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to plant and which to avoid ; and while acknowledging that varieties 

 which succeed admirably in one place are sometimes failures in others, 

 then an certain varieties that are either not worth growing, or are SO 

 loiiL r in cm 11 n leucine to crop freely that, in these days when quick returns 

 are desired, only disappointment would follow from planting them. In 

 mentioning the following, we only give our individual experience in 

 di tie rent parts of the country, trusting that it may induce intending 

 planters to be careful how they select their varieties before ordering 

 their tri es. Take, for instance, that immense Apple ' Belle Dubois ' (syn. 

 4 Gloria Mundi') : seeing it on the exhibition table, many are tempted 

 to order trees ; but we never saw a heavy crop on the trees yet, and on 

 heavy or light soils our experience is that no variety is more prone to 

 canker. Another very showy and striking Apple is ' Bietigheimer Red,' 

 and for exhibition it is no doubt a telling dish in a collection, but we 

 have always found it one of the lightest bearers. The well-known 

 1 Cellini Pippin ' is a most excellent bearer and of good quality on warm 

 and deep well-drained soils ; but on thin or cold soils it cankers badly, 

 and the fruits are prone to become spotted, and rot on the trees before 

 they are ripe. Another excellent variety, viz. ' Blenheim Orange,' requires 

 a good deep warm soil, and plenty of patience, to get heavy crops ; 

 probably no Apple is longer in coming into bearing or gives better results 

 when bearing does begin, but for the amateur it is often most dis- 

 appointing. Sometimes we hear it said that ' Cornish Gilliflower ' is 

 superior in flavour to ' Cox's Orange Pippin,' but though it may rival it, 

 it so seldom bears even a moderate crop that it can scarcely be said to 

 pay for its room. ' New Hawthornden ' is a very fine-looking Apple, and 

 the tree is a good grower and very free bearer, but our experience of it 

 is that it is one of the worst cooking varieties grown, neither baking nor 

 boiling well ; in fact, in some seasons, it is so tough that it cannot be 

 cook.d at all. 'Round ^vYinter Nonsuch' is occasionally recommended 

 as a useful long-keeping Apple to plant ; but, having grown it as bush, 

 pyramid, and standard, it has always proved a remarkably shy bearer. 

 ' Mere de Menage ' and ' Striped Beefing ' are only suitable for planting 

 as standard trees, and then they are a long time in getting into a free- 

 cropping condition. When planted as dwarf trees, they have to be 

 continually root-pruned to procure a crop. Many other varieties could 

 be named more or less unsatisfactory, and it would be a great boon to 

 nurserymen, market growers, and amateur and professional gardeners 

 if tin catalogues of Apples could be reduced to moderate dimensions ; not 

 only should we have heavier crops of finer quality, but barren or com- 

 paratively useless trees in our gardens and orchards would not be so 

 conspicious. 



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H whatever political creed we may be, all the peoples of Great 

 («*d ot In kind too) must surely rejoice in the wonderful con - 

 lattonol tli.. Empire which has recently advanced with such leaps 

 bounds, Thi more general acknowledgment of the ties of kinship 

 the drawing closer of the bonds of friendship, between the old 



