FRUITS FOR COTTAGERS AND SMALL FARMERS. 



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GOOSEBERRIES. 



1. Crown Bob. 



2. Early Sulphur. 



3. Ironmonger. 



4. Lancashire Lad. 



6. Bed Champagne. 



7. Warrington. 



8. Whitesmith. 



9. Whinham's Industry. 



5. Pitmaston Greengage. 



Note.— Nos. 1, 4, and 9 are the best to gather green, and of these No. 9 has 

 the largest fruit. Nos. 5 and 8 are the best white dessert sorts. Nos. 1, 

 6, and 7 are the best red dessert sorts. No. 2 is the best yellow dessert sort. 

 Nos. 4 and 7 are the best for preserving in a ripe state. Nos. 3, 5, and 6 

 are the best small sorts for flavour. Other good varieties are Early White 

 Hedgehog, Kumbullion, Golden Drop, Leader, and Broomgirl. 



Note. — All three are thoroughly dependable Strawberries. No. 1 is 

 perhaps finest in flavour and equal in size and cropping with No. 2. No. 2 

 is firmest in flesh, and therefore travels best. No. 3 is the largest cropper, 

 and almost equal in flavour to No. 1 ; it is a grand Strawberry for 

 preserving. 



The best time for planting all fruits is October and November, 

 except for Strawberries, which should be planted in August or 

 early in September. Just digging a hole, cramming the roots in, 

 shovelling the soil over, stamping it down, and leaving it, is the 

 wrong tvay to plant, and can only result in failure. 



The right way is : — 



i. Break up all the earth to a depth of eighteen inches, 

 either in a square or circle of at least three feet across, but 

 without bringing the bottom spit to the top. 



ii. If the roots are in any way jagged or torn, cut the 

 points cleanly off with a sharp knife, and shorten back all 

 straight downward roots. 



hi. Place the tree in the hole at such a depth that when 

 the planting is finished it will be at the same depth as it was 

 in the nursery, which will be seen by the soil mark on the 

 stem. The depth should be such that the highest up roots 

 will be about three or four inches below the surface when 

 finished. 



iv. The roots will generally be found to be growing from 

 various parts of the stem. Spread out the lowest roots 

 carefully on the soil and scatter a little fine earth over 



Strawberries. 



1. President. 



2. Sir Joseph Paxton. 



3. Vicomtesse Hericart de 

 Thury. 



Note on Planting. 



