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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
September 4. 
berries, and Strawberries, off the bushes, or plants, as cleanly 
as a human being; and what is more curious, dogs and 
horses will do the same. We know a spaniel fonder of 
small fruit than his master is, and that would pick and steal 
them without any fear of the prickles; but he never took to 
wall-fruit, like a neighbour’s dog which we knew ; nor, like a 
pony which we knew to raise his forelegs against the wall to 
gather and steal Apricots !] 
THE APPLE FLY. 
“ Can you tell me of anything that will keep the Hy from 
my Ribs tone Pippin trees ? I have a bountiful crop this 
year, and I had the trunk painted with coal gas-tar, but it 
has done no good. My beautiful fruit keeps falling con¬ 
stantly, and they ai - e all maggot-eaten.—E. L. P.” 
[The insect which is so destructive to your Apples is the 
grub of Carpocapsa pomonana. The moth deposits its eggs in 
the eye or in the stalk-cavity of the fruit, and when the grubs 
are hatched they penetrate into the fruit, on which they live 
till such time as they are ready to go into the pupa state, 
when they eat their way out, and spin a cocoon in some 
fissure of the bark. They attack the fruit in May and 
August, and the only remedy is to collect the affected fruit 
while the grub is in them, and burn them. You should 
gather all your windfalls and the maggotty fruit you may find 
on the tree, both in spring and autumn, and have them 
destroyed; and during winter paint over the trunks and 
branches of the trees with quick-lime, or with a strong 
solution of salt. Coal Tar is likely to injure the tree.] 
THE JOANNETING APPLE. 
“‘Suburban’ will thank the Editor of The Cottage 
Gardener to give him the derivation of the name of an 
Apple, mentioned under head “ London Markets," August 
ldth, and called “ Joannetting.” As he has been in the 
habit of calling the same “ Junetting,” derived from June 
and eating, owing to its being ripe at the latter end of that 
month : rather - , used to be so. He has an Apple-tree of 
the same sort in his garden, therefore, is the more desirous 
of obtaining the true derivation of the name.” 
[We cannot give you a better answer than is furnished by 
this extract from Mr. Hogg’s “ British Pomology.” 
“ Abercrombie was the first who wrote it June-eating, as 
if in allusion to the period of its maturity, which is, however, 
not till the end of July. Dr, Johnson, in his Dictionary, 
writes it Gineting, and says it is a corruption of Jaueton 
(Fr.) signifying Jane or Janet, having been so called from 
a person of that name. Ray* says, ‘ Pomum Ginettimum, 
quod undo dictum sit me latet.” Indeed, there does not 
seem ever to have been a correct definition given of it, 
“ In the middle ages, it was customary to make the festivals 
of the church, or saint’s days, periods on which occurrences 
were to take place, or from which events were dated. Even 
in the present day, we hear the country people talking of 
some crop to be sown, or some other to be planted at 
Michaelmas, St. Martin’s, or St. Andrew’s-tide. It was also 
the practice, during the reign of Popery in this country, as 
is still the case in all Roman Catholic countries, for parents 
to dedicate their children to some particular saint, as Jean 
Baptiste, on the recurrence of whose festival, all who are so 
named keep it as a holiday. So it was also in regard to 
fruits, which were named after the day about which they 
came to maturity. Thus, we have the Margaret Apple, so 
called from being ripe about St. Margaret’s day—the 20th 
of July. The Magdalene, or Maudlin, from St. Magdalene’s 
day—the 22nd of July. And in Curtiust we find the Juan- 
nina, so called, “ Quod circa dm Joannis Baptistae nativi- 
tatem esui sint.” These are also noticed by J. B. Porta; 
he says, “ Est genus alterum quod quia circa festum Divi 
j Joannis maturiscit, vulgus Melo de San Giovanni dicitur.” 
| And according to Tragus,] ‘ Qure apud nos prima matu- 
rantur, Sanct Johans Opffel, Latine, Prmcocia mala di- 
cintur.’ 
“ We see, therefore, that they were called Joannina, because 
they ripened about St. John’s Day. We have also among 
* Hist. Plant, ii. 1447, f Hortomm, pi 822 . i Hist, p. 1043 . 
the old French pears, Amire Joannet—the Admired, or Won¬ 
derful Little John, which Merlet informs us was so called, 
because it ripened about St. John’s Day. If then we add to 
Joannet the termination ing, so general among our names 
of apples, we have Joanneting. There can bo no doubt that 
this is the correct derivation and signification of the name 
of this apple, and although the orthography may for a time 
appear singular, it will in the course of usage become as 
familiar as the other forms in which it was written.”] 
PROTECTING WALL MYRTLES IN WINTER. 
“ The south front of my house is covered with Myrtles ; 
and as they have grown to the height of twenty-five feet, 
and usually flower most abundantly, I am naturally proud of 
them. Last winter, however, tried them severely, and all 
the leaves and young shoots were killed. They were 
pruned carefully in, and are again covered with leaves ; but 
as the wood is almost entirely new, I am fearful of the 
effects of next winter, in case it should be a severe one, and 
write to ask you whether you would recommend them being 
sheltered or protected in any way (which, as yet, they have 
never been), and if so, what covering would you advise 
being used. The Myrtles stretch along a considerable, space 
of wall; and as they also face a flower-garden, both economy 
and appearance must be considered.—A Country Parson, 
Somersetshire.’’ 
[For protection, garden mats are, of all other covering, 
the least objectionable to the eye, and we know of none 
better for your noble Myrtles.] 
WHO IS A TAXABLE GARDENER ? 
“ A Country Subscriber will feel obliged if The Cottage 
Gardener can inform him what constitutes a taxable gar¬ 
dener ? Suppose a man, without any positive engagement, 
yet employed all the year round in attending to the garden, 
and doing all the little jobbiugs and mendings that occur at 
a country house ; is such a person assessable as a gardener ? 
The man receives weekly wages, and does not reside on his 
employer’s property.” 
[We do not think, as you state the case, that such a man 
comes within the definition of either a gardener or a 
male servant; either of which, if above eighteen years of 
age, is liable to be assessed at a guinea annually. The man 
employed as you describe is no more than a weekly 
labourer. There are, however, so many finely-drawn dis¬ 
tinctions, that we advise you to consult your attorney.] 
TOTTINGTON AGRICULTURAL MEETING. 
The Poultry Show, in connection with this Society, was 
held on Friday, the 17th inst., at Tottington, near Bury, in 
Lancashire, and eclipsed any thing which has ever before 
been held in this locality. The day was beautifully fine, 
and a great many visitors from all parts of the country put 
in an appearance. 
There w T ere nearly 100 pens of fowls exhibited; the 
Dorkings and Ilamhurglis mustering very strong both in 
quantity and quality. There were eleven pens of young 
Dorkings, “ chicken of 1855,” entered for exhibition, and 
some very good birds amongst them. Next came the 
Spanish fowls, and they were indeed “noble specimens of 
the breed;" although less in number than the Dorkings, 
they far exceeded them in quality. Mr. Roscoe, of 
Knowsley (one of the judges), remarked, that he had never 
seen a pen of Spanish fowls equal to one here, exhibited by 
Jno. S. Henry, Esq., of Woodlands, Manchester. This | 
remark, from one who has seen so many, and had the care 
of such a stock as Capt. Hornby’s, proves the birds to be very 
good. The Cochins in this neighbourhood are not without 
their admirers, as the dozen pens of young birds proved i 
The first and second prizes were both carried off by Edward | 
Ashton, Esq., beating many pens of no mean pretensions. I 
The Game fowls, though not numerously represented, were j 
