30 NOVEMBER 1956, page 47

Fruit Trees

Fruit trees are best planted before the harder frosts come. Bear in mind that for quick re- turns standards and espaliers are planted at three to four years old, half-standards......

Dogs And Sheep

Labels are never satisfactory for classifying men. We are, by repute, dog-lovers and this is a tradition, whether we pamper our dogs in our bedrooms or leave them to fend for......

Country Life

By IAN MALL IN a spell of colder weather the morning sun breaks through a haze and lasts only until early afternoon, when it fades to an orange glow and dissolves in mist. A......

The. Bare Wood

With nothing to do but stand and stare one notices that when the leaves have gone from the trees in a copse or wood the larger birds generally forsake these places. The crow may......

Chess

BY PHILIDOR No. 78 W. A. SIONKMAN (Dubuque Chess Journal, 1870) WIIITE (12 men) 11. -Q 5; 2 P-B 4. WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last......