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BARRS'.1, ^DAFFODILS 
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THE  JERSEY  NURSERIES,  JERSEY. 
“  The  Fruits  of  the  Eartl\.” 
EPTEMBER  at  its  best  is  indeed  a 
glorious  month,  for  the  heat  of 
summer  has  departed  and  the  cool 
nights  and  stirring  breezes  bring 
back  to  the  human  frame  vigour 
and  freshness.  To  the  gardener  in 
such  a  season  as  the  present  it  is  a 
time  of  joys,  activity,  and  watchfulness,  for 
in  the  fruit  garden  Applea,  Pears,  and  Plums 
of  various  hues  are  weighing  down  the  branches 
with  their  harvest  of  luscious  fruit.  All  of  these 
need  watching,  so  as  to  gather  them  in  the  “  nick  ” 
of  time  for  present  consumption,  or  to  store  for 
future  use.  How  the  recent  rains  have  freshened 
the  trees,  causing  the  fruit  to  increase  in  size,  and 
to  gain  a  more  brilliant  colour.  Truly  the  fruit 
crop  is  an  abundant  one,  and  on  all  sides  we  hear  of 
“  glutted  ”  markets,  but  the  grower  who  keeps  pace 
with  the  times  and  grows  choice  varieties  well  has 
not  much  to  complain  of.  In  years  of  plenty  soft 
fruits  are  bound  to  glut  the  markets  at  times,  and 
then  it  is  that  the  growers  of  such  common  Plums 
as  Pershore  and  White  Magnum  Bonum  are  badly 
hit.  If  half  the  trees  of  these  varieties  in  the 
country  were  grafted  with  Monarch  and  Early 
Rivers,  they  would  soon  repay  the  owners  for  the 
loss  of  a  few  seasons’  crops.  But  the  time  of 
plenty  will  soon  be  over,  and  those  who  have 
abundance  of  fine  Apples  and  Pears  to  store  will, 
I  fancy,  at  the  end  of  the  season,  have  reason  to  be 
satisfied  with  the  result  of  their  year’s  labour. 
Crops  have  been  so  heavy  this  year  that  unless 
the  fruit  on  old  trees  was  thinned  it  will  be  small. 
Yount*  vigorous  trees  seem  to  he  able  to  carry  a 
heavy  crop  and  yet  bring  up  the  fruit  to  good  size, 
in  fact  a  heavy  crop  is  exactly  what  some  vigorous 
trees  require  to  check  their  strong  growth  and 
bring  them  into  a  fruitful  condition  ;  it  is  quite  as 
effectual  in  this  respect,  and  more  profitable,  than 
root-pruning.  At  this  season  of  the  year  it  is 
wise  to  make  a  careful  survey  of  our  fruit  trees, 
and  note  down  the  condition  of  the  numerous 
READER^  are  requested  to  send  Notices  of  Gardenine 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
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