THE POTASH REMEDY FOR THE APPLE BLIGHT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2004, 12 May 1885, Page 4

THE POTASH REMEDY FOR THE APPLE BLIGHT.

tiPPLE BLIJHT. Tun following letter appeals in the Melbourne Luadei .— Alkalies m \.iiumi foims have b.-en mud by gaideneis for thedes truUi'-n of inse<t-lifo, for a ccntuiy i M it L'.itisli fi>r the cuicnf woolly blight (Apbn lmigeial cause* a wordy \v..r bptwfin two cluin.mts for pi unity in its me and best mode-* in application. Mi shi-, Wiilunii'ii and Stevenson liavu eiituied the li-ts and woe to .my who should step bitwti'n til 'in. Ul^ tint with this object tint I iwitfto Jen on the m.ittei. 1 le.id yoiu account, ot Mr \V lllunison's tieat mint ot hi-, .ipplf-ticuN and have cmiMdei.iblo tioubli' with tho aphis I made up ,i composition «md applied it the following wmtei (M7<>.) Knowing the v.uut of ii-nu foi .ippliciti'iii to the roots of Uc<s ludly . ftcct- d, 1 added it to the c<impi»--itJoH, and the piinup.il mgiedients «-L'd vi ie pot.ish and lime, a little sulphur, ,md olni' oil. The mat ice roots weie laid bii.«. and thr compound fi. Ely spiead <>\ei them. A lot of Fiencli ciabs (about i:» 0 ti.*t •>> weie in piow«ni-. > c.u s .i hourco of ixiiciiio, a~,the pioduooof fruit did not piv t »i the labour uf ti>ni{,' to eradicate tin" blight • theso ha\o not since been div—id with any blight dcstioying comitouufl. <»tliei vaueties of apples wore Niinilnlv tieitod, and there has been no neul todies them bineo. I now observo the Illicit h ie-appearing, but not to any appuouble dogreu : do doubt the remedy will regime to be again applied. The tree^ can bo inspected on Sunbuiy, «vnd the old warty knots seen which were foiim-ily the come of the aphis, now ahowlii" iMin a, few spots. Tlie treatment supei<.udp-< the old paintings and d.uibmgs with Gisluudt, tiam oil, kerosene, and othei gie.isy inossps, which only partly eflcL'ted the end in \ lew. Ido not go so far as to a>seit that the potash niixture will give thou.ugh immunity to the apple-tree fiom the attacks of blight, because, in the lapse of yens, what with absorption by tho roots of the tree, tho due allowance being in idti for the dispersion and dissipation, by w ind and rain, not enough nuy bo left within reach of the roots to influence the blight ipm, ting nituie of the sap . a repetition of the uu^tuie would be iiecc-miy. — Youis, A.C., C. May. Sunbiiry, sth Apul

Nvi'oLhos- B(in \pabtk, according to the newest light, Cn[rtaui D. A Bingham, ami as accepted by the Lmdon Spectator, was rtall> obtistxiicd Nabulione. A.s\ii>rs Young Man : "Miss 8., may I have tin- sixth nance with you?"— Miss B. : "Ah we have no pencil, I caunot muk it '—Anxious Young Man: "Oh. will. ka\e a spare there, .mil you'll uutleistaiirt."— Mi-a B : "V- ly wdl, then when I fee a vacaut spot I shall know it is you " I'iX.ic an\ious young man. Is IS4') Julius Renter established a nows-transmitting agency in Paris, with .ill thcappliinccs. that were then available Between Brussels and Aix la Clnpclle he foimeil a pigeon service, connecting it with Paris and with Beihn by telegiaph As tins wires extended, ho quickly iol lowed them with agency-olJiees in many p.utsof the Continent. When he came to London, his progress was for a nioim-nt held in check. The editor of tin Times listened very cautiously to his, proposals, but on that occasion ended his interview by saying, " We generally find that uecan do our business better than any one else can." He went to the office of the Morning Advertiser, which had th» n the next largest circulation to that of the Times, ami had better success He entered into an agi cement with that, ami afterwards with other i.ondon journals, including the Times, and also with many commercial firms. Such is the history ot the great telegraphic agency. Tub position which Shakespeare occupy s in univeisal Hteiature is suggested by the number of edit ions of his works which have been collected in the Free Libiary at Birmingham. At the end of 1884 it contained G 734 volumes. Of the«e volumes, the KnglUh, including 228 editions of t\v complete works of Shakespeare, formed .3,877 volumes, the Gf-r-man 1 847, French 492, It.ili.in 147, Russian 02, Dutch «."), Hnntraiian 40. Spanish 31, Swedish 33. Danish 29, Polish 22, Bohemian 20, Greek 14, Ice landiu .">, Pntu«n««>e 5, Cro.iti.in 2, Fnsiiin 2, Hebn w 2, Latin 2, Flemish 1, Koum.ini.in 1, ll'nnneli.in 1, Ukraine 1, Wallacliian 1, and ' elsh 1. The binary possess a copy of the folio of 1(523, a few ot the ouginal quaitos, and the .splendid series of haud-f.iusimilc copies by Mi Ashbee, which Dr. Halhwell Phillips issued in forty-eight volumes, and in so limited an issue that probably not tw enty complete sets are now to be found — Overland Mail. Indian Enthusiasm. — The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Suakim, s,ajs :— Since my arrival here I have had oppoitunities, by conversing with the Moh.unnvdans in both the infantry and ca\ahy regiments of the Indian contingent, of learning their views regarding the M >dhi and his pretensions. All without hesitation express their scorn and contempt for the False Prophet and the whole Arab fanatical movement, which thoy declire has nothing of a religious element in it Fuither, they add that every Mohammedan in India considers the \I idlii an impostor, and theie is no sympathy wth him r>r his cause amontr their co-religionists. These Mohammedan soldiers think that the campaign has been undertaken in defence of the true cause of IMsim, and believe themselves most fortunate in being permitted to tako part in it and to fight against such " humbug" ; one old Pathin veteran expressing his belief that if ho should be killed m such a war Allah won Id grant fxtra Egyptian " batta " in paradise by way of indulgence. I find that the spirit of these native riizim^nta ennnot be excelled Tnd( ed, there is the greatest imaginable enthusiasm among them at the possibility of a Russian war, the idea of which is immensely popular among them. They declare that every native regiment could double or treble its numbeis for such a cainpaien. " RijkfljEß," in Vanity Fair, says: A person named Damaresque, who is descubedasa well-dressed young man, has ]ust been sentenced to eighteen months liaid labour for suffering from delusions. Under the impression that he was Lord Ha i hngton he signed, a short time back, a bill of $15 000; and, subsequently, bclie\ ing himself to be the Duke of Westminster, lip signed another bill of exchange fo- $23 .WO. What can have led him to form these erroneous ideas of hrs identity does not appear. Lord Hartington is, no doubt, a well-dressed young man, but heyond this ho and Mr Demarpflqnp seem to have had very little in common, w bile the Duke of Westminster is neither very younjr nor particularly well dicsed. In spite of his irregularity in the matter of his signature, Mr Damaresque was a young man ot moderate views, an] did his spiriting gently ; for on Loid Hartington's bill for SI.") 000 be ™>lv rn'sofl gr,(), and tbi> I)ulv' 's a'iN»j>.., ii bii>u_M.t him in nothing ;i l „|! Si In '(7 f in, ike tiie most of hi c, pi tuniti' lin no iloubr he enjoyei) a ceitain amount of substantial satisfaction If I oouM rranagc to jipr»uadp myself that I was Loid llnrtinjton I should have a pro-id time, and I should regard eiuht- •. ' n'hV li.u'd l.'bonr as a trifling purii-nt , , v !i"n Hi'igh«d against the e\qi( ■■ f j ■ • ir •of imlulg'ng in such a glori""-. ii !<!«■ ion

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