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the best of the above are valuable keeping Apples. The Eeinette 

 Grise may be seen in fiue condition in the markets at lioiien in 

 June, and Eeinette tres-tardive is good in July. Those who 

 wish to plant good early Apples might try Borovitsky, and a few 

 of the best early kinds ; but it is better to devote most of the 

 horizontal cordons to the growth of the finer and later fruits. 

 Of the above selection the Calville Blanc, the Eeinette du Canada, 

 and Mela Carla must be grown on a warm wall ; the Mother, 

 Melon, and several of the other later and finer Apples will also be 

 grateful for the same protection. 



Of the kinds of French Apples that may be had grafted on the 

 Paradise abundantly in nurseries all over France the following 

 are among the best : Calville Blanc, Eeinette du Canada, E. 

 d'Angleterre, E. Grise, E. de Caux, E. tres-tardive, E. de 



Bretagne, E, d'Espagne, Belle Dubois, Belle Josephine, Calville 

 St. Sauveur. As a great number of trees is required for this 

 mode of planting ; as the Apple on the Paradise occupies but a 

 small space in nurseries compared to other trees ; and as it is 

 very likely that before long there will be a demand for this form 

 of tree, it is to be hoped that our nurserymen will offer suitable 

 kinds at a very low rate by the dozen, score, or hundred, as is 

 the case in France. Till this is done there can be no hope of 

 the perfect and general success of the system. 



As to the culture of the Apple on the Paradise in its earliest 

 stage in nurseries, M. Jean Durand of Bourg-lu-Eeine, near Paris, 

 writes to me as follows : — 



" If tlie Apple-tree is to be grown in the form of the horizontal 

 cordon, it must be grafted on the variety known to horticulturists 

 as the Paradise. This variety, which loves a fresh, damp, clayey 



