522 



HORTICULTURE 



April 20, 1907 



but they are not very constant. R. o. nana aurea has the 

 same habit with longer growths and is yellow in color. 

 R. 0. pygmea is of a dwarf spreading habit with flat 

 shoots. R. 0. Mariesii, of erect habit, has the tips of the 

 shoots creamy wMte. R. o. filicoides has the shoots long, 

 narrow and flat and fern-like. R. o. filicoides aurea (tet- 

 ragona aurea) similar in growth, but has shorter shoots; 

 plant very compact, of a nice golden color which burns 

 easily on the sunny side. R. o. lycopodioides has thick, 

 round shoots irregularly set, the tops sometimes flattened 

 like a cock's comb. R. o filifera has long, thin, cord-like 

 glossy pendulous shoots. We have some more obtusa 

 forms, unnamed, from selected sports which are quite 

 interesting ; all very dwarf. All these obtusa forms are 

 of good effect in big rockeries where they keep their 

 character the best. 



t^^'^f^^To^ >.-e/*--'-^i^^^^»«» 



{To be continued.) 



Fruit Topics 



CULTURE UNDER GLASS 



If there is one branch of horticulture more than an- 

 other that requires painstaking effort and constant ap- 

 plication to ensure success it is the gro^^dng of fruit 

 under glass. Grapes are in particular grossly absorbing 

 in their demands on the vigilance of the grower and 

 they are not contented with monopolizing the time of 

 their attendant for a certain limited time but insist 

 upon being nursed from the time the first drop of water 

 reaches the roots until they are en route to tickle some 

 appreciative, and ofttimes unappreciative, palate. 



Many growers nowadays art' unfavorable to syringing 

 overhead after the grapes are in flower contending that 

 cleaner fruit results from moisture being furnished 

 solely by evaporation and humidity, in which conten- 

 tion there may and doubtless is a great deal of sound- 

 ness, still most growers would find it exceedingly difficult 

 to keep down the pests almost inseparable from grapes 

 without the aid of water applied with force to the foli- 

 age almost continuously except at the interval of bloom, 

 and terminating only when the berries show color. 



Large berries are more enviable than large bunches 

 and in order to have large berries the bunches require 

 to be well trimmed at the start. A second trimming 

 may be necessary but so much the better if at first the 

 work was so fearlessly done that the troublesome second 

 going over will not be needed. It is undoubtedly injuri- 

 ous to grapes at trimming time to bring the hands 

 (which invariably perspire during the operation) in con- 

 tact with them ; Wter have a piece of raffia attached to 

 the shoulders of the bunches which will effectually hold 

 them in the desired position long enough for the opera- 

 tion. Heavy cropping will in a few years, if persisted 

 in, unfailingly ruin grape vines. A fair crop with fair 

 sized bunches of large well-colored berries of good 

 flavor is much more satisfactory than abnormal crops 

 for a year or two with the inevitable failures following 

 in successive years. 



Peaches and nectarines indoors are much the same as 

 grapes in the matter of over cropping. Large fruit of 

 excellent flavor can only be expected when trimaiiing has 

 been attended to and at the proper time. Another im- 

 portant requisite in the cultivation of peaches and nec- 

 tarines is the careful tying-in of the wood at all times, 

 and dispensing with everything superfluous in order that 



the fruit may be the better nourished and receive all the 

 light possible. 



OUTDOOR CCLTURE ON TRELLISES. 



The above remarks hold good in like manner with the 

 same Irinds of fruit grown outdoors, especially on trees 

 trained upon trellises or on walls. The little extra labor 

 necessary for this work will be more than paid for by the 

 quality and size of tbe fruit resulting. There are many 

 varieties of peaches suitable for that kind of cultivation 

 outdoors, which, if they only received the treatment 

 recommended here would yield fruit in no way inferior 

 to that grown under glass. 



Another consideration is the improved appearance of 

 the trees wlien they are neatly kept in order by training 

 and subsequent attention in the manner already indi- 

 cated. It is not a matter of much cost to erect a trelli,j 

 or stretch wires substantially along a brick or even a 

 wooden building. After this is done trees can be pur- 

 chased very reasonably either trained or otherwise; 

 trained trees are preferable because the material for a 

 start is already there without the need of an experienced 

 hand to put them in proper shape. In a year or two 

 these trees will grow and look better than most vines 

 would, with the added consideration of an abundance 

 of good fruit. 



^e^^-t^/^TS4t.^;o^ 



Our Colored Supplement 



ALLINGTON PIPPIN 



None of the newer English apples have become popu- 

 ular so quickly as the variety Allington Pippin, repre- 

 sented on the accompanying colored illustration. It was 

 introduced for public sale in 189G and so for an apple 

 is still to be classed among the newer ones. Now it is 

 largely grown both for market sale and in private gar- 

 dens. It is a handsome fruit and has many good quali- 

 ties. It makes a neat orchard standard and does splen- 

 didly upon the Paradise stock either as a bush or cordon 

 or other trained form. It bears fruit so freely tliat the 

 latter have to be thinned, although not too much or the 

 fruits become too large for dessert. It is in season long- 

 er than Cox's Orange Pippin and may be considered as 

 one of the finest sorts ever sent out. The flesh is firm, 

 of a pale primrose color, and the flavor is rich, resem- 

 bling that of Golden Reinette. The fruit is in season 

 from November to February. 



Allington Pippin was first shown before the fruit com- 

 mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society in November, 

 1894, under the name of South Lincoln Pippin. This 

 was awarded a first-class certificate and the stock was 

 purchased by G«o. Bunyard & Co. As there were already 

 other apples identified with the name of Lincolnshire 

 they renamed it Allington Pippin. Year by year it has 

 increased in pnpularitv because of its free bearing, 

 healtliy growth and fine flavor. No parentage has been 

 1 raced but it is thought to be a cross between the Golden 

 Reinette and Cox's Orange Pippin. In growth it is larger 

 in all its parts than Cox's Orange Pippin. JIarket 

 growers are idanting it by thousands and it will probably 

 oust the old King of the Pippins from popular favor 

 for it is in season at the same time. 



/jhtytyu^ rf ■ /fv<rt^^ 



