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mulching with small or finely decomposed leaf-mould, pruning back all such 
plants as have become unduly large and bare in the centre. 
Amateurs who may not have commenced growing Cucumbers or Melons , as 
suggested last month, should now make a commencement, by preparing the 
necessary materials, making up the necessary beds, and sowing the chosen seeds 
with all possible despatch. Monro’s Duke of Edinburgh or Telegraph are good 
varieties of the former, and Read’s Scarlet , or where the high heat necessary 
cannot always be maintained, Little Heath , will be found meritorious varieties of 
the latter. Sow Tomatos , either of the kinds known as Hathaway’s Excelsior , Carter s 
Green Gage , or Earley’s Defiance. In regard to Cucumbers , &c., permanently 
advancing, keep up an uniform warmth of 70° by night, to beincressed 5° or 10° 
by day, according to the brightness or otherwise of the weather, but always 
insure a moderately moist atmosphere in conjunction with all the fresh air 
possible.— William Earley, Valentines . 
APPLE LADY HENNIKER. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
E are already in possession of such a large and excellent stock of Apples, 
that the introduction of a new variety would seem almost a work of 
supererogation. Of kitchen or cooking apples especially, we have a very 
2$ extended list, and many which, when well cultivated, are so good, that it 
would be extremely difficult to find fault with them. We are bound to admit, 
however, that occasionally advances are made, and new varieties introduced which 
are decided acquisitions ; and among such we may place the subject of our present 
notice and illustration. 
The Apple Lady Henniker is of the largest size, some fruits measuring over 
13 in. in circumference. It is of the Codlin shape, the fruits being high, in¬ 
clining to conical, and obtusely angular. The eye is small for such a large fruit, 
open, and placed in a deep, angular cavity. The stalk is short and deeply placed. 
The skin is of a deep straw-colour on the shaded side, light brown where exposed, 
and streaked with bright crimson, with a small patch of russet near the stalk. 
The flesh is of a pale yellow, firm and tender, of a brisk, sub-acid flavour. It is 
very excellent when cooked ; and is in season from October to Christmas. 
It is a seedling raised by Mr. Perkins, the gardener to Lord Henniker, at 
Tliornham Hall, Eye, Suffolk, and was awarded a First-class Certificate by the 
Royal Horticultural Society. The variety is now in the hands of Messrs. Ewing 
and Co., of Norwich, by whom it is being sent out, and to whom we are indebted 
for the very fine example represented in our plate.—A. F. Barron. 
FRUIT-TREE TRAINING. 
WISH to supplement Mr. Temple’s remarks on this important and seasonable 
topic with a few others, and this having been the subject of conversation on 
< ^ > a recent visit to Blenheim, I make them with the greater freedom, as 
‘V our views entirely coincided. One great source of bad training may be 
ascribed to delay in the discarding of what are technically termed rider-trained 
