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Title: The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches
Year: 1871 (1870s)
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Subjects: Gardening Horticulture
Publisher: London : (s.n.
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ess prevented by some previouspreparation like the following r—Before using the nails, heat them red-hot,then throw them into cold linseed oil: this will give them a coat of varnish,and preserve them from rusting and becoming brittle. Profits of Orange Growing.—At Philadelphia, in Fulton Market, and atvarious jilaocs in Central New York, the common sweet Oranges of Floridahave been sold at -Is. per dozen, when Oranges from the West Indies and fromthe Mediterranean were selling at Is. per dozen. I have no hesitation in placinr-the present annual average income derived from easily accessible groves in lullbearing at i.200 per acre. I know instances in which this rate has been greatlyexceeded. It is advisable, however, for the producer not to expect a nett incomeof more than £100 per acre—100 trees to the acre, 500 Oranges to the tree, and 43.per 100 for the Oranges above the cost of production.—P, P. Bisbof. c The Garden, Offu e 37 SoLUharApioii Street Covent Garden, Loiidoii A
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V^.V COXS ORANGE PiPFIN. May 27, 1876.) THE GARDEN. 601 THE AMATEURS GARDEN. Bt THOMAS BAINBS.Vines and Red Spider.^The plant louse, generally bat erro-neonaly called reJ spuler, althoiiijh it does not increase quite so fastas green fly, is even more iujarious to plants than that pest, jiarti-cularly such as have soft leaves, like the Vine or the Peach, and itseffects are not only of a most serious nature duriug the springseason, but also dining the ensuing summer. If proof of this wereneeded I might point to the way in which it injures the growing cropof Grapes when the leaves of the Viees that bear them have beenallowed to become only partially affected; so apparent is this thatoven in the case of strong vigorous Vines that are not over-cropped,the fruit will always be found to lack colour if spider has been per.mitted to establish itselfou the foliage for a short tim^ only before it isripe, and its weakening influences are always perceptible in theensuing season, even if the leaves

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