1/4 ] our )ial oj Agriculture. [8 March. 1907. 



Roses started into growth during February should be kept growing 

 steadily. The plants will lie benefited bv the application of liquid manure 

 once a week. Where a number of weakly shoots occur they should be 

 reduced to one or two. On the first appearance of mildew the plants 

 should be " dusted " wdth flowers of sulphur, choosing earlv morning while 

 the dew is on the plants for the application. 



Carnation layers should be ready for remoyal from the plants, and 

 may be planted out in their flowering quarters, or rowed out, to plant 

 later. They should be attended to in regard to watering and cultiyation 

 should the weather be hot and dry. Seeds of hardv annuals, biennials, 

 and \'ario'Us perennials, may be sown, and herbaceous plants dixided and 

 replanted. 



Seedling pan.sies, Iceland po]}pies. and other plants raised t-arlier may 

 be planted where it is in ended they should l)loom. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Ground should be pre[)ared. if not already done, for the reception of 

 various winter crops. In low, moist situations the beds for various vege- 

 tables should be narrow and ele\ated. With an earlv start, and narrow, 

 well ridged beds, many kinds may be grown that would otherwise fail. 



Growing crops will need to be kept free from weeds and be well cul- 

 tivated, especially where water is not available. 



Seeds may be sown of cabbage, cauliflower, early varieties of peas, 

 and various saladings. Plants from former sowings may be transplanted. 

 A dull day is most suitable for such \vork ; if the soil is dry it should be 

 watered a day or so previous to planting. 



DESCRIPTION OF APPLE. 



James Lang. Harcourt. 



Newtown Pippin. 



Fruit medium size ; about 3 inches at the base. 2\ inches high, and 

 sometimes oblique from the stalk. Skin greenish vellow, and occasionally 

 a rich golden yellow, dotted over with minute russet dots. Eye closed, 

 set in a shallow plaited basin ; stalk short, inserted in a wide, deep cavity 

 lined with russet, which entirely covers the base of the apple. Flesh 

 yellowish white, tinged with green, crisp and juicy, with a rich aromatic 

 flavour. Tree a moderate grower, and forms a large spreading head ; 

 crops well. 



This is a dessert apple of the very highest excellence, and is considered 

 by many experts to be the finest flavoured apple in cultivation. In season 

 from April until October, being one of the best keeping varieties of apples 

 we have. It is also one of the very best varieties for export, and should 

 always be forwarded with the latest shipments. 



It is an American variety, having originated at Newtown, Long Island, 

 U.S.A. Downing says that there are two varieties of this apple, the green 

 and the yellow, the difference being in colour only, but from the experience 

 of the writer he is oif opinion that there is only one variety, the difference in 

 colour ari.sing from the situation of the trees. In his own orchard, trees 

 worked from the same stock show a marked difference in the fruit, some 

 ripening a beautiful golden yellow, whilst from other trees the apples are 

 always a greenish vellow. 



