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Title: The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Gardeners' chronicle (London, England : 1874)
Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, ornamental
Publisher: London: (Gardeners' Chronicle)
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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than Early Julian, is a sure cropperand capital grower. Fosters Seedling, with fleshsimilar to Cellini Pippin, and flavour like BlenheimOrange ; and Mrs. P» irron, a good kitchen fruit,might both be better known. Mr. Bunyard thinks crops of fruit from Apricot indoors. These must b»passed, however, with the remark, tha*. of the former,gardeners would do well to plant less sparingly ;and in regard to the Apricots, the birders duriDgwinter should be kept as dry as it is possible toget them. Strawberry-plants are grown in largequantities. By no means do Messrs. Bunyard & Co.streasures consist exclusively of fruit trees, thoughthese are their specialty, Boies we saw inabundance, standard varieties especially. Thechoicer sorts of trees and shrubs of vivid-colouredfoliage, or conspicuous flowers, and herbecsousplantr, less common than most of the species, arealso to be seen at Allington ; and had we more timeand space at our command interesting notes con-cerning such might be written.
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FlO 95.— BOULLETU TIOBINA. Lirge-sz?d trained trees of Apples and Pearc,as gridiron, horizontal - trained, or fans, arekept for supply to purchasers who wish tocover walls or espaliers with trees that will fruitat once. Passing some trees that had been transplanted,a discussion arose as to whether fruit trees shouldbe pruned when first planted. Mr. H. A. Pearson,in his lecture at the Palace recently, after fairlystating the grounds for pruning and for non-pruningthe first season, concluded by recommending thatthe trees should be pruned. Mr, Bunyard, with hislarge experience, is quite of an opposite opinion.Theoretically, the reasoning of either school is veryplausible. Each agree that their efforts should beto induce most root action ; bat to this end differentand quite opposite means are adopted. It is a ques-tion that practical planters may soon, by experience,settle for themselves. The trial ground should not escape notice, for that James Grieve will be better than CoxsOrange Pip

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