188 THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



?keeps well until March, a«cl outsells Baldwin or any apple brought here 

 from the south. 



Magog Red Streak.-— If it wei-e not for the Wealthy, this would 

 stand at the head of oar "Winter apples. It is large, handsome, and a 

 jn[Ood keeper until April. The tree is hardy, thrifty, and a profuse bearer, 

 •but the fruit has too little red to compete wit3i the S]ilendid Wealthy as a 

 ^market apple. And yet it is styled in the report of the Iowa Horticultural 

 ^Society, " the beautiful Magog Red Streak." 



Scott's Winter.— This is the apple which well replaces, for us, the 

 Roxbury Russet of a milder clime. It is of medium size, heavily striped, 

 ■and sometimes covered with red. It is " hard as a rock" until April — 

 •sour, and only useful for cooking. As the warmth of Spring begins to 

 reach it, it mellows, becomes mild, aromatic, and far better in quality for 

 xlessert than the Roxbury Russet. The tree is a ti-ue " iroja-clad," a 

 (profuse bearer on alternate years, with a good crop in intermediate seasons, 

 in my orchard of 1,400 trees, the Wealthy and Scott head the list — 400 of 

 each. The Scott keeps well into July, and not only keeps, but keeps fresh 

 '■and crisp, with almost no loss, when properly handled and stored. 



RENEWJXG STEAWBEPJ^Y BEDS. 



BY OUR MEMBER IN ENGLAND. 



I have just all but finished i&y j'vlaitting on the principle of dividing 

 the branch or clump into sepatrate heads or crowns, and choosing tlie 

 best of them for replanting. My two beds or borders are, one just 100 

 feet long by 12 wide, taking, at 2 feet apart each way, just 300 plants; 

 the other is half the width, 6 feet l)y a length of about 150 ; I have 

 not measured it, and therefore having 225 plants, so that I have in 

 •^all over 500 plants — a pretty little lot for a small garden. The idea 

 ^of planting this way was quite new to me when I first read of it this 

 ^summer, but it commended itself to me at once, and my little experience 

 an the planting has fully confirmed ray favorable impressions. In the 

 ifirst place the saving of trouble is so great that it is like expunging 

 'that word out of the sentence altogether, and instead of giving up the 

 .growing of strawberries on account of the trouble, I feel now as if I 

 : should not mind if the replanting was a matter of course every year. 

 ^STow as regards the efficacy or sufficiency of this mode, I cannot see 

 • any reason for doubting it. I find, after doing all the manipulation 

 myself, my man only digging the ground (two spades deep) that every 

 •crown or head in the clump is to all intents and purposes a new plant 

 <of this year's grov^th, springing like a bud vout of the old sort, which 



