. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. arket gardeners and fruit growers in thtVale of Evesham experienced a bad season in Cabbages sold well, but the crop was not aheavy one. There was a short supply of greenOnions, and the demand was good, but Radisheswere a failure as many early plants were killedby late frosts. Asparagus was early, andyielded well all through the season ; prices ruledhigh. Strawberries were a total failure, whilstCherries were only a small crop. Gooseberriesyielded an average crop, with fair prices, andCurr
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. arket gardeners and fruit growers in thtVale of Evesham experienced a bad season in Cabbages sold well, but the crop was not aheavy one. There was a short supply of greenOnions, and the demand was good, but Radisheswere a failure as many early plants were killedby late frosts. Asparagus was early, andyielded well all through the season ; prices ruledhigh. Strawberries were a total failure, whilstCherries were only a small crop. Gooseberriesyielded an average crop, with fair prices, andCurrants also were fairly satisfactory. ThePlum crop, though light, was heavier than wasanticipated, and although prices were not sohigh as was expected, the fruits sold were a very partial crop, some sortsyielding well, others very badly. The pricesrealized have been quite satisfactory. The effortsof Mr. Eyres Monsell to remedy the effects of thedecision in the case of Kedwell v. Flint havebeen watched with interest. This decision in-flicts great hardships on market gardeners, and. [Photograph by R. A. Malay, 30.—ERINUS ALPINUS IN THE VAL DE NANT BOTANIC GARDEN, SWITZERLAND. (See p. 52.) scale. All the year round the hours are from5 to 7 , with a half-hour in the morn-ing for breakfast, one hour for lunch at mid-day, and a half-hour in the afternoon for a mealcorresponding to the English tea, thus forminga total of 12 hours of work daily. On Sundayworks lasts from 5 to 12 noon. Readers may wonder if there is not a law en-forcing the weekly rest day in France. I may an-swer that such a law does exist, but unfortu-nately it does not apply to our profession. How-ever, as your correspondent justly remarks, thereare certainly many things to be learned in aforeign country, and we must adapt ourselves tothe ways of the inhabitants. When I first beganto work on Sundays I felt rather discouraged,and thought even of giving up my place, but I amglad I
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