COTTAGE GARDENS. 



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COTTAGE GARDENS. 



BROCCOLI. 



Early Cape. 

 Purple Sprouting. 

 Walcheren, or Cauli- 

 flower. 



SAVOY. 



Early Dwarf Ulm. 

 Little Pixie. 



POTATOES. 

 Improved Ash-leaved 



Kidney. 

 York Regent. 

 Beauty of Hebron. 

 Village Blacksmith. 



VEGETABLE MARROW. 

 Improved Custard. 

 Large Long White. 

 Large Cream. 



CUCUMBER. 

 For outdoors. 

 Carter's Best of All. 

 Stockwood. 



KALE. 



Green Curled Scotch. 

 Welsh Kale. 

 Chou de Russie. 



PARSNIPS. 



Students. 

 Hollow-crowned. 



CARROT. 



Early Horn. 

 Intermediate. 

 James's Scarlet. 

 Long Red Surrey. 

 Scarlet Altrincham. 



TURNIP. 



Early Dutch. 

 Hardy White Dutch. 



RADISHES. 



Scarlet Short-top. 

 Turnip, red and white. 



CELERY. 



Coles' CrystalWhite. 

 Coles' Defiance Red. 



Green Curled, winter. 

 White Curled. 



PARSLKY. 



Per- 



LETTUCE. 



H :!T" smith ' for SSSftSJ 



Black-seeded Brown | P etual - 



Cos, all the year. *i c 



Tom Thumb Cab- CORN SALAD ' 



bage. I For winter use. 



Cottage Gardens, Fruit Cul- 

 ture in. 



Of this it is not possible to write at 

 length. Careful planting in November, 

 with secure staking, protection from biting 

 winds from the north and east especially 

 in early spring, when the trees are in 

 bloom sedulous watering of trees recently 

 planted or giving promise of a heavy crop 

 of fruit, judicious pruning above ground 

 and below also, when the growth is too 

 luxurious, and the tree makes too much 

 wood, and is shy of bearing, so as to in- 

 duce the making of fibrous roots, are the 

 cardinal points of the whole duty of cot- 

 tage gardeners. In small gardens the fruit 

 trees will naturally be isolated, and stand 

 here and there, and it is desirable that trees 

 of the pyramid form, or to be worked 



as espaliers, should be planted, because 

 large standard trees overshadow the ground 

 too much, and cast a shade that does no 

 good to vegetables below and near them. 

 Bush fruit and strawberries are most worth 

 the attention of the small grower ; but 

 where the ground is of sufficient extent, a 

 portion may be devoted to the growth of 

 pyramid trees, which may be planted 

 nearly as closely, and will take up little 

 more room than good-sized gooseberry 

 bushes. The following affords a list of 

 trees, bush fruit and ground fruit, best 

 suited to the requirements of the cottage 

 gardener. Apricots, peaches, and necta- 

 rines are included ; but he will not grow 

 these unless he places them against a sunny 

 wall of his dwelling, or garden wall, with 

 southern aspect, if he has it. 



APPLES (DESSERT). 

 Early. 



Red Juneating. 

 Devonshire Quarren- 



den. 



Kerry Pippin. 

 Worcester Pear. 



main. 



Red Astrachan. 

 Stubbard. 



Late. 



Cox's Orange Pippin. 

 Golden Knob. 

 Court Pendu Plat. 

 Gascoyne's Scarlet 



Seedling. 

 Blenheim Orange. 

 Ribston Pippin. 

 King of Pippins. 

 Scarlet Nonpareil. 



APPLES (COOKING). 

 Early. 



Cellini Pippin. 



Lord Suffield. 



Old Hawthornden. 



LoddingtonSeedling. 



Grenadier. 



Lot*. 



Blenheim Orange. 

 Winter Queening. 

 Wellington or Dume- 



low's. 



Northern Greening. 

 Norfolk Beaufin. 



PEARS. 



Early. 



Doyenne d'Ete. 



Lammas. 



Jargonelle. 



Latt. 



Buerre Diel. 



Duchess of Orleans. 



Marie Louise. 



Williams's Bon- 

 Chretien. 



Louise Bonne of Jer- 

 sey. 



Beurre de Capiau- 

 mont. 



Bishop's Thumb. 



Aston Town, or Cre- 

 san. 



PLUMS. 



Victoria. 

 Early Orleanr 

 Greengage. 

 Rivers's Early 



lific. 

 Greengage. 

 Magnum Bonum. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Jefferson, 

 Cox's Emperor, 

 Coe's Golden Drop. 

 Farleigh's Prolific 



Damson. 

 Kentish Cluster. 



VINES. 

 Outdoors. 

 Royal Muscadint 



Pro- 



