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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 30, 1894, 
THE JAPANESE WINEBERRY. 
The illustration (fig. 30) represents a spray of the Japanese Wine- 
berry, botanically known as Rubus phoenicolasius. Branches of this 
plant were exhibited by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, at the Drill 
Hall, Westminster, on the 14th inst., on which occasion the Royal 
Horticultural Society awarded them a first class certificate. The plant 
was introduced from Japan some years ago, but has not found its way 
into many gardens. It is useful for growing in semi-wild positions and 
FIG. 30.— THE JAPANESE WINEBERRY (RUBUS PHCENICOLASIUS). 
is very effective when in bloom, the flowers being pale pink and produced 
in terminal racemes. A profusion of red fruit follows, the character of 
the berries being depicted in the engraving. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, W.C.— Bulb Catalogue. 
W. Clibran & Son, Oldfield Nurseries, Altrincham.— Bulb Catalogue, 
W. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate.— Hyacinths and Other Bulbs, 
E. P. Dixon & Sons, Hull.— Bulbs and Roots. 
Dickson & Robinson, Manchester.— Bulbs and Roses. 
Dicksons, Limited, Chester.—-DwfcA and Other Bulbs. 
J. Douglas, Great Bookham, Carnations and Picotees. 
W. Fromow & Son, Chiswick.— Bulb Catalogue. 
Hurst & Sons, Burbage Nursery, Hinckley.— Strawberries. 
J. Laing & Sons.— Bulbs and Flower Roots. 
W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts.— and Winter Flowers. 
J. R. Pearson & Sons, The Nurseries, Chilwell, Notts.— Btilbous 
Flowering Roots. 
J. Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, West Norwood.— Bulb 
Catalogue, 
R. Veitch & Son, Exeter.— Butch Bulbs, 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
The rruit Room. —The present is a good opportunity to overhaul 
and cleanse the fruit room, as a structure devoted to storing choice 
fruit for several months in the year should be free from the possibility 
of taints of any kind. After being thoroughly brushed, and superfluous 
matter removed, the walls ought to be limewashed, using fresh, hot 
lime, and working it into every crevice. The shelves should then be 
scrubbed over with hot water, softsoap, and soda. All crevices and 
corners of the woodwork that cannot be conveniently reached in this 
manner must be carefully wiped over with a hot damp cloth, cobwebs 
and insects occupying unseen corners thus being cleared away. The 
floor of the structure must lastly receive special attention, every effort 
being employed to make it as free from dirt as possible. Ventilate 
freely afterwards, so that the drying and purification may be complete 
ere the storing of fruit becomes general. 
Catbering- Early Pears. —The early Pears are somewhat late 
this year owing to the lack of sunshine. With Pears it is highly 
desirable that the most forward fruits should be gathered as soon as 
practicable, not only to secure them in the best condition, but as a 
means of relieving the trees and aiding the maturation of the remainder, 
especially where heavy crops are hanging. Birds, too, soon peck at and 
spoil the appearance of the best fruits. Therefore, any that are attacked 
even slightly by them are fit to be gathered, and do for immediate 
consumption. Any which part readily from the trees when the fruit is 
lifted may be gathered. As a rule the early varieties are best eaten 
direct from the trees, keeping them, even for a short time only, resulting 
in their becoming mealy, but some admit of being placed a few days in 
a warm, dry temperature to complete the full development of flavour. 
With careful attention to these details the supply of fruit from even a 
limited number of varieties may be prolonged, and yet secured in the 
best condition. 
i\.pples.—Gather the earlier varieties as they become ready, and 
before they fall from the trees. The same tests of ripening apply as 
to Pears. Later varieties will be much improved in size, quality, 
and appearance if the fruit is freely thinned to satisfy the demand for 
culinary purposes. 
Delay no longer the summer pruning if the trees have not previously 
been attended to. The shortening of the .summer shoots to five or six 
leaves admits much light to pyramids, espaliers, and trained bush and 
wall trees, benefiting not only the fruit by allowing a circulation of 
light and air, but plumping up the lower buds. 
Plums. —Plums are plentiful, the fruit swelling to a large size in 
most cases, but the ripening is irregular. The trees should be examined 
frequently, and the forwardest fruits picked. On walls every effort 
must be made to expose the fruit to light and air by tying in the 
summer shoots close to the wall if room can be found, shortening in the 
rest of the shoots to a length of 3 inches now, pruning back to half that 
distance in winter. Draw the leaves on one side if they shade the fruit 
too much, and thin out some of the smallest and most backward of the 
latter, especially with the later varieties of Plums, which ripen late in 
September or early October. Standard Plums require little pruning but 
the removal of dead wood and a little judicious thinning of the branches 
occasionally, these operations being best done after the fruit is gathered. 
Cherries. —Trees on walls may have the young wood gradually 
nailed in where room is available to accommodate vigorous shoots, but 
avoid overcrowding. Some shoots might be tied over old bare wood of 
the larger branches. It is better to cut out the superfluous shoots 
entirely than permit them to spoil one another, but foreright shoots 
and others not wanted are capable of forming spurs at the base if 
shortened to several good leaves. Such, however, ought not to crowd 
the natural spurs which develop freely on young shoots the second 
year. Morello Cherries on walls have made clean, free growth which 
may now be laid in, cutting out the old bearing wood to make room. 
I The latter often make good shoots from their extremities while the 
lower parts are bare. It may be necessary to utilise some of these 
in the absence of better, but, if possible, secure a good selection of 
shoots issuing from the base of the principal and secondary branches. 
Peacbes and Nectarines. —Liberal attention should be given 
now to the trees. Fruits ripening will need all the available light 
which they can have, and leaves shading them must be drawn on 
one side to afford it freely. Trees from which the fruit has been 
gathered must have the old bearing wood pruned out and strong sappy 
growths removed. Much benefit accrues from this. The trees are 
cleared of useless growths, ample room being left for training in the 
succession shoots. It is important that these be well ripened, and from 
now onwards throughout the autumn the sun should be able to shine 
on every leaf, the important work the foliage performs ripening and 
plumping up the buds in the axils of each leaf. 
Cleaning Strawberry Beds. —If Strawberry beds have been 
neglected since the crops have been gathered, runners and weeds will 
have produced a dense mass of luxuriant growth which appropriates 
the virtues of the soil and robs the permanent plants of support* 
