adapted to Scotland. S 1 9 



third year after grafting, and a single apple weighs sometimes J 4 or 15 ounces. 

 Perhaps the following list will do to begin with : — 



Apples. Doonside, Brandy apple, Hawthornden, Yorkshire greening, Rib- 

 ston pippin, Downton pippin, Stirling Castle, French crab, Hubbard's pear- 

 main, Paradise pippin, Gogar pippin, and Keswick codlin. 



Pears. Green chisel, Jargonelle, Green pear of Yair, Autumn bergamot, 

 Galston, Muirfowl egg, Swiss bergamot, and Elton. 



Plums. Green gage, Red magnum bonum, Washington, Caledonia, White 

 magnum bonum, Wine sour. 



Cherries. May duke, Morello. 



Currants. Red and white : Common red, Champagne white, Knight's 

 sweet red. Black : Common, Black Naples. 



Gooseberries. Many varieties of red, white, yellow, and green. 



Raspberries. Red and yellow Antwerp. 



Strawberries. Grove End scarlet, Keen's seedling, Roseberry, and Elton. 



Vegetables. Peas : Early Charlton, Dwarf marrowfat, Blue Prussian, 

 Early fawn. Beans : Early mazagan, Longpod, Broad Windsor. Cabbages : 

 Early May, Early York, Drumhead, Sugarloaf, Savoy, Early green, Yellow, 

 and the Winter; Brussels sprouts; Kale, German greens, Purple or brown 

 kale. Cauliflowers. Broccoli : Grange's early, Sulphur-coloured. Kidney- 

 beans : Scarlet runners, White Canterbury. Potatoes : many varieties, early 

 and late. Carrots : Early horn, and Altringham. Turnips : Early white 

 Dutch, Stone, Dutch yellow, and Aberdeen yellow. Parsneps, Red beet, 

 varieties of Radishes, Onions. 



The cottager ought to sow plenty of onions. What he does not require 

 for his family will meet with a ready market. He should also plant as much 

 as he can spare of his ground in early potatoes ; they generally sell well, and 

 the crop is soon off the ground, which enables him to prepare it for winter 

 cropping, leeks and chard, white beet and spinach. The cottager may not 

 be without his salads ; if he chooses, he may have his varieties of lettuce, en- 

 dive, parsley, cress, &c. He should not be without his plot of rhubarb ; it 

 is useful in the family, and in the spring a considerable quantity may be sold 

 to innkeepers, confectioners, and others. He should also have his border for 

 herbs, such as spearmint, peppermint, pennyroyal, balm, tansy, rue, hyssop, 

 rosemary, sage, and thyme. I think the list of bulbs and fibrous-rooted per- 

 ennials given in the Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion might do also 

 for some cottage gardens. 



The Cottager's Calendar, like others of a similar nature, must be somewhat 

 general ; for 1 find places within three or four miles of one another vary con- 

 siderably, when the altitude varies ; and, as Scotland is a country of hills 

 and valleys, the intelligent and observant cottager will soon learn the proper 

 time of sowing and planting. 



January. Trench and manure ground for early crops. Fruit trees may 

 still be planted and pruned. 



February. Sow peas and beans ; also a small quantity of early horn car- 

 rot and Dutch turnip. Onions, in light soils, may be sown. Plant strawber- 

 ries about the end of the month ; gooseberries, currants, and raspberries may 

 also be planted. 



March. Sow the main crops of onions, leeks, peas, cabbages, carrots, 

 parsneps, beans, Brussels sprouts, German greens, lettuce, spinach, and pars- 

 ley. Plant early potatoes in warm situations, and full crops of cabbages. The 

 cottager may now try his hand on grafting. 



April. Sow peas and beans, turnips. Plant full crops of early and late 

 potatoes. Hoe and thin carrots, turnips, onions, spinach. Earth up cab- 

 bages, potatoes, peas, and beans. 



May. Sow kidneybeans, cabbages, and German greens, for late crops. 

 Sow also a small quantity of cauliflower seed, also white and yellow turnip. 

 Hoe and earth up the various crops that require it. 



