. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ly, and fruits arestill falling, but quite sufficient will be and Easjjberries are rather small, andrequire moisture badly. Gooseberries aie ex-ceOent. Damsons are an average crop. Plumsin some cases are very good, in others the fruitsfailed to stone. Our soil is heavy, but welldrained. J. ,ShipleyHallGardens, Derby. Deebtshiee.—The fruit crops generally aregood, with the exception of Eed Currants. Oursoil is a strong loam for the most part, restingon clay. T. Keetley, Darley
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ly, and fruits arestill falling, but quite sufficient will be and Easjjberries are rather small, andrequire moisture badly. Gooseberries aie ex-ceOent. Damsons are an average crop. Plumsin some cases are very good, in others the fruitsfailed to stone. Our soil is heavy, but welldrained. J. ,ShipleyHallGardens, Derby. Deebtshiee.—The fruit crops generally aregood, with the exception of Eed Currants. Oursoil is a strong loam for the most part, restingon clay. T. Keetley, Darley Abbey, Derby. The enormous crop of all kinds of fruit, both inside and out, is a pretty general surpriseafter the wet, cold, and sunless season of think the present results will upset the pre-vailing theory that a bright sunny summer isnecessary to ripen the young growth and maturethe buds for the benefit of the succeeding spring was free from the usual late froststhat have so many times completely destroyedthe fruit crops. J. H. Ooodacre, Elvaston CastleGardens, Fig. 5:2.—gboup of dw.\rf trees arkasged by the japaxese as a thank-offering foe one of their recent victories. and convert them subsequently (if desirable) intotons, hundredweights, and quarters. Similarly with?the metrical system, if the weighing is in kilos andgrams, the result should be set out in full as—kilos gianis4 • 674;but when there is anything below 100 gramsthe nought must be always prefixed (as 4U74),•or considerable errors may creep in. This is thegreatest danger in the use of the metrical system,&nd demands most careful attention, especiallywhen there is a pressure of work and time isshort. Expenses of Experimental expenses of experimental work are soanuch greater than those necessitated by•ordinary cultivation, that due considerationmust be given to this aspect before com-mencing any scheme. The subject cannot beentered upon fully here, but it is necessar
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