September 30, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORT.D. 
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For Index to Contents see page 73. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, October 2nd.—Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms, and every day in the week. 
Bulb Sale at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Tuesday. October 3rd.—Sale of Orchids at Prctheroe & 
Morris’ Rooms, 
Wednesday, October 4th.—Sale of bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, October 5th.—Bulb Sale at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Sale of Hardy Plants, Palms, &c., at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms. 
Friday, October 6th.—Orchid sale at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ^oth, 1893, 
KIndoor and Outdoor Hardy Fruits.— 
^ The practice which has of late grown 
up of exhibiting indoor grown Apples and 
Pears, especially in hardy fruit classes, has 
very naturally created some heartburning, 
because through the practice such exhibi¬ 
tors are placed at an undue advantage over 
those who grow exclusively in the open. 
W e notice that a couple of small classes have 
been arranged for one of the October 
meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society 
at the Drill Hall, which requires the 
Apples and Pears shown to have been 
grown absolutely in the open. 
It is sometimes said to be not easy to 
determine, if exhibitors are not honest, 
whether fruits have been grown under 
glass or not. That point, however, we are 
content to leave to experts, most of whom 
can tell at a glance by the sort of unnatural 
colouring, size and finish found in these 
house-grown fruits, whether they are such 
or otherwise. It is not that for one moment 
we would discourage the exhibiting of house 
grown fruits, but we want to see them 
shown fair and not under false pretences. 
For that reason we should like to see in all 
hardy fruit competitions another year, not 
only classes specially for house-grown fruits, 
but they should be rigidly excluded from 
classes for what should be essentially hardy, 
or outdoor grown, samples. Even fruit 
from pot trees should not be tolerated, even 
if ripened in the open, because these are 
invariably bloomed under glass. 
What we want to see is real hardy out¬ 
door produced fruit, and to secure such ex¬ 
hibits no encouragement is given so long 
as honest competitors are handicapped by 
the showing of house-ripened fruit. We 
might even go further and have dwarfly 
grown fruits outdoors classified, but one 
improvement is perhaps enough at a time. 
Others may come later. After all we fail 
to see, fine and beautiful as much of the 
glass-grown fruit may be, that it is of a 
more meritorious nature than is fine hand¬ 
some fruit produced under ordinary condi¬ 
tions. It is after all onl)' very iew who 
can show these huge examples, and they do 
not represent average produce. 
ONCERNiNG Carrots.— There is at least 
as much that is heroic in the Carrot as 
in the Onion, and our esteemed correspon¬ 
dent Mr. Crump found even in the Allium 
Cepa last week something on which to 
found an elegaic. But the Carrot is at 
least a vegetable that finds many admirers 
for its edible excellence in a cooked state, 
and in that respect it is far beyond the 
Onion, good as the latter undoubtedly is. 
But the Carrot has its troubles to contend 
with, chiefly of the insect order, and when 
Psila rosse is on the war-path in the spring, 
it is often bad for the young plants. 
We were in a large garden the other day 
and saw a goodly breadth of July sown 
Carrots, in just that condition of growth 
that the roots were deliciously young and 
tender, and would be, when cooked, as 
pleasant and desirable a dish as well could 
be conceived. This sowing was the result 
of a bad attack of the larva; of the Carrot- 
fly on the other side of the garden earlier in 
the season ; and whilst the seeds had ger¬ 
minated somewhat irregularly at first, yet 
there is now a good even plant, and the 
bed one only too well worth having. Now 
these young Carrots will be almost as young 
at Christmas, indeed they will be, with a 
little care in protecting them at the proper 
time, almost young Carrots all through the 
winter. What a boon will they thus be to 
the gardener, and got so easily by making 
a sowing at the proper season ! It is far 
too much the rule to have one main crop 
of Carrots in the autumn, just one big 
batch of large, and for a time very tender 
and nice roots, but they soon become 
hard and somewhat flavourless, hence as 
an acceptable dish are no longer available. 
Did we make it a rule to sow a second 
breadth in July we should always in the 
winter have such a delicious batch of j^oung 
roots as we have referred to, and at the 
same time we should almost invariably 
escape the attacks of the Carrot-fly. With 
the Onion it is rare to suffer from either 
mildew or maggot with autumn sowings, 
and those who sow very early in the season 
in warmth, under somewhat artificial condi¬ 
tions, usually escape those troubles also. 
Apart from that matter, it is so very nice to 
have soft, succulent young Carrots during 
the winter. 
Whe Chrysanthemum Season.— We learn 
from various reliable sources very satis¬ 
factory accounts as to the general appear¬ 
ance of the plants and promise of bloom, 
and further, that in spite of a most remark¬ 
able season, so striking in its effects in 
other directions, that not only did the 
plants never look better than now, but also 
that they are just about right for flower 
production. During the summer, all sorts 
of expectations ol a very early bloom were 
formed, and naturally enough, for hardly 
since Chrysanthemums have been so largely 
grown in pots, have they had to encounter 
such a prolonged spell ot heat and drought. 
The labour needed to keep the roots 
fairly moist was beyond all precedent, and 
yet it was satisfactorily supplied somehow. 
That the plants are none the worse, and, 
indeed, rather the better for the heat, is 
certain, and wood so hard and matured has 
been formed as leads to the hope that we 
shall see from it blooms finer than ever. 
We trust that hope may be realise I. Apart 
from that anticipation, there is still the fact 
that many grand new varieties will be seen 
The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford 
