The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare / by Henry N. Ellacombe.
- Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare / by Henry N. Ellacombe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![274 September 16, 1909. THE JOURNAL OF H and liable t divisional oc pealed. Tli< greenhouses of Lords con was tlie na Act, th6r6f< buildings, &] the Budget i developed la intei'view w obedient ser To the E - The Sta Market Fralt CnltiYation. Ill days cj On the whole the prices of Plums ihave this year h tinctly satisfactory for those who liave hjad anything like crops. That many growers have had very light ones 1 clearly demonstrated by the way prices have been mai Even Pershores have sold readily at fair prices since consignments were placed on the markets in a green stat* small growers who have been fortunate enough to secu crops have reaped a little harvest, which they were t need of. On the other hand, when crops have been ve the season will prove a very unsatisfactory one. On ac< the uncertain weather a large proportion of the Plum < been picked before the fruits were fully ripe, and the wi following such a practice has been fully justified, as tl to ripen thoroughly were generally badly cracked by heav For dessert purposes Plums slioukl, of course, be fully nearly so, before being picked, but, as probably eight^tc the Plums grown are used in a cooked state, the safe catchy season is to pick early. Victorias have, as a rule, been of fine quality, althoug undersized samples have occasionally been seen which w dently obtained from heavily cropi>ed trees. Sultans hi been marketed in fine condition, and in maaiy distri' variety has cropped well. Belle de Louvain has, on the cropped hghtly, fine Plum though it is. IMagnum Bon again proved its great crop'pin^ powers; Heron has lightly; Monarch and Grand Duke are carrying satu late crops; Orleans has cropped well, and the new Pun Plum is proving an acquisition; Goliath, a splendid < Plum, deserves to be more largely grown. Turning to Apples, the prices obtained have so ft satisfactory. Beauty of Bath is undoubtedly a fine Apple which crops splendidly when the trees attain a go and the fruits, if left on the tree till well coloured, im sell well. This, with Gladstone and Devonshire Quar fonn a trio of excellent dessert sorts; to be followed b cesterehire Pearmain, Cox's, and Allington Pippin. I positions the first named of these three has this year < well, and notwithstanding the lack of sunshine, the fn now colouring grandly. Lord Grosvenor, Lord Suffie Early Victoria are fine representatives of the Codlin type have yielded better crops this year than many other vf Where Ecklinville dees really well I am inclined to thint bring m more money per tree than either of the othe cookers named, because it reaches a larger size by the of or end of August, a time when there is always a demi cookmg Apples of large .size. In our own case, from kept during the last four years, Ecklinville has realised money per tree tlian any other early cooker. To succeed the early varieties we have Stirling (another sure cropper), Tlie Queen, and Warner's Kinj last named has this year given only a moderate crop • I Beauty seems likely to supersede Warner's; Bismart grand variety for sale from October till Cliristmas and i carrying heavy crops. Amono; late varieties we hf nothing to equal Lane's Prince Albert in regard to its capacitv for beanns heavv crops vear after year, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21687882_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
