The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . ubt, soon is now an excellent time to make the is nothmg new in the plan, and it was only thereading of ilr. Flemings article that induced ine tomention it. Probably it may be asked, why not cut outthe eyes of the Vine in a dormant state, instead of allow-them to break ; but I find it the more advantageousplan to allow the sap to be put in motion iirst. I canonly account for the ? receding principle in this way,viz., when there is no outlet for the sap above the grow-ing shoot it immediately returns to the roo
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . ubt, soon is now an excellent time to make the is nothmg new in the plan, and it was only thereading of ilr. Flemings article that induced ine tomention it. Probably it may be asked, why not cut outthe eyes of the Vine in a dormant state, instead of allow-them to break ; but I find it the more advantageousplan to allow the sap to be put in motion iirst. I canonly account for the ? receding principle in this way,viz., when there is no outlet for the sap above the grow-ing shoot it immediately returns to the root, and istaken up in its downw-ard passage by the growing shoot. Those who are acquainted with Pines, know how-much faster a sucker will grow on the old stool whenthe old leaves are left on than one whose old leaves havebeen cut away, the sucker only being left. In myopinion, the old leaves of the Pine exert the same in-fluence on the sucker as the budless part of the Vinedo^ on the growing shoot. .What do you think?—Orford. [We think so too.]. In remarking on this, and other varieties, Mr. Knightstates that, as a dessert Pear, the Althorp Crassaue isto my the best ; and its rose-water flavour willplease whore musk oifends. He adds, the originaltree of this variety, though it has been much pruned forgrafts, has borne well in the six years, and I believeit to be greatly more liardy than any of the Belgic varie-ties. Neither the , the Forelle, nor GloutJlorceau, grown in my garden here (in Herefordshire),were toleriible. I planted standard trees of the threeabove-mentioned Belgian , and of tlie N^apoleon,and Passe Colmar, in the situation where this Pearacquired its highest state of perfection, but none ofthem succeeded at all. Subsequently, it beenseen in various seasons, from ditfereut parts of thecountry, and the fruit has always proved good. R. T. ALTHORP CRASSANE describing the Broom Park (p. 209), it was statedthat 5Ir. K
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