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APPLE. 



soon after as possible ; not put away, as is too often 

 the case with such things, in any bye corner, but 

 properly plunged, mulched, and regularly watered, 

 to recover their vigour, and ripen their buds for the 

 next year. It is hardly necessary to add, that, where 

 a succession of forced apples are required, a suffi- 

 cient stock of potted plants must be kept for the 

 purpose ; as a few such fruit plucked from the trees 

 a month or two before they ripen naturally, are al- 

 ways regarded as a delicacy. 



The Juneating, w^ithin the author's memory (above 

 seventy years), used to be cried in the streets of 

 London as " fine gennettings,'' showing how much 

 more plentiful the fruit were then than now; and, 

 though plentiful, was omitted in the abridgement of 

 Millar's Dictionary, published in the year 1771 5 the 

 year in which that prince of gardeners" died. 



3. Margaret. — Is a favourite apple, ripening 

 about the end of August. The fruit is small, and 

 rather oblong; the colour alight red, with streaks 

 of a deeper colour next the sun. The flesh is melt- 

 ing; and, in favourable seasons, the juice is sweet 

 and pleasant. It is a better bearer than the Juneat- 

 ing, which has caused it to be more generally cul- 

 tivated. The fruit should be gathered before they 

 are quite ripe in order to have them in perfection, 

 as they soon get juiceless and mealy. Two trees 

 are enough in any private collection, trained and 

 managed like the Juneating, either in the orchard, 

 as espaliers, or as dwarfs, on the borders of the 

 garden. It is also suitable for potting. 



