In My Garden
A good many people have kept a pod many sorts of apples in perfect condition till the New Year. Many of the russets, for example, are now at their best, and even Cox's still in very sound condition. Some few optimists are expecting to keep some part of their store till midsummer. One enthusiast makes a special plea for that very old apple, Dumelow's Seedling or Wellington, and records that some of his were still sound on July 25th last! It is said to little special qualities as an ingredient in the mince-pie. In some of the western counties no apples are so fit for this purpose as the best cider apples. They are more cohesive, and the extra amount both of tannin and sugar makes them as wholesome to eat as they are to drink. My experience is that the hard, long-keeping apples are among the harder to grow. For myself, I have altogether failed, so has a friend in Worcestershire, with the excellent D'Arcy Spice, the
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