The Orchard and Fruit Garden : their Culture and Produce.
By. Elizabeth Watts. (F. Warne and Co.)—Another of Miss Watts's cheap. and useful manuals, addressed to readers who, like the authoress, have, had through life between a pole and an acre of land at their command,. and would gladly plant a few good fruit trees which any careful culti- vator can manage. Her advice to them is to be always putting in a fruit tree as a capital investment, if the tenure by which they hold is not very short or uncertain. Even then they might plant almost anything except pears. And the choicer fruit trees, apples, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, and strawberries make an early return. On all these sub- jects Miss Watts gives copious and trustworthy information, going down to minute details, and even instructing ladies how they may make good use of worn-out skirts as screens for fruit trees. All who have followed the recent letters in the Times on cordon training will find an explana- tion of the system in Miss Watts's book, and good housewives will be glad to know exactly when the various kinds of fruit are in season, and how long they may count on a cheap supply of their favourites.
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