May  17,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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THURSDAY,  MAY  17.  1900. 
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Late  Apples. 
HERE  seems  to  be  good  reason  for 
V J  ^  I  J  the  belief  that  many  gardens  are 
Yp  not  so  well  equipped  as  they  ought 
to  be  to  meet  the  demand  for 
Apples  in  spring.  In  this  respect 
we  appear  to  have  retrograded,  for 
the  older  race  of  gardeners  prided 
themselves  on  maintaining  a  long  supply, 
not  infrequently  extending  to  and  over¬ 
lapping  the  new  crop  of  the  succeeding  year.  The 
extensive  planting  of  the  numerous  fine  and  large 
early  Apples  is,  I  have  no  doubt,  one  great  cause 
of  this  displacement,  but  also,  I  venture  to  think, 
the  treatment  accorded  to  late  varieties  ;  and 
perhaps,  as  well,  the  management  of  fruit  rooms 
has  had  not  a  little  influence  in  contracting  the 
supply  of  late  Apples.  Whatever  the  cause,  we 
ought  to  waken  up  and  seriously  face  the  question, 
for  there  is  less  reason  that  now,  more  than  at 
any  previous  time,  we  should  fail  in  this  matter. 
As  to  amendment  there  is  no  fear.  The  British 
gardener  has  shown  over  and  over  again  his 
capacity,  as  well  as  his  willingness,  to  cope  with 
all  the  changes  that  are  constantly  occurring  in 
his  profession,  and  in  this  comparatively  small 
matter  there  need  be  no  dubiety  as  to  the  result, 
once  he  has  made  up  his  mind  there  exists  room 
for  improvement. 
To  say  we  ought  to  reduce  the  number  of 
varieties  is  merely  repeating  what  has  been  many 
times  said  already.  It  is,  however,  so  important 
that  this  point  cannot  he  passed  without  again 
drawing  attention  to  it.  Particularly  as  regards 
putting  a  limit  to  early  sorts,  and  cultivating  only 
those  that  succeed  best  in  a  given  garden,  it  is 
important  that  a  change  should  be  made.  The 
substitution  of  reliable  late  varieties  for  those 
affords  at  once  the  means  of  increasing  the  spring 
supply.  And  we  cannot  bo  too  careful  in  the 
introduction  of  late  sorts.  Any  variety,  however 
handsome  in  appearance,  the  fruit  that  is  subject 
to  disease  or  that  does  not  crop  regularly  should 
be  passed  over,  and  the  number  of  trees  of  those 
that  are  dependable  correspondingly  increased. 
No.  2694.— VoL.  CII.,  Old  Sehif.s. 
No.  1038.— VoL.  XL.,  Thiiid  SEIlIIiS. 
