. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. and use«, crowbar instead of a dibble to plant in this hard soil they make hardier-and sturdier growth, and are in better condition^or resisting injury from frosts during hardwinters than when grown under more generoustreatment. By planting succession crops of•early summer and autumn Cauliflower and ofwinter and spring late Broccoli it is quitepossible to produce a supply of those valualile?vegetables for every week in the year. 0. Thomas.(To be coniinued.) VANDA WATSONI. Our illustration
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. and use«, crowbar instead of a dibble to plant in this hard soil they make hardier-and sturdier growth, and are in better condition^or resisting injury from frosts during hardwinters than when grown under more generoustreatment. By planting succession crops of•early summer and autumn Cauliflower and ofwinter and spring late Broccoli it is quitepossible to produce a supply of those valualile?vegetables for every week in the year. 0. Thomas.(To be coniinued.) VANDA WATSONI. Our illustration (fig-. 52) represents a newspecies of Vanda in whicli the flowers, with theexception of the crest and interior of the sac, arepure white. The plant was introduced by and Sons, St. Albaus, through their col-lector, W. Micholitz. When not in flower it MARKET GARDENING. A EEMEDY FOR GLUTTED has long been an axiom in the Vale ofEvesham that half a crop of fruit is more remu-nerative to the grower than a fall one ; and manya time have Plums, especially the commoner. Fig. 52.—vanda watsoni, a new species: flowers white. so closely resembles V. Kimballiana that theplant might be easily mistaken for that flowers, however, possess characteristicsentirely distinct from V. Kimballiana, as will beseen on reference to a full description whichappeared in our issue for February 11, 1005, p. species was recommended an Award ofMerit by the Orchid Committee at tho lastmeeting- of the Koyal Horticultural Society. sorts, been allowed to rot on the trees becausethe price they realised did not pay for who have sent their produce away to thodistant markets on commission have often beenbrought into debt. How is this state of things tobe altered? The Avon Orchard Co., whose head-quarters are at Evesham, is determined to makean effort in this direction. It claims that coldstorage haa been found to answer excellently in 124 THE GARDENERS CH
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