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@S Ib is to their-interest to supply nothing 
Yut good stocks, if they hope to do any 
future business. There is nothing more 
@iscouraging than to find after growing 
érecs for three or four years that the 
‘warieties are worthless. 
Growers in different localities often find 
that they have a variety which is doing 
exceptionally well in their particular dis- 
trict. In this case, if they are not sure of 
Whe name, and cannot get it properly 
mamed, I would recommend that they 
should send their wood to a nurseryman, 
and have him work as many trees for them 
as they require. In this way they are 
sure to get exactly what they require, and 
i feel sure there is not a nurseryman but 
what would undertake to carry out such 
a contract carefully. 
Two or three good varieties are much 
better than two dozen, and one case of 
good fruit is generally worth as much as 
three or four cases of poor fruit; therefore, 
it is well to exercise great care to choose 
only the best, if it is hoped to make fruit- 
growing pay.—‘Agricultural Gazette of 
NSW.” 
Grapes at the Adelaide Show. Kindly lent by the Proprietors of the “Adelaide Observer.” 
Vegetable Garden. 
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OPERATIONS FOR APRIL, 
By W. S. Camppetu, s 
At this time of year the vegetables 
known as tender vegetables, such as the 
kidney or French beans, and tomatoes, are 
practically over, but if anyone should have 
_growing any particularly good varieties of 
tomatoes, it would be worth while making 
_ ing is proceeding. 
TE AUSTRA' IAN GARDENER, 
an endeavour to strike cuttings, and if suc- 
cessful thus saving the varieties, and hay- 
ing plants on hand to plant out very early 
in the spring, with a better chance of an 
early crop than could be obtained from 
seedlings raised in the spring. It may be 
rather difficult to preserve these rooted 
cuttings during the winter months, for 
they may very easily be destroyed by 
frosts. However, they may be protected 
at night by boxes, glass frames with cover- 
ings over them of straw, of bags, or any- 
thing handy that will keep out heavy 
frosts. As the rooted cuttings may be 
planted quite close together, it is possible 
to keep quite a number in a very small 
space of ground, or in a box, or one or 
two pots even, which may be taken into an 
outhouse at night. 
Pumpkins should be ripening well by 
this month, and can be stored for the 
winter, taking the greatest care not to 
bruise any when storing. Every farmer, 
or for that matter anyone else who has a 
sufficiently large garden, should raise suffi- 
cient table pumpkins to last through the 
The best variety of seed 
ewer 
winter months. 
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‘possible should be obtained, and no other 
kinds should be sown in the same garden ; 
but as the time for sowing seed is not until 
the spring, further particulars will be post- 
poned for the present. 
Asparagus.—As this vegetable should 
be planted early in the spring, just before 
the shoots start into growth, some ground 
should be prepared in good time. This 
should be trenched 2 feet deep, and a 
heavy dressing of farmyard manure should 
be mixed up with the soil when the trench- 
Some good soils may 
April 1, 1904 
not need manure unless they are of a. 
heavy, sticky clay nature. Then, no mat- 
ter how rich they may be, it would be ad- 
visable to apply the farmyard manure or 
avery heavy dressing of lime, say, at the 
rate of 2 tons to the acre. This will quite 
alter the character of the soil, and cause it 
to become friable and easy to work. When. 
the ground is prepared, allow it to remain 
in a rough condition until the time for 
planting is at hand, when the surface can 
be dug and trenches prepared for the- 
asparagus. 
Beans, Broad.—The month of April is 
very suitable for the sowing of broad beans. 
Although heavy soil is the most suitable 
for this yegetable, it can be grown almost. 
anywhere, and by the application of good 
manure it should succeed satisfactorily- 
Before applying the farmyard manure a 
gocd dressing of common lime or of 
gypsum or sulphate of lime will improve. 
not only the growth of tlie beans but their 
quality. Sow the seed in rows about 3 to 
4 feet apart, an inch and a-half or 2 inches. 
deep, and set the seeds about 4 inches apart 
in the rows. 
“ 
Beans, Kidney or French,—It will only 
be safe to sow in places where there is not 
likely to be any frosts. 
Beet, Red and Silver.—A little seed may 
be sown with the chance of acrop. Thin~ 
out any advancing plants which are grow~ 
ing too close together. 
Borecole or Kale—This vegetable, a 
member of the cabbage family, succeeds 
best in cool climates, where it is worth 
growing. It may be treated as ordinary 
cabbage, and a little seed may be sown dur- 
ing the month, ‘ 
