DECEMBER 13, 1919.] 
BUSH PEARS IN THE OPEN. 
Tuar the flavour of Pea s gn own on trees i 
the open bears no а: а. о the flavour of 
n wall trees, i oll dispute. 
aliuding to the few sorts that are 
somewhat tender in the Engl 1 апа 
ar in the well as in 
de nd su v je: the 
ateur, with his 1 plo nd, grows t 
sh himself with. desira ruit during Sep- 
tember, October, November, and on till February 
pla: stout, bush trees 
É 
Zn 
deep, subsoil [^ up, 
mianure ted “liberally ri the upper 
rees sely pruned to ШКЕ + vigorous 
1 апа air to 
, as I am strongly of the opinion 
that maturity of has muc: do wi 
ture ent success of the trees. The 
in 
crops of large, fully- 
ry yea 
еч ай, "ЫП varie’ er possessing much 
solidity of flesh and yea p flavour to fruit of 
ihe sa iras from wall t 
So much has this experiment of clos e planting 
Ov E à success, that I Pon planting 
ees of the Es ieties oth 
uch scope in paote really 
in Apples, for varieties 
second-rate in y es 
to open culture. “ rts I originally 
lanted were Williams’ Bon Chrétien, uise 
of Jersey, Beurre Superfin, Beurre 
ae eras du Comice and Josephine de 
FRUIT REGISTER. 
GALANDE AND 
AGLE 
PEACHES, CRIMSON 
GOI 
JDEN s 
it is seldom met m" 1 
of vigorous кен a free cropper k 
The fruits are medium to 
heated house, the generality 
ot ta: able to the 
Ea 
" e 
; the fruits are ‘any 
all apotti ideal for the 
this Peach is firsi t-class, pro- 
e 
icc ncester 
APPLE HISTON CROPPER. 
ton Cropper (see Fig. m 
His was 
Messrs. pm at the meeting of 
orti. 0! е 
п" he members of the Frui 
Committee were impressed with its merits as a 
THE GARDENERS’ 
“next to the sun. We understand 
1 ted i 
CHRONICLE. 
303 
culinary variety, and expressed a wish t 
fruits again later in the season. ys ШО attain 
m s this Apple natural size e seen 
t the shape is somewhat ird ic and that the 
ra is set in a shallow irregular basin, the seg- 
ee 
sens 
„л 
Y new Apple is cu yis in the Histon 
ort. 
ighbourhood as a market 
Fic. 143.—APPLE 
THE ART OF TOP-DRESSING. 
Top-pRESSING is an item of garden work n 
now practised to the extent it might be for the 
benefit of arceri. саар) plants, and for the 
g «d y 
cum 
1 н a ee 
= 
= 
ao 
ia 
m 
la 
soil, quickie spread a а net-work of roots on "e 
surface en these feeding roots the 
ver cultivator applies a top-dressing, t.e., 
m at once with a dressing of 
soil. A thick covering does not radona such 
good results, especially if the soil is gh all heavy. 
In order to obtain stur dy, сака. es not 
ver-luxu ves growths in Tom plants 
iie placed in a small сау T Soil pes is 
fairly heavy. wid of close texture, without any 
addition of nitrogenous matter, but with a fair 
amount of phosphates, such as steamed bone 
flour and superphosphates afford, and potash, 
i of wood ash. 
o not a hes amo agging 
occurs in “brig ht weather, even while the house 
is fully ventilated. In ША a case wate’ 
applied and perhaps the plants are syringed 
overhead. There is a temporary revival, but the 
HISTON CROPPER: 
plants flag again on the next hot t day. If the 
surface of the soil is examined a network of roots 
may found, not like those of the Cucumber, 
but too fo! n serv 
with the naked eye, and some of them 
d 
roots of each plant produces a magical 
i is repeated 
aking ge of the owledge thus 
gained a grow ay resolve in future to place 
the plants positions w hey may be 
ily a thy 
i nd er 
the best ilis but not all can afford the 
etl : 4. IS la air a RS RIE LE EI iai C LES GSE SETI CCE LONNIE AS EI Ce CERE ic 
