The Garden Magazine, March, 1924 
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Paid Michael (Michael) Rich orange; winner East and West. 
M. H DeYoung (Bessie Boston). A real golden yellow of finest texture. 
SALMON SHADES 
Mr. Crowley (Broomall). An attractive combination, outer rays pure salmon, 
inner rays gold. 
Lcora Creed (Salbach). Salmon buff, covered with golden lustre; distinctive in 
color. 
Wizard of 0 % (Doolittle). Gigantic but graceful flower of salmon with amber 
and gold shadings. 
Judge Marean (Marean). A many-shaded flower of extreme beauty; salmon, 
gold, red, orange, and mauve. 
PARTI-COLORED 
Islam Patrol (Davies). Unlike any existing color combination, rich red, with 
gold tips and gold shadings at center. 
Hobilis (Doolittle). Stunning combination of white and red with white predom¬ 
inating; the most attractive parti-colored Decorative. 
Mephistopheles (Marean). Rich ruby red with gold tips; an outstanding ex¬ 
hibition variety. 
President IVilson. Still one of the best bi-colored varieties; clear cerise red, 
tipped white. 
Giant Decoratives 
If you want flowers to win the prizes for the “largest flowers’’ in the show, I 
suggest three Decoratives; 
Junior (Seal). Giant lavender. 
Bashful Giant (Marean). Gigantic yellow with deep orange shadings. 
Mrs. fohn M Root. Described above. 
Hybrid-cactus Varieties 
PINKS 
Helen Durnbaugh (Broomall). A beautiful pink that deserves more popularity; 
almost Cactus in form. 
Viola Bryant (Jost). Clear pink, fine formation. 
Esther Holmes (Greinberg). Beautiful deep lavender pink. 
YELLOWS 
Herbert Hoover. Clear sulphur yellow; a winner for its keeping qualities. 
Glory of California (Seal). Immense flower on good stems. A seedling winner 
in California. 
Mrs. Ethel F. T. Smith (Broomall). Soft waxen yellow; giant flower. 
WHITES 
Gladys Sherwood (Broomall). Starlike flowers of rare beauty. A consistent 
winner. 
Mrs. IV. E. Estes (Estes). Another good white Hybrid-cactus. Immense bloom. 
IVasbington City (Tyler). A striking white flower; almost Cactus in form. 
LAVENDER SHADES 
Mariposa (Bessie Boston). Sometimes shows pink; very fine. 
PARTI-COLORED 
Mrs. John L. Gardner (Stewart & Fisher). Stunning combination of red, tipped 
white. A two-time seedling winner at Trenton. 
Francis Lohdell (Waite). Delicate combination of pink and white. Excellent 
garden variety. 
AUTUMN SHADES 
Jersey’s Radiant (Waite). Rich saffron orange; will win its way anywhere. 
El Granada (Bessie Boston). Deep orange, reflex gold, unusually graceful flowers. 
Dr. L. C. Bosher (Bosher). Terra-cotta color. One of the best for cut flowers. 
Cactus Varieties 
While every one named is a “standout” variety in the garden, these also are 
the best Cactus varieties for exhibition 
Ambassador (Broomall). Clear yellow with salmon shadings at center. Sen¬ 
sational winner; one of the best, any class; can be shown as “largest flower.” 
Ballet Girl (Bessie Boston). Graceful combination of orange-red and white. 
An aptly named flower. 
F. IV. Fellowes (Stredwick). Real henna in color; unsurpassed for exhibition. 
Niebelungenhort (Goos & Koenemann.) Pure rose pink and a gem as a cut 
flower. 
Pierrot (Stredwick). Amber, tipped white; very large for Cactus. 
Valiant (Stredwick). About the best red Cactus. 
Peony Varieties 
City of Portland (Gill). Clear yellow, gigantic blooms. 
Eifabeth Boston (Bessie Boston). Deep crimson; a striking flower. 
Gorgeous (Bessie Boston). Yellow shading to scarlet; immense flowers, as good 
as anything of its type. 
Mrs. C. E. Trower (Seal). Salmon rose pink; sometimes Decorative in form. 
Dr. Peary (?) Rich dark red; a gem of color. 
Pearl Ruggles (Ruggles). Carmine rose shading almost to white at center. 
The Oriole (Burns). Stunning combination of orange, red and buff; some¬ 
times tipped white. 
GETTING BETTER APPLES BY PRUNING 
A. FREEMAN MASON 
Extension Specialist in Fruit Growing, New Jersey Agricultural College and Experiment Station 
INCE the quality of fruit is definitely affected by the 
sort P run ' n § a tree receives the difference between 
S ooc * an ^ bad apples may be merely the result of good 
or poor pruning. Yet even among commercial orchard- 
ists this important truth is not always realized, if we are to judge 
by examples of trees seen almost daily. Surely anybody with 
any fruit trees at all wants an Apple tree, and as an ornamental 
specimen about the lawn it has an unparalleled interest of beauty 
of flower, of form, and of crop. By all means let us grow our 
apples as well as we can! 
Now pruning is not a thing of mathematics, but rather an art 
or craft, wherein certain fundamentals are applied individually 
in varying ways. And herein lies the “mystery.” One cannot 
lay down a law to cover pruning of all kinds and all ages of trees 
although certain empirical practices are well established. The 
age of the tree, its vigor, the density and shape of the head, and 
the kind of soil it is growing on all have a bearing on the treat¬ 
ment. 
The Training of a Young Tree 
I N THE case of the young non-bearing tree the first considera¬ 
tion is the development of a suitable framework of large stout 
branches on which future heavy loads may be borne. There are 
two general lines along which the framework may be developed, 
and the owner of the newly planted Apple tree must decide on 
one or the other before he can prune intelligently. One is to 
develop the tree with a definite trunk running up through the 
center, and the other, is to develop a vase-shaped tree having 
an open center. 
The leader-type tree, that is, one having a definite central 
trunk running up through it, is generally a sturdier tree than 
the open-center tree. To secure this type allow the leader to 
remain, cutting it back only lightly so that it will continue domi¬ 
nant. Scaffold branches large enough to compete with the 
leader being cut back to hold them in check. This will make 
the leader the highest shoot on the tree. T he tipping back of 
