. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON FRUIT CULTURE. 1005 Heavy or rather strong applications of manure are unnecessary —indeed, harmful. If diluted liquid manure is applied once or twice weekly the effect will be far better than in the case of concentrated and less frequent applications. Failing liquid manure, guano, at the rate of ioz. per square yard, and ioz. of nitrate of soda, similarly applied every fortnight while the fruit is swelling, will cause it to attain a large size. Almost any of the manures in a prepared state may be applied with adva
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON FRUIT CULTURE. 1005 Heavy or rather strong applications of manure are unnecessary —indeed, harmful. If diluted liquid manure is applied once or twice weekly the effect will be far better than in the case of concentrated and less frequent applications. Failing liquid manure, guano, at the rate of ioz. per square yard, and ioz. of nitrate of soda, similarly applied every fortnight while the fruit is swelling, will cause it to attain a large size. Almost any of the manures in a prepared state may be applied with advantage, and at the strength recommended by the manufacturers, but in every case care must be exercised that none of it falls on the foliage, or damage will be done, and the tree weakened and disfigured. A large number of varieties are equally good for exhibition or for cooking and dessert purposes; the following sorts combining all three qualifications:—Red: Dan's Mistake, Crown Bob, Monarch, Lord Derby, Speedwell, and Clayton. White : Antagonist, King of Trumps, Careless, Lady Leicester, Postman, and Alma. Yellow: Leader, Leveller, Ringer, Trumpeter, Criterion, and Drill. Green: Plunder, Telegraph, Gunner, Matchless, British Queen, and Stockwell. Some owners of gardens have a decided objection to large Gooseberries, preferring the smaller fruiting varieties for both dessert and cooking. To meet such de- mands the following are excellent: White- smith, an old favourite of high quality; Snowdrop, a pretty and delicious fruit; Early Sulphur (Fig. 653), a fine- flavoured variety, and the earliest to ripen ; Yellow Champagne, one of the finest- flavoured sorts ; Greengage, an early and delicious variety; Green Gascoigne, also excellent; Whin- ham's Industry, a iavourite market variety, and very good indeed for dessert or cooking; Warrington, a sterling old variety, of proved excellence. Both the Red and White Champagne varieties should be included, as they are second to none for
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