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* 4. Bi.KNHKiM Pn'i'iN. — All I'.xcclleiit varit'ly; fruit 



of <:u<k1 f)uality. and suit;il)lt' for both cookiii;,' 

 aii<l dessert, rffjiiiics strong soil, and does not 

 l).'ar till well estahlislicd. 



Sriisiiii. — Novcrnlirr to P'rluiiaiy. 

 :"(. (."haiilks Ross. — A liijridy-coionrrd variety, with 

 lar|.'f fruit of ^'ood C|nality. 



S I'll. II I II . — XovcmiIk'I". 



ti. Ci.A^dATK I'Kii.MAix. — A "Tood lati' Variety for |)ri- 

 vate use; not suitahlt' for market. 



,'<piisiiii. — .lanuary and Fel)ruary. 



* 7. Co.v'.s Orange Piitix. — The best lato de.ssort 



variety; to {.'el tlie best results it shonld he 

 grown entirely on Paradise stock, and wliere 

 found to succeed it should l)e phinted exten- 

 sively. 



Sensijii. — Noveadjer to March. 

 > l)i:voxsHiKK QuAKiUCXDKX. — All old variety, now 

 largely superseded hy \Vori-est( r Pearniain; 

 a very free hearer, hut liahle tf> '" sj)ot " if 

 grown in a dainj) situation. 

 Sf II. Ill II . — Se])teMil)er. 



' ".I. (iA.scovxKS ScAKi.irr Sr,Ki>Mxu, on Gi-ohy of 

 Ex'tiLANi). — A highly-coloured variety, snit- 

 ahle hoth for cooking and dessert: a strong 

 grower on cith(>r Paradise or crab stock; well 

 suited for market purposes. 



Spii.\i)ii. — November and December. 



hi. .Ia.mks (J|{1k\'e. — A heavy cro])])ing variety of 

 re<-ent introduction; the fruit has a fine 

 flavour, but is soft and easily damaged, and 

 tiius ri-quires careful [lacking : should be 

 grown chieHy as a bush. 



Sen.si/ii — October and November. 



II Ki.NG OK Putins. — A variety which requires 

 high-class cnlture to grow ])roperly; there is 

 a tendency for the fruit to set very thickly, 

 and to procure apples of'good size tliis neces- 

 sitates thinning, the fruit is cleficient in 

 flavour, and in some soils is liahle to 

 ■'spot"; generally does much better in the 

 Sfiuth than in the North of Ireland. 



Sensnn. — November and Deceuiber. 



* ]•_• I.ADv SuDELEY. — One of the handsomest of our 



large early dessert apples; fine flavour and 



Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees. 



'I'liE following extracts are from the| " Spraying 

 Calendar, " given by Professor Pickering. M.A., 

 K.K.8.. Director of the Wobnrn Exijeriuiental Fruit 

 Farm, and F. V. Theobald. M.A.. Vice-Principal. 

 South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent, in 

 their A-^ery useful hand-book. " Fruit Trees and their 

 Enemies." (Copies of this book can be had post 

 free for Is. 9d. each.) 



■"Apart from the ccmsideration of the direct action 

 of a winter Avash in destroying \'arious pests Avhicli 

 are probably present, moss, lichen and dead bark 

 must ahvays accumulate, and the freer trees are 

 kept from these the healthier they Avill be, and the 

 less Avill be the opportunities afforded for insects to 

 flourish on them." 



■' From January to March. — Spray trees Avith a 

 caustic paraffin emulsion for cleansing them of dead 

 bark, and destroying moss, lichen, mussel .scale, 

 small apple, ermin moth, gooseberry and currant 

 scale, gooseberry spider, currant shoot and fruit 

 moth, pear leaf blister mite, and possibly other 

 insects." 



Winter spraying is now resorted to by practically 

 every up-to-date fruit grower. The formula most 

 recommended for Winter Spraying Emulsion is as 

 folloAvs : — Soft soap i lb.; paraffin (solar distillate) 

 5 pints; caustic soda. 2 to 2J lbs.; water. '.H gallons. 

 The necessary articles for this Spraying Mixture 

 can be had. Avith directions for mixing, from D. M. 

 AVatson. M.P.S.. Horticultural Chemist. 61 South 

 Great George's Street. Dulilin (Phone, 1971). Avho 

 also keeps in stock Cooper's V.I. Winter Wash, 

 Heiger's Lime Sulj)hnr Soluti'Hi. <Vc.. ^c. 



quality; does best on Paradise stock.; inclined 

 to canker on crab stock Avhen planted in cold 

 and undrained soil. 



Season. — Sept end )ei'. 



RiBSTON Pipi'ix. — An old variety. Avhich re- 

 quires high-class cultivation; very liable to 

 canker, and not recommended for general 

 planting. 



Sen son. — November to March. 



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