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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOQI6T. 
[ April, 
Plan,t out Cauliflowers , Cabbages, and Lettuces for succession. Remove hand- 
lights off Cauliflower's; earth them well up, and give them plenty of water and 
liquid manure. Get late Potatos planted without delay. Stir the soil -well 
amongst advancing crops; keep the hoe constantly at work in fine weather, and 
lose no favourable opportunity at this season of the year to keep down weeds, 
which now begin to grow apace, and, if neglected, will soon spread, rob the soil, 
and stock the garden with seeds for years to come.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
ASIIMEAD’S KERNEL APPLE. 
S HIS delightful, apple, remarks Dr. Hogg in his British Pomology , was raised 
at Gloucester about the beginning of the last century by Dr. Ashmead, an 
eminent physician of that city. It has long been a favourite in all the 
gardens of West Gloucestershire, but like the Ribston Pippin, it seems to 
have remained long in obscurity before its value was generally appreciated. u The 
fruit is below medium size, round and flattened, but sometimes considerably 
elongated. Skin light greenish yellow, covered with yellowish brown russet and 
a tinge of brown next the sun ; eye small and partially open, placed in a moder¬ 
ately deep basin ; stalk short, inserted in a round and deep cavity ; flesh yellowish, 
firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, rich, and highly aromatic ; a dessert apple of the very 
first quality, possessing all the richness of the Nonpareil, but with a more sugary 
juice. It comes into use in November, but is in greatest perfection from 
Christmas till May. The tree is very hardy and an excellent bearer.” 
As a dessert apple of the first quality, this variety deserves to be more exten- 
