December 2G, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



867 



A Fruit Exhibit at Boston 

 By Isaac Locke & Co. 



collection of vegetables, an enormous 

 lot of everything in season sueb as only 

 they can present to the public view. 

 Exhibits from other well-known firms 

 contained every vegetable in season 

 the kitchen garden could supply. 



In the second large greenhouse we 

 have as much to see as in the first, but 

 space is limited and we must sum- 

 marize. Hydrangeas by Desire Rame- 

 let were well staged. Ferard staged 

 several beds containing Primula ob- 

 conica, cyclamens and maidenhair 

 ferns. 



One of the chief features of the 

 Faris Autumn Show is the begonias, 

 and of these we noticed a fine lot 

 staged by M. Billard of single and 

 double flowered varieties, arranged in 

 colors by themselves and forming a 

 most effective display. Vallerand, who 

 also is a marked grower of begonias, 

 cyclamens, gloxinias, etc., had a very 

 fine lot effectively arranged. 



From Adnet of Cap d'Antibes, there 

 came a remarkably interesting exhibit 

 consisting of a choice collection of 

 hybrid Gerberas. He had numerous 

 varieties of many shades of color, 

 quite a number of which received first 

 class certificates. One of the attrac- 

 tions here was George Truffaut's dis- 

 play arranged on a circular lawn- — a 

 huge monument of white lilac, at 

 least 9 feet high in the centre with 

 Clumps of lily of the valley arranged 

 on a bed of dark green moss around 

 the base. 



In the chrysanthemum section here, 

 Aug. Nonin had several groups con- 

 taining many of the choicest exhi- 



bition, decorative and other varieties. 

 We only refer to a few varieties; 

 Tout Paris, W. Duckham, Glorie de 

 Vanves, Sapho. Naples, W. R. Church, 

 Mrs. Coombs, A. J. Brooks, Paul 

 Raudet, Duchesse d'Orieans, etc. are 

 all very fine E. Rosette also had a lot 

 of fine cut blooms of popular varieties. 

 Victor Gautier, Paul Feron, Guinle 

 and Sarron had collections of plants 

 and cut blooms respectively. 



Altogether there were 319 exhi- 

 bitions in the various classes. The 

 following are a few of the leading 

 prizes: Grand prix d'honneur to 

 Crous et fils for fruit and fruit trees; 

 grand prix d'honneur to Ernest Calvat 

 for new chrysanthemums; and prix 

 d'honneur to the following: Salomon 

 et fils (grapes). Pinon (trained chry- 

 santhemums), Leveque et fils (chry- 

 santhemums and carnations), La- 

 ohaume (floral decorations), Colin 

 (cut chrysanthemums), I.esueur (or- 

 chids) Goublin (fruit), Vallerand (be- 

 gonias, etc.), Valtier (vegetables). 



M. Fallieres, President of the 

 French Republic, visited the show on 

 the opening morning. 



Apples and Pears at the Paris Show. 

 The display of these fruits at the 

 Paris Autumn Show is always one of 

 the wonders of French horticulture 

 They are frequently staged in huge 

 semi-circular pyramids, sometimes in 

 other ways, one of the most remark- 

 able this year being a huge slope of 

 many square feet in area containing 



pears. The varieties are practically 

 innumerable and probably of little ac- 

 count in America. It is remarkable 

 the great number of pears there are of 

 French origin and the fine appearance 

 they make on the show tables. 



A few of the leading varieties of 

 apples may be mentioned by way of 

 curiosity for the readers of HORTI- 

 CULTURE and of these I noted 

 Calville Blanc, Grand Alexander, 

 Reinette du Canada, Belle de Pontoire, 

 Menagere, Reinette Blanche. Brebaur 

 Bellefleur, Bismark, Belle Josephine, 

 Roi d' Angleterre, Belle du Bois, Cal- 

 ville Rouge d' Hiver, Jeanne Hardy, 

 most of which were shown in immense 

 quantities. 



As for the pears they are far more 

 numerous. There is a whole host of 

 Beurres and Doyennes and one needs 

 to be a specialist to know their par- 

 ticular qualities other than merely 

 pleasing the eye. Some of the most 

 popularly shown are Beurre d' Arem- 

 berg, Doyenne d' Hiver, Belle Ange- 

 vine. Passe Crassane, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, Duchesse d' Angouleme 

 Beurre Diel, Beurre Hardy, Charles 

 Ernest, Cure, Beurre Clairgeau, Le 

 Lectier, Belle de Berry, Catillac, Fon- 

 daut des Bois, Beurre Magnifique, 

 Olivier de Serres. Fondaut de Malines, 

 Directeur Alphand, Xotaire Sepin, 

 Souvenir de Jules Guindon, Marie 

 Benoist, Nouveau Poitcan, Beurre 

 Bachelier, Beurre Van Gurt, etc. For 

 exhibition these are certainly hand- 

 some looking samples and are general- 

 ly in view at most French shows. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



