1876. ] 
OOX’S REDLEAF RUSSET APPLE. 
229 
advised. If the soil is dry give the late-planted crop of Celery a good watering 
with liquid manure. Take up Potatos^ and store them in cellars, or pit them in 
a dry place, using plenty of straw or fern over them before the heap is banked 
up with earth, for the purpose of excluding wet and frost. Carrots when taken 
up should be stored in sand. Earth-up all Winter Greens and Broccoli^ and use 
the hoe in every part of the garden, when the weather is dry, to check the young 
weeds before winter sets in. Commence to wheel manure on any vacant ground, 
which should be dug or trenched-in, as soon as an opportunity offers. 
Forcing-ground: Cucumbers should have a night temperature from 65° to 
70°, with a good portion of air through the day, to get the plants strong and 
healthy, so that they may better withstand the dull, foggy days we may expect 
next month. To be successful in growing winter Cucumbers much depends on 
the watering, for if the plants get soddened they will not long remain healthy. It is 
better to let them get rather dry occasionally, in order to sweeten the soil, and 
then to give them a watering with weak, liquid manure. Shift those sown last 
month into large pots or boxes, using free turfy loam, as before advised. Sow 
French Beans in pots, and give those growing in pits plenty of air, lessening the 
supply of water, and covering the frames at night; or what is better, giving a 
little fire-heat, if there is convenience to do so. These ought to afford a supply 
up to the end of November. Sow seed or put in cuttings of Tomatos^ for growing 
through the winter; also of Basils cuttings of which are preferable to seedling 
plants, as they are not so liable to damp off.—J. Powell, Frogmore. 
COX^S EEDLEAF KUSSET APPLE. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
® HIS Ajople was raised from seed by Mr. Cox, of Eedleaf, who thus speaks of 
it:—“ The Eedleaf Eusset is ostensibly, according to my own manipula* 
f tion, a cross between the Golden Knob and the Golden Harvey, but there 
is a possibility that I was anticipated by the bees, as a tree of the Old 
Nonpareil grew near by ; and I am the more confirmed in this because the fruit 
possesses three of the characteristics of the Old Nonpareil—namely, the shape, 
the long stalk, and the tenderness of flesh. The colour of the skin is that of its 
parent, the Golden Knob. The yellow colour of the flesh would seem to be 
derived from the Golden Harvey, while the growth of the tree and manner of 
bearing resemble both Old Nonpareil and Golden Harvey more than the Golden 
Knob. When in perfection the flavour is most delicious and peculiar to itself, 
and it may be considered in perfection from February till the end of May, after 
which, although keeping sound till the end of July, the flavour gradually 
deteriorates.” 
The following description of the Eedleaf Eusset is from Hogg^s Year-Book 
(1876, p. 119):—“Fruit round, inclining to oblate; in appearance very like 
Golden Knob. Skin entirely covered with bright cinnamon-coloured russet, 
which is thinner on the shaded side, where it exposes a little of the yellow 
ground. Eye partially open, with flat segments set in a pretty wide and deep 
saiicer4ike basin. Stalk three-quarters of an inch long, pretty stout, set in a 
round cavity. Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, very juicy, and sweet, with a rich 
flavour and pleasant aroma. An excellent dessert Apple, in use from December 
