House and Garden 
attention to the large Reine des Reinettes, a yellow 
apple striped with red, of fine form, firm flesh, 
and sweet aromatic flavor, which keeps well 
until April; to the magnificent ribbed Reinette du 
Canada, the oval CalviJle hlanc, a pale yellow apple 
half sweet, half tart with an aroma recalling the 
banana; the Apis rose, with a mother-of-pearl, 
yellowish skin shot with brilliant, red, much in 
demand for French tables. 
Besides the two special fruits, one sees in the 
gardens of the nurserymen many beautiful speci¬ 
mens of plants and vines which are obtained by 
layering. The most celebrated nurserymen have 
a layering process which is preferred to the more 
usual method. This is known as layering en panier. 
In brief, it consists of placing the stems in a wicker 
basket filled with a mixture of earth and vegetable 
mould. In this rich soil the young roots grow 
rapidly, and the shoots may soon be detached 
from the parent stem. Such cuttings will usually 
bear the same year in which they are transplanted. 
Peaches, in the climate of Paris, do best on 
trellises, though in Southern France they flourish 
abundantly on the open tree. They are usually 
sold by the nurserymen, grafted on a plum or black¬ 
thorn stock. The former do best in a shallow clay 
soil and the latter do equally well In poor, chalky, 
or loamy soils. 
Apricots do not grow without skilled attention 
in the latitude of Paris, though they do well farther 
south. They are grafted on plums, almond trees, 
and the blackthorn. They are" [usually vigorous, 
but need full exposure to the sun and air and are 
unhappily much subject to the gum disease which 
causes them to deteriorate rapidly. 
As to the difFerent varieties of plums, cherries, 
gooseberries and raspberries which one sees in the 
nurserymen’s gardens, they form but an adjunct 
to the main business. Space forbids our discussing 
them. 
We may close with a mention of the localities 
of all of the principal market gardens, which are 
found in the immediate suburbs of Paris, in the 
departments of Seine, and Seine-et-Oise, and at 
Bourg-la-Reine, Chatenay, Verrieres, Juvisy, Vitry, 
and Montreuil-sous-Bois. 
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