The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . onias, Lettuces,Cucumbers and Tomatos. The eel worm is introduced in thegreenhouise with infected soil or manure. Bud Drop, or Failure to Set Blossoms. A common trouble in the culture ofSweet Peas for market and show purposesis the failure of apparently healthy andrapidly-growing plants to complete thebud development. The bud appears, butquickly withers, finally dropping. Hencethe term bud drop well describes thisbehaviour. It results from the use of a too highlynitrogenous food ration. That is, thetr
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . onias, Lettuces,Cucumbers and Tomatos. The eel worm is introduced in thegreenhouise with infected soil or manure. Bud Drop, or Failure to Set Blossoms. A common trouble in the culture ofSweet Peas for market and show purposesis the failure of apparently healthy andrapidly-growing plants to complete thebud development. The bud appears, butquickly withers, finally dropping. Hencethe term bud drop well describes thisbehaviour. It results from the use of a too highlynitrogenous food ration. That is, thetrouble is one of nutrition, in which themineral elements are too low, especiallyphosphorus and potaissium. We havesuccessfully controlled this trouble withinone week by the application of phosphoricacid and sulphate of potash along the row. 24 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [July 12, 1913. symptoms of a disease known asAnthracnose are diverse. Sometimes it attacked and die. On the leaves the dis-ease starts as whitish spots, which enlargeand involve the entire area (see fig. 16).. Fig. 15.—bitter hot of apple caused by anthracnose. is manifested in a wilting or dying of the(tips, which become whitish and brittle and Such infected leaves become brittle,soon drop. Examination of an
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