1895. 



GARDENING. 



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OSAGE MUSK MELONS [SEE PAGE 185.] 



also Lady Playfair, lora, Yi viand-Morel 

 and Maud Dean. 



Seven Others.— Inter-Ocean, pearly 

 ])ink, a splendid variety; Pitcher & Manda, 

 yellow and white, novel: Harry May, 

 iironze; George William Childs, crimson; 

 Puritan, lilac shading to white, a splen- 

 did old varietv; Robert McTnnes, old gold 

 and crimson; and Hicks .\rnold, bronze. 



Aquatics. 



EGYFTIflN LOTUS flS fl TUB. PLANT. 



In G.\RDENiNG, page 152, Mr. McElvery 

 recommends Nyrnphiea Marliacea chrom- 

 atella. X. alba candidissima, N. pygmxa 

 Hehiola and .V. odorata rosea as tub 

 plants. These are all good, doubtless the 

 best of the hardy nynipha;as. But after 

 years of experience with all kinds of 

 aquatics in the various ways of culture 1 

 pronounce the Egyptian lotus (Neluni- 

 biiim speciosum) pre-eminently the most 

 reliable and satisfactory of all the hardy 

 water lilies for tubs. 



Geo. B. MofLDER. 



Smith's Grove. Kv. 



The Fruit Garden. 



SELECT flFFLES BND FEARS FOR LONG 

 ISLAND. 



AVe have grown the following varieties 

 of apples and pears, and from many years 

 experience find them adapted to our soil 

 and climate, and can recommend with 

 confidence to amateurs. 



.\ DOZEN APPLES. 



Yellow Tr.\nsi'.\kent.— Bears quite 

 early and abundantly; needs thinning. 



H.\RVEST. — .\n early apple and good for 

 cooking and dessert.' 



Red Astrach.\n.— The fruit ripens in 

 succession on the tree; prolific and beau- 

 tiful. 



BoiGH.— This is the best early sweet 

 apple; if a sweet apple is not wanted sub- 

 stitute Twenty Ounce, it ripi ns in autumn. 



Gravenstein.— The best fruit of its sea- 

 son for all purposes. 



Maiden's Blush.— Beautiful and good 

 for all purposes. 



HiBBARDSTOx NoxsiCH.— E.xtra large 

 and beautiful; our best early winter apple. 



Baldwin, RoxBiRY Russet and Peck's 

 Pleasant are excellent. Thelatter is the 

 best substitute we have for the Newtown 

 Pippin, which it resembles, and it is such 

 a favorite that we reserve it for home 

 consumption. 



Rhode Island Greening.— Xext to the 

 Baldwin this is the most popular winter 

 apple. 



Long Island Russet.— This is the best 

 long keeping apple we have and when 

 ripe is good for all purposes. Tree 

 very productive. A selection of more 

 than thirty sorts in some respects as 

 good as this can be made, bnt too many 

 varieties are objectionable except for the 

 interest in testing new kinds. We have had 

 more than 150 varieties to bear, but 

 when we gather them it is often vexation 

 of spirit and manj' are of little worth 

 although good in some sections of our 

 country. To plant and care for a fruit 

 tree and find it after years to be worth- 

 less is a sore disappointment. 



A DOZEN pears. 



Doyenne d' Ete.— This is our I)est ear- 

 liest pear; the tree is a good bearer and 

 thrifty grower. The fruit is pleasant but 

 not high flavored. 



Giffard. — It is not a rapid grower but 

 is an excellent dessert fruit, in fact the 

 best early pear we have tested. 



Clapp's Favorite.— a very strong 

 grower, bearing large and handsome 

 fruit whose only fault is that it rccjuires 

 care in picking, and eating in the proper 

 season. It should be picked when com- 

 mencing to change color. 



Bartlett. — Indispensable and well 

 known. The fruit should be thinned when 

 half grown, and picked only when 

 near ripe. Many pick all their liarilctts 

 at one time but' that is a mistake, they 

 should be picked at three diflcrent times 

 taking only those that change color, and 

 the last picking will be the best fruit. 



TvsoN. — .\ good'grower bearing hand- 

 some fruit of good <|uality. 



Boussock. — .\ verv rapid grower and 

 good bearer with large fine fruit. 



Howell.— This is e(|ual for canning to 

 anv X good early bearer and the pears 



keeps long after being gathered. Wecon- 

 sider it the best after Bartletts are gone. 



Sheldon. — The tree is an abundant 

 bearer. Although the fruit is good it is 

 inferior to those grown in Western New 

 York. Heavy deep soil suits it best. 



Seckel —Well known as the best in 

 flavor, but needs the best soil and culture. 



Anjou and Dana's Hovev are the best 

 laic ])cars we have here. 



KiEiEKR. — Much praise and often 

 despised, still we want the Kieffer. Treat 

 il well, thin outthe fruit one-half or three- 

 Iburlhs, and we have pears good for can- 

 ning and passable, sdnietimes quite good 

 to eat. We think potash in some form is 

 what pear as well as a])ple trees need on 

 Long Island in which our soil is deficient, 



Wcstbury, L. I. Isaac Hicks. 



A DOZEN CHOICE APFLBS. 



The following varieties are the best and 

 most suitable sorts for amateurs to culti- 

 vate in this part of the country, and 

 they can be depended upon to give a 

 succession of fine fruit of the highest ex- 

 cellence. 



SUMMER apples. 



Early Harvest. One of the earliest. 

 It is of good size, pale yellow, and fine, 

 mild flavor. 



Primate. This is, perhaps, our best 

 summer apple. The skin is j-ellow with 

 blush on sunny side; and the flesh is ten- 

 der, juicy and of the best quality. Excel- 

 lent dessert fruit. 



Sweet Bough. A large, yellow, sweet, 

 tender, juicy, good fruit. 



autu-MN apples. 



Fameuse. a deep crimson apple of 

 medium size. Flesh snow white, tender 

 and delicious. 



Oldenburg. A handsome, large, red 

 and yellow variet}-; juicy, tender and 

 pleasant. Fine for table and kitchen. 



Red Bietigheimek. A new and valua- 

 ble large, conical, purplish crimson apple; 

 flesh white, firm, subacid and pleasant. 



Red Canada. This is a superb bright 

 red fruit of medium size, with rich, subacid, 

 delicious flesh. 



Rhode Island Greening. An old but 

 indispensable soi-t of good size, greenish 

 yellow color and excellent ciuality. 



Sw.\ar. a large lemon yellow fruit of 

 the highest quality, beingrich, tcnderand 

 aromatic. It requires high cultivation 



riety. Its color is whitish yellow, and its 

 flesh is firm, rich and very sweet. It also 

 is splendid baked. 



ToMPKix's Co. King. A verj' large and 

 magnificent fruit of prime quality. A 

 vigorous tree. 



Wealthy. X recently introduced va- 

 riety of decided merit. Its fruit is of 

 medium size, roundish, dark red, juicy, 

 vinous, subacid and good. 



Rochester, N. Y. John Charlton. 



T«E BOUSSOCK (DOYENNE BOUSSOCK) FEAR. 



One of the largest, best and most 

 deserving of our autumn varieties. The 

 tree is a thrifty grower and it bears a 

 good crop of good fruit year after year, 

 being good both as a dwarf and a stand- 

 ard. Our illustration is engraved from a 

 photoiraph of Dosoris fruit from a dwarf 



Don't be in a hurry to uncover straw- 

 berry beds or to unearth raspberry or 

 grape vine canes. Or fig trees, that have 

 been buried over winter, no matter how 

 warm and bright the weather maj' turn 

 out to be. 



