THE GARDEN.

Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1889, Page 3

THE GARDEN.

... ■ . 0 THE BLACK WAINUT. Every land owner should plant the Irfack walnnt. It is the most valuable of tree*. No tree can nearly approach ia yearly future valuo. Prof. Brown, of Ontario, estimates! from an experience of lria owu, that an acre planted with this tr«e raay, in fifty years, produce a value of 18,350d015. Prof. Beal, from his experience, thought this estimate too low. Think of a mean aunual income of 82,000 from an acre of trees, the treos and planting of which could • b 9 done for lees th>m 50,000. At least every waste place, especially if .the soil is rich, should he planted • with the biack walnut. It is a Bturdj r , handsome, vigorous tree, easily grown, because no animal, and Only.oae insect, feeds on it. The white walnu: , or butternut, is also a good thing to plan 1 . The Mack walnut has a transcendent value but little known, which ia that the fine European . -walnut {Inglans regia) grows finely on it, either stock or top grafted. The hardier, varieties of this finest of nuta from the north of Europe should succeed, top-grafted on this hardy stock in. all the Middle and Southern States. The writer of this has sent thousands of black Walnut seedlings to California for this purpose. Horticulture has yet him dreda of profitable paths unb'-odden.. —American Garden. COS'S -OOIrDEX DROP PLUM. .'■ Amongst old varieties that ha-.-e stood the test of time this is, without doubt, one of the best. The fruit is very rich in flavour, and hangs long after most other kinds are over. It is not, as a rule, writes a Hampshire fruitgrower, a very prolific bearer, but makes up for that by carrying a fair crop nearly every ■ year. It requires nnd deserves the protection of a wall, although I have ffeen some Dushes, espaliers bearing tßry fair crops. But in most localities it is only to be recommended for Wall culture, and although plums may have been almost a drug on ibe market duiing August and the early part of September (Febru- : , My an<l March in New Zealand), I , never knew them fail to sell well ' /when this variety comes in, as it will'liang well into October (April).