. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 78 The Canadian Horticulturist. suitable for distant shipping, but the planting of this variety should certainly be encouraged in the north. The following is a description of the apple : Tret', vigorous, healthy, an early bearer. Form of fruit, large, round-obvate; Calyx partially open, set in a deep cavity, sometimes a little corrugated. Stem short and rather stout, set in deep, narrow and more or less russeted basin. Skin white or pale lemon yellow, more or less marbled or splashed with red in the sun. Flesh whit
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 78 The Canadian Horticulturist. suitable for distant shipping, but the planting of this variety should certainly be encouraged in the north. The following is a description of the apple : Tret', vigorous, healthy, an early bearer. Form of fruit, large, round-obvate; Calyx partially open, set in a deep cavity, sometimes a little corrugated. Stem short and rather stout, set in deep, narrow and more or less russeted basin. Skin white or pale lemon yellow, more or less marbled or splashed with red in the sun. Flesh white, fine-grained, acid, tender and almost melting. Season, early winter. Quality very good for GIRDLING GRAPE VINES. R. JOHN BURROUGHS, of the Hudson Valley, writes in American Gardening on this subject as follows : My opinion of the practice of girdling grape-vines is, that on the whole, it is poor business. Grape-growers, I fear, are killing the goose that lays the golden egg. If all take to girdling, where is the advantage? It the crowd all getting up on chairs at the show ; what better off are they ? Girdling hastens the coloring up of most varieties of grapes, but hastens the ripening very little, while it distinctly injures the quality of certain kinds. Girdled Delawares are uneatable. People who buy them probably lose their appetite for Delawares for some time. They are as sour as vinegar. Red grapes seem to be injured by girdling more than black ones. Girdled Niagaras are large and pleasing to look upon, but their quality is not equal to the ripe ungirdled fruit. Moore Diamond is ruined by girdling. Wordens are not increased in size by girdling, but they color four or five days earlier. They are, however, much more liable to crack, as are all other girdled kinds. Fruit on a girdled Moore Early is larger and earlier, and the quality is not much injured, but it may crack badly. A vine heavily loaded will not ripen its fruit any earlier by being girdled. G
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