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(Translated from the German.) 
The accompanying picture shows how the firm of H. Henkel, of Darmstadt 
(Germany) has for years planted its conifera. It shows how the turf right round the 
packing is lifted out; then how the packing is secured in zinked wire netting, The 
wire netting has to be left round the packing; it is then very easy, even after som? 
years, when it is necessary to make more room, to transplant again, The zinked 
set netting will resist for years the corroding influence of moisture ; it will also give 
to heavier roots, which might want to break through, without interfering with thei” 
growth, This procedure; notwithstanding its simplicity, shows so many advantages 
that it is worth while trying; every garden artist ought to reckon with it. Th® 
nurseryman has so mucn unpleasantness through bad carriage of packages that it is 
highly recommended to him to do it in zinked wire netting, as demonstrated, " ~ 
he Orchard 
and Murserys 
American Apples in Australia 
Since the beginning of December several 
sample consignments of 4merican apples 
have been received by Adelaide 
-chants, the first consisting chiefly of the 
Winesap, a medium sized, highly-coloured 
fruit, extremely hard in texture. These 
apples were packed in cases holding about 
30 Ib. net, made of pinewood, the ends 
being about gin thick, and the other 
battens, of which the sides are composed, 
were only about # in. thick, so that the 
mer- 
-aides bulged distinctly, The fruit, which . 
<was wrapped in tissue-paper and packed 
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in the ordinary way, without any wood 
wool, or other padding, carried in splendip 
condition. No evidence of disease or 
insects could be detected. This apple was 
superior in flavour to the local-grown 
Rokewood, which might easily be kept 
until this time of year. Other consign- 
ments consisted of Rome Beauties and 
Northern Spies, handsome in appearance 
but totally devoid of flavour, having 
reached a mealy condition. There was a 
fairly good demand for the first impor- 
tations, but the latter shipments have 
come into conflict with abundance of 
-cherries and other soft fruit, as well as 
‘the early-ripening varieties of local 
apples. In the eastern States American 
apples have found a ready market, and 
this shows the possibilities in connection 
with storing some of our long-keeping 
sorts. 
8.A. ‘Journal of Agriculture.’ 
Giant Apples. 
A season never passes without we learn 
of some giant specimen of horticultural 
produce. The big gooseberry has always 
been bracketed with the sea serpent 
yarns, but this year we have heard very 
jittle of either. Giant potatoes have also 
hidden themselves, as have monster mar- 
rows and sunflowers. The business is 
saved, however, by the appearance of the 
giant apple. In an Isle of Wight garden 
aman has picked 25 apples, Peasgood 
Nonsuch, avéraging 19 ounces each, from 
one tree. The biggest fruit weighed 33 
ounces, others went 25 ounces, 24 ounces 
23 ounces. Fifty others averaged 16 
ounces each. The total crop was 120 
apples. Is this good? 
The ‘American Florists Exchange’ 
Artificial Clouds to Protect 
Vines from Frost. 
How the French grape-growers protect 
their vineyards from frost by producing 
artificial clouds is described by Consul 
Murphy, of Bordeaux; ‘ The process, the 
invention of Edouard Lestout, of Bor- 
deaux, consists of filling small wooden 
boxes, open at top, with an inflammable 
composition consisting of a mixture of 
equal parts of resinous with earthly 
matters (clay, terra alba and the like,) 
reduced to fine powder and pressed into 
& compact mass, 
In the centre a wick extends through 
the compound and serves to kindle it. 
The wick, however, may be dispensed 
with and the composition ignited by 
pouring a few drops of alcohol, petroleum 
or other inflammable oil over the mass 
and applying a match. These boxes, 
about eight inches long by six wide, made 
of pine wood ordinarily, are placed in 
line, about 30 feet apart. around certain 
areas, 
