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everything I wanted, labeling each variety. I had no sash to cover the box 

 with so I placed it under a great applctree and made a frame of light wood the 

 size of the box, covering it with unbleached muslin and placed it closely over 

 the top of the box, thus confining tlie cuttings, and still giving them a pretty 

 good amount of diffused light. I watered so that the sand was pretty well 

 soaked continuously, and nearly everything grew that I placed in my propa- 

 gating bed. This is a very easy way to get fresh plants that would cost a good 

 deal at the o-reenhouse, and the whole work can be done bv the housewife or 

 dausrhter without calliuir in the aid of the men folks. — J/r.*?. C. W, G. in 

 Detroit Free Press. 



APPLES. 



''SWEET AND SOUR" APPLE SO-CALLED. 



Mr. Clias. A. Green says : **I have been informed by budders of their suc- 

 cess with half the bud of a sweet apple and half of a sour, united ; and that 

 the fruit from sucli budding was half sour and half sweet, but I am incred- 

 ulous." And so am L I have heard of such things, but have never seen 

 them. The successful grafting of two buds so that they shall unite with eacli 

 other, and at the same time both unite with some other stock, is a very diffi- 

 cult feat. If it were done, I cannot see how it could bring about a union of 

 the two varieties of apples in the way above mentioned. If anything of the 

 kind wTre possible, I should expect each apple to resemble each other in essen- 

 tial particulars, and that each apple would be uniform in quality in the two 

 halves. There is a variety of apple sometimes raised wliich has ribs which 

 are very prominent. The prominent ribs are sour, the intervening hollows are 

 almost tasteless, and are called sweet. I do not know that any one claims 

 that it originated from a split graft. The fruit is called '' sweet-and-sour." — 

 Professor Beat. 



NORTHERN SPYS AS KEEPERS. 



The Spy is a thin-skinned apple, and very sensitive to rough handling; but 

 if picked and packed without bruising, it is a good keeper, and retains its fine 

 ilavor to the last. I have kept them until the 4tli of July, only putting them 

 carefully into barrels. If any one wishes to k 0041 a few apples until late in 

 the season, let him wrap eacli one in manilla paper, place them in a tight 

 barrel, and pour on clean, dry sand. If the barrel is shaken, the sand will 

 fill all interstices, thus excluding the air, and the apples will keep finely. Of 

 course this must be done at gathering time, for if neglected until the fruit is 

 in a condition for eating, they cannot be kept for any great length of time. — 

 Correspondence Country Gentleman, 



