The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . te its growth, and to fill its sap-vesselswith nutritious sap, to be elaborated in due time toproduce its splendid flowers.— Tassel. probably been raised from the Crassane, as it partakesmore of its nature than that of any other variety for-merly in cultivation in this country ; and although itcannot be said to be fully equal, in some respects, to theCrassane, yet it far exceeds it in the very desirable pro-perty of hardiness. For standards for northern coun-ties, and for exposed situations, it is p:a?ticulariy recom-mended.—.B. T. ASTOX TOWN
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . te its growth, and to fill its sap-vesselswith nutritious sap, to be elaborated in due time toproduce its splendid flowers.— Tassel. probably been raised from the Crassane, as it partakesmore of its nature than that of any other variety for-merly in cultivation in this country ; and although itcannot be said to be fully equal, in some respects, to theCrassane, yet it far exceeds it in the very desirable pro-perty of hardiness. For standards for northern coun-ties, and for exposed situations, it is p:a?ticulariy recom-mended.—.B. T. ASTOX TOWN hardy variety derives its name from Aston, inCheshire, where it was raised. The fruit is scarcelymiddle sized ; flesh yellowish white, melting, rich, andsugary, with a good deal of the Crassane flavour ;usually in perfection in the end of October and begin-ning of November. The tree is a good bearer, welladapted for being grown as a standard, the fruit notbeing so apt to be blown down as is the case with manyof the larger iVi It has a peculiar mode of growth ; the branches have atendency to curve and twist, and in order to keep them wellregulated, pruning must be especially attended to before ; they get entangled. The shootsare vigorous, dark oUve,sprinkled with small pale specks ; the leaves ovate, andshortly acuminate; the petioles about an inch in length onthe young shoots, with stipules sometimes nearly as long. I Flowers rather small; petals roundish obovate. It has Honie Correspondence. The Potato Crop.—I have sent you three Potatoeswliich are evidently nearly decayed by the prevailingdisease, to show that it has in no way injured theirvitality ; they are self-sown, at least were left in theground when the crop taken up last August and Sep-tember, when I perceived them affected but not ripe. Ilet them lay on the ground exposed for a few days andthen pitted them quite dry, in the usual way, picking outall that appeared afiected, examining
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