30 SEPTEMBER 1949, Page 18

In the Garden

The year begins for farmer and gardener not in the winter, or as Ovid desired in the spring, but in autumn (which, of course, is a sort of spring, a season of germination and root growth). Grass seed, to give one example, never grows so well as after a September sowing. Even its sleepier manifestations make September busy. For example, the wingless moths now climb fruit-trees for their winter quarters. They seem to have flourished of late, and grease-banding (which now can be done without the paper bands) is a fruit-grower's duty, and cannot be