VAKIETIES OF FRUIT RECOMMENDED. 



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CURRANTS. 



1. Knight's Sweet. Early red. 



2. Baby Castle. Late red. Largest bearer and strongest grower. 



3. White Dutch. White. 



4. Baldwin's or Carter's Champion. Black. Great bearer. Very 

 subject to mite. 



5. Lee's Prolific. Black. Best for light soils. Less subject to mite. 



6. Boskoop Giant. Black. The largest berry, bunch, and crop. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



1. Crown Bob. G. D. 7. Leader. D. 



2. Broom Girl. D. 8. Bed Champagne. D. 



3. Dan's Mistake. G. D. 9. Warrington. D. 



4. Yellow Champagne. D. 10. Whitesmith. D. 



Keepsake. G. 11. Whinham's Industry. G. 



6. Lancashire Lad. G. 12. Langley Gage. D. 



13. Langley Beauty. D. 



Note. — All Gooseberries may be used green for cooking, and it is well to thin the 

 dessert varieties for this purpose. Those which are best suited for cooking, either 

 green or ripe, are marked with a G ; those of best flavour when ripe, with a D. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



1. Boyal Sovereign. The best early. 



2. President. Free-bearing and good flavour. Mid-season. 



3. Sir Joseph Paxton. The chief market variety. 



4. Givons Late Prolific. The best late Strawberry. 



NOTES ON PLANTING. 



The best months for planting bushes and trees are the end of October, 

 November, February, and the first half of March. Just digging a hole, 

 cramming the roots in, shovelling the soil over, stamping it down, and 

 leaving it, is the wrong way to plant, and can only result in failure. 

 The right way is : 



(i) Never let trees lie about with their roots exposed to the 

 air. If several have to be planted lay the roots in the ground first, 

 and then plant at your leisure. 



(ii) Open a hole at least 1 foot broader than the roots cover. 

 Throw out the top spit, then well break up the bottom to the full 

 depth of a fork or spade, replace some of the finer soil in a mound in 

 the centre of the hole, and set the tree upon it. 



(iii) If the roots are in any way jagged or torn, cut the ends 

 cleanly off with a sharp knife from the under side, and shorten back 

 all downward roots. 



(iv) Place the tree in position 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 



