IP Aug., 1909.] Orchard Notes. 513 



spreading habit, the wwd bein^ cavre.l with white spots, the leaves 

 arge and thick. It thrives in most of the apple-growing di.stricls of 



the State. 



Dumelo\v's_ Seedling has been exported to England since the inception 

 ot the trade, its good keeping qualities insuring safe carriage under fair 

 conditions. It has always realized a price that is profitable, and is a 

 tavourite \ariety for shipping with manv experienced exporters. The 

 trui is ready for shipment during M.arch in the southern districts, earlier 

 in the warmer portions of the State. It is also a valuable variety for 

 exhibition, a dish of specimens of medium size and high colour scoring 

 maximum points from capable judges, particularlv in exrxjrt section! 

 ivhere it is classed as one of the best six. 



_ On account of its spreading habit of growth. Dumelow's Seedling 

 IS an easy apple to prune. By carrving the limbs in an oblique direc 

 tion and entirely removing the heaxy laterals, it produces spurs along 

 the branches from the ba.se to the summit. On old trees, thinnin.^ the 

 truit spurs constitutes the greater part of the pruning. The fruh on 

 young trees is usually large and gross, and should not be exported or 

 stored as it is liable to be affected bv "bitter pit."- The fruit froir- 

 mature trees wdl keep under fair treatment in handling and storing 



SL r V "' ^^f' \ '' '"'"'''^"^ ^^-^ b^"^S "^ g««d condition in thi 

 IJurnley Gardens under the management of the late Mr. George Xeilson 

 on the 13th January of the following season 



It is liable to attacks of woolly aphis and black spot {Fusidadium), 

 but 1 not a kind that the codlin moth favours. The trees at maturitv 

 bear heavy crops in alternate seasons. On the whole. Dumelow's Seedling 

 IS a fair apple, especially for export; but in all districts there art 

 varieties which suit the local conditions and are more profitable, especiallv 

 IV hen marketed direct from the trees. pe^^aiiy 



ORCHARD XOTES. 



/. Cromn, Principal, School of Horticulture, Burnley. 

 Planting and pruning deciduous trees should be completed this month. 



ions of . nlff "l"^ "'"'^^ '""^^''" '^ '''^^ ^'^-^h with important opera- 

 rebuts Lh. ^^f;\"g/haracter and will also tend to prevent maxi^mum 

 results I^mg obtained, even if proper means and methods are emploNcd 

 In warm Northern districts, particularlv, planting should be finished eart 



veXr s ?' rt '-"^'^ '"""" "^ a measure^established before the hot 

 leather sets in it is also important that the trees generally should be 

 pruned before active growth begins or a decided check m. a v follow 



trees so'lh^.t^to T""^ ^'''''''^ "*^^^^ '^"^^^"^g "^^«^t« i"fest the 

 irD;rfec K s^fe tn"""^ '^?'-"'^, '■''^' I '*'^"S ''-''^ ^'^>- be applied. It 

 sre.^rHr/, . n /'f ^'^ ^^"I-^^o"^ before bud movement begins at a 

 stiengrth that will destroy any scales, red spider eggs or aphides that 



Tpplic'tiora^fe; d''^'f"'^^? ''''''' ^^ ^^"^-^ --'« foll^f a sinfil 

 application a few davs later. In some cases, the trees are spraved first and 



cer^nrtrnple^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ""''-'''--' -"'- '^ ^^^ — ^-^ -dStt 



onlf'^'"""^^''-''"'' ""^ ^'''^ ""-"'^ important operations connected with the 

 culture of fruit trees, and considerable space has been devoted to the 



