January  13,  1898, 
JOURNAL  OR  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  for  1898 
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List  of  the  best  Vegetable  Seeds  and  most  beautiful 
Flower  Seeds.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  be 
found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
Sent  free  on  application. 
Barr’s  21/-  Collection  of  the  Best  Vege¬ 
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.sorts),  6  Pints  of  Beans  (Broad,  French,  and  Runners),  and 
a  liberal  A.s.sortment  of  other  Vegetable  Seeds,  for  One 
Year’s  supply.  For  fall  particulars  see  Barr’s  Seed  Guide, 
free  on  applicat  on 
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Reeds  contains  a  liberal  selection  of  the  most  beautiful 
Annuals  and  Perennials.  Full  particulars  in  Barr’s  iseed 
Guide,  in  which  will  also  be  found  many  sterling  Novelties 
for  1898. 
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A  DAY  IN  OLD  ODOHADDS. 
HOME  little  time  ago  I  was  invited  to  examine 
0  five  orchards  on  an  estate  about  thirty  miles 
from  London,  and  advise  on  the  renovation  of  the 
trees,  or  such  of  them  as  were  amenable  to  improve¬ 
ment.  It  is  well  to  make  the  best  of  old  trees 
that  may  be  induced  to  hear  useful  fruit,  if  only  of 
second-rate  value,  until  young  trees,  which  should 
at  the  time  be  planted,  are  capable  of  yielding  a 
supply  of  high-class  produce.  A  brief  description 
of  the  several  orchards,  coupled  with  the  advice 
that  was  given  to  their  owner,  may  possibly  be 
useful  to  others,  and  with  that  object  this  little 
narrative  is  prepared. 
Orchard  No.  1. — Soil  evidently  good,  and  grass 
luxuriant.  Only  a  few  relics  of  canker-eaten,  moss¬ 
laden  Apple  trees  stood  here  and  there  in  the  body 
of  'he  ground  ;  but  across  the  end  were  trees  which 
had  not  lost  their  vigour,  but  in  varieties  worthless 
for  consumptive  purposes. 
Advice.— The  eiuickest  method  of  obtaining  a 
supply  of  excellent  fruit  would  undoubtedly  be  by 
making  a  clearance  of  the  whole  of  them,  except 
those  previously  alluded  tc  as  being  in  fair  health. 
The  others  were  practically  beyond  renovation,  and 
would  certainly  not  jiay  for  time  and  material 
expended  on  them.  The  end  trees  of  worthless 
varieties  were  advised  to  be  cut  down,  the  stems 
limevvashed,  and  have  several  grafts  of  Bramley’s 
Seedling  Apple  inserted  in  them  in  the  spring.  This 
is  one  of  the  best  restorative  varieties  in  existence. 
Its  innate  vigour  and  powerful  leafage  prepares 
and  deposits  organised  matter  so  plenteously  as  to 
in  no  long  time  cover  ancient  and  even  cankered 
stems.  This  I  have  seen  in  Nottinghamshire  and 
elsewhere,  and  no  doubt  any  number  of  scions  may 
le  obtained  from  Mr.  H.  Merryweather  of  South- 
well,  who  tells  us  ill  his  advertisements  it  is  the 
“  hi  st  Apple  on  earth.” 
Young  Trees.  — Tl)e  enclosed  site  is  well  adapted 
or  a  cultivated  fruit  garden  established  on  either 
of  the  following  methods ; — 
A. — Planted  with  bush  Apples  on  English 
?aradise  stocks  (also  a  few  Plums  and  Pears  if 
desired) ;  trees  8  feet  apart  in  rows  10  feet  asunder 
No.  916.— Vol,  XXXVI.,  Third  Series. 
No.  2572.— Vol.  XCVIII.,  Old  Series. 
