282 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



STEWART'S SEEDLING APPLE. 



Sir, — I send you by mail two seedling apples, to see what you think of them as an 

 early variety. They ripen here at the same time as the Early Harvest. 



John Stewart, Benmilkr. 



This apple certainly impresses us very favorably. It is about the same size 

 as the Early Harvest, roundish in form, with cavity and basin each of a mode- 

 rate depth ; the skin is nearly covered with bright red on one side, and plainly 

 mottled and dotted with light green. The flesh is white, tender, rich, juicy and 

 of good quality, but inferior in this respect to the Early Harvest. This is an 

 excellent summer dessert apple, and it is suitable for eating out of hand earlier 

 in the season than the Yellow Transparent. It is prettier than the Early 

 Harvest, and just the right size for placing on the table. We hope to hear more 

 about this apple in the future. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



UTTINGS taken early from the geraniums make nice little 

 blooming plants for the window. Such plants, for ex- 

 ample, as will do well even in a three-inch pot and so 

 stand on small shelves at the sides, enliven up a plant 

 stand by a bit of bloom. Such plants are more likely to 

 give satisfaction as bloomers than those taken up out of 

 the flower garden in summer. Along in September is 

 the time when cuttings can be made from all kinds of bedding plants, and so 

 kept over winter, several in a pot or singly in thumb pots. Such plants as have 

 been kept in their pots and out of doors should be occasionally examined to see 

 that the roots do not get through into the free ground. A twist of the pot every 

 now and again will break off the growing roots. The same holds good with such 

 strong growing plants as the chrysanthemum, particularly towards fall, when 

 growth is apt to be robust. Pinching off the tops will be safe with chrysanthe- 

 mums up to the middle of September, and to produce a more bushy plant than 

 if left to grow on without stopping. A mulching of rotten manure on the top 

 of the pots will now be a great help ; or, in its 'absence, manure water may be 

 applied once or twice a week. This plant wants plenty of water when growing 

 fast, and if allowed to wilt before it is applied, is almost sure to cause the lower 

 leaves to turn yellow. A fine grown chrysanthemum should have the leaves 

 fresh and growing almost to the pot. This, with a thinning of the buds very 

 soon after they appear, is the secret ot the immense flowers exhibited at the fall 

 shows. 



