In My Garden
A garden process (approved by cooks) is to defend the parsley patch with the cloche or by other means ; but the wiser cooks will dry all the herbs they can. There seems to be a most flourishing' market at good prices for dried herbs of many sorts, especially mint and parsley, and the county secretaries of the Women's Institutes are taking special cognisance of the demand. There are many ways of making even a small garden pay dividends. It Is recorded that " there are 290 W.I• market stalls in the country." In my orchard a young tree of the best of all pears, Doyenne de Cornice, bore abundantly. It seems probable that the credit belonged in part to two bushes of "Fertility" in its immediate neighbourhood. This variety is not one of the best as a succulent fruit, but it is remarkable among pears as a pollen-bearer.
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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