sussex. I was much interested in the note from Mr. F. C. Edwards which appeared in the GardenersChronicle for January 30, in which he stated thatout of thirteen varieties grown, twelve old andone new, the solitary instance in which he hadno disease was in the case of the modern variety,Evergood. This fact supports a contention thatI have urged in various quarters that though wehave not got a disease-proof Potato, and probablynever shall have one, some varieties are muchmore liable to disease than others, and with a fewexceptions those that suffer the worst are oldPotatos that have had their constitutions weak-ened and worn down by the strain of years ofcultivat
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