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THE NEW APPLE, BARON WARD. 



This excellent apple was raised by Mr. 

 Samuel Bradley, the raiser of Oscar 

 Strawberry, and i9 now being sent out by 

 Messrs. K. Bradley and Son, Halam 

 Nursery, Southwell, Notts. We have 

 been supplied with some fruits for the pur- 

 pose of description, and have added the 

 variety to our collection a3 one of the best 

 kitchen apples hitherto produced. The 



its agreeable acidity and slight Bibstone 

 flavour when quite ripe, which is not be- 

 fore January. It is one of the best 

 keepers, and may be had in use till June. 



The only objection we can urge against 

 it is its small size, but this is more than 

 compensated by its other good qualities. 

 The tree bears a beautiful and ample 

 foliage, the leaves deep green on the 



fruit is below medium size, slightly ovate, 

 stalk short, and placed obliquely ; eye open, 

 slightly depressed, skin smooth, shining, 

 and when ripe, of a deep uniform yellow, 

 with occasionally a little red on the sunny 

 side, near the eye. The fruit is heavy for 

 its size, and the flesh dense, tender, crisp, 

 and juicy. Though strictly a culinary apple, 

 it will be acceptable for dessert, owing to 



upper side, and rather silvery beneath. 

 The habit is upright and compact, the 

 wood hard and healthy, and it forms 

 fruitful spurs at a very early age. We. 

 believe it will make close, upright bushes 

 as readily as any apple in cultivation. 



Price : — Maiden trees, 5*. ; standards, 

 7*. GJ. 



PROFITABLE GARDENING. 



CHAPTER. XVIII. — CULTURE OF CELERY. 



We come now to the final planting, 

 and must revert to what we said at 

 starting, as to the necessity of a fat 

 soil and abundance of moisture. But 

 let there be no mistake in this matter. 

 A soil soddened with stagnant wet will 

 produce celery, but it will be far in- 

 ferior to that grown in well drained 



land, under other equally favourable 

 circumstances. And as to celery being 

 a gross feeder, it will grow in dung 

 only ; but an excess of manure is not 

 only a waste, but the crop is not so 

 good as that grown in a soil with 

 which the manure, three parts rotted 

 at least, has been well chopped up and 



