THE GARDENERS MONTHLY 



[September, 



following varieties, viz. : Amsden, Alexander, 

 Wilder, Musser, Bowers' Early, Baker's Early, 

 Alpha, Gov. Garland, Sherfey's Ei.rly, Nectar 

 Early Canada. Waterloo, Downing, Saunders, 

 Cumberland, Honeywell's, Climax, Briggs May, 

 Our No. 4. The eleven first named have leaves 

 with globose glands. Waterloo has reniform 

 glands, and the seven last named are glandless- 

 All the above named varieties are just over, 

 while Early Beatrice, Louisa and Early Kivers 

 are just coming in. We picked the first ripe 

 peaches about 22(id of July, while two years ago 

 the first were ripe about 26th of June. Early 

 Surprise is just coloring and will ripen about 

 with Hale's. Early Rose and Early Lydia quite 

 green. Flater's St. John, said to be the earliest 

 yellow peach, will ripen, I think, with Troth. 

 In testing these varieties we had fixed on several 

 as earliest, but find that comparative earliness 

 varies with same varieties, on the same ground, 

 and with the same trees, in different seasons. 



Those varieties having globose or reniform 

 glands are as a rule the stronger growers, while 

 the glandless are almost invariably subject to 

 mildew and consequently weaker growers. 

 There seems to be a general uniformity of the 

 fruit of the same classes named and a slight 

 difference, which I can hardly describe, between 

 that of the glandless and those having glands, i. e. 

 including those named that are over at this 

 date. 



T. V. Munson, of Texas, whom I consider good 

 authority, claims that those having reniform 

 glands are as much more vigorous than those 

 having globose glands, as the latter are above 

 the glandless, but I could thus far not see the 

 point. From our method of testing I claim to 

 report with the assurance of fairness, viz. : (The 

 following were budded on bearing trees and bore 

 quantities sufficient to compare) Bowers' Early 

 on Amsden, no diff'erence in fruit nor time of 

 ripening; Early Canada on Wilder, no differ- 

 ence; Baker's Early on Alexander, no differ- 

 ence ; Gov. Garland on Alexander, no difference • 

 Alpha on Wilder, no diff'erence; Waterloo on 

 Wilder, no diff'erence ; Sherfey's on Alexander, 

 no diff'erence ; Climax on Wilder, no difference ; 

 Nectar on Downing, slight diflference ; Musser 

 on Wilder, no diff'erence; Cumberland on 

 Wilder, slight diff'erence ; No. 4 on Wilder slight 

 diff'erence ; Early Surprise on Alexander, Early 

 Rose on Amsden and Early Lydia on Downing, 

 three varieties above mentioned as not ripe, will 

 be seen had no disadvantage of position. 



The many different and even contradictory re- 

 ports as to time of ripening of most of the above- 

 named varieties, prove that time of ripening as 

 well as size, quality and appearance depend on 

 conditions which are often overlooked or mis- 

 understood by the growers. Even with all our 

 knowledge of peach growing we must admit that 

 they are subject to queer freaks not yet ac- 

 counted for. If there is any one variety that 

 will for a period of six to eight years prove uni- 

 formly three to four days earlier than any other 

 variety, I will guarantee for its introducer a 

 handsome premium. But what is particularly 

 desired, is a freestone peach, as early, as large, 

 good, and handsome as any now grown, and 

 whoever will obtain such a variety will deserve 

 a handsome fortune. 



FORCING EARLY CAULIFLOWER. 



BY AUGUST D. MYLIUS, DETROIT, MICH. 



The best kinds of cauliflower for forcing are 

 Early Erfurt and Early Snowball. I sow in 

 boxes in forcing pit from the 10th to the 20feh of 

 January. When plants are large enough they 

 are transplanted to a side bench, setting them 

 two or three inches apart. In March they 

 are planted between lettuce or radish rows, set- 

 ting them one foot apart in the row, and the 

 rows fifteen inches apart. Or if the hotbed con- 

 tains nothing when the cauliflowers are planted, 

 radishes, lettuce or Egyptian beets may be 

 sown between the rows. Even carrots and Kohl- 

 Rabi may be forced with the cauliflower. There 

 could be much greater profits made on vegeta- 

 bles if more attention were given to a succession 

 of crops. It is not always necessary that one 

 crop perfect itself before another be planted in 

 its place. By studying suitable crops and plant- 

 ing between the rows several crops from the 

 same grouud may be had in a season. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Protection to Orchards. — Mr. Yeomans, of 

 Walworth, N. Y., attributes much of his great 

 success in orcharding to the employment of 

 shelter belts of evergreens and other trees. 



Grape Rot. — What is the matter with the 

 grape ia Kentucky this season? We hear sad 

 accounts of the rot. Only Ives and Norton 

 seem to have escaped. 



