. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. APP 53 APP 14.—(P. 50.). It somewhat resembles the .^sopus Spitzenburg. Colour bright red, deli- cately streaked and marked by white dots, which strongly characterize it. Skin smooth ; flesh juicy and well flavoured ; stem rather long, deeply seated ; blossom end frequently more pointed than in the drawing. Propagation by seed.—When it is in- tended to raise stocks to be engrafted, the only matter to be observed in se- lecting the seed is, that it be from vigo- rous healthy trees. Keep the seed in sand, or earth moderately damp, during autumn and
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. APP 53 APP 14.—(P. 50.). It somewhat resembles the .^sopus Spitzenburg. Colour bright red, deli- cately streaked and marked by white dots, which strongly characterize it. Skin smooth ; flesh juicy and well flavoured ; stem rather long, deeply seated ; blossom end frequently more pointed than in the drawing. Propagation by seed.—When it is in- tended to raise stocks to be engrafted, the only matter to be observed in se- lecting the seed is, that it be from vigo- rous healthy trees. Keep the seed in sand, or earth moderately damp, during autumn and winter, and sow quite early in the spring, and in drills, so as to ad- mit of more easy culture. The second season the young stocks may be trans- planted, and again the third season, 'each transplantation tending to secure success on the final transfer to the or- chard ground.) When three years old, they will be, if well managed, stout stocks, ready for grafting. Where the object is to produce new varieties, select the^seed from favourite fruits and sow as above directed. If it be the purpose to allow the seed- lings to bear,'they may be suffered to remain where they have first grown, or they may he transplanted to any other position. But a more speedy method to reach results is to graft a shoot of the seedling in a branch of a vigorous tree. The second season fruit may be obtained, especially if the shoot is bent downwards, or inclined, so as to arrest the free flow of sap, which would rather tend to preserve wood than fruit. By this means curiosity can be early satis- fied, and those which prove worthless, by far the larger portion, cast out as cumberers of the ground. Mr. Knight states that " the width and thickness of the leaf generally in- dicates the size of the future apple, but will by no means convey any correct idea of the merits of the future fruit. " When these have the character of high cultivation, the qualities of the fruit w-ill be far removed from
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