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American Apples in China.— A correspondent 

 of the London Journal of Horticulture, writing 

 from Hong Kong, says : "Gardening by the na- 

 tives is only carried on to a very limited extent. 

 They grow different kinds of European vege- 

 tables in the cold season for the market, and 

 some for their own use. The Chinese are great 

 vegetable-consumers, and immense quantities of 

 these arrive daily in Hong Kong from the main- 

 land, a large quantity of which is grown in 

 British Kowloon. Fruit for the Hong Kong 

 market comes chiefly from near Canton, and 

 consists of Bananas, Litchis, Largons, Per- 

 simmons, Carambolas, Peaches, Pineapples to a 

 small extent, Pumelos, Oranges, Custard Ap- 

 ples, Mangos, Wampees, Rose Apples, Kum- 

 quats, &c. The best Mangos come from Manilla, 

 and Pineapples andMangosteens from Singapore 

 and Bargpok, and Pumelos from Amoy and 

 Swatow\ Grapes are grown near Tienstin and 

 Newchwang in the north, and are sent to Hong 

 Kong; but the best Chinese Grapes are very in- 

 ferior to English-grown ones, they are almost 

 entirely devoid of the rich Grape flavor to which 

 we are accustomed in England. Pears are grown 

 on the opposite coast to Hong Kong, in places 

 to a large size, and they are very good stewed; 

 but though used as a dessert fruit, they would 

 find no place on an English table, as in reality a 

 good Turnip tastes better. Spongy Apples ar- 

 rive from the north, but the best of all come 

 from America." 



Vegetable Gardening about Louisville. — 

 The market gardeners about Louisville are in a 

 happy state of mind this year. Many have 

 gathered about seventy barrels of potatoes to 

 the acre, that sold early in the season at $4.50 

 per barrel ; and later on the yield increased to a 

 hundred barrels to the acre, that sold for $3.25 

 per barrel. Onions and cabbage, too, have been 

 very large and fine, and have sold at good prices. 



PremiuiMS for New Fruits. — A raiser of new 

 fruit has been pushing his novelty by virtue of 

 an " award " by a prominent horticultural so- 

 ciety. As the fruit is not exactly what is expected 

 of it, it has become necessary to explain that the 

 award was only made '* to encourage exhibitors 

 to bring things,— a compliment to the exhibitors 

 industry and not as a reward for the fruit." We 

 do not give names and details, because it is not 

 our object to reflect on the circumstance so 

 much, as it is to urge again what we have so 

 often suggested, that individual competition has 



gone beyond its day, — what we now want is com- 

 petition with a high standard, and judges should 

 be made to say in their awards how near the 

 exhibit approaches it. 



James Vick Strawberry. — Eminent pomolo- 

 gists in whom we have confidence, praise this 

 new Rochester seedling, remarking especially on 

 its productiveness. 



Strawberry Burr's Pine. — This very old va- 

 riety is still extensively planted in many parts of 

 Ohio. Its remarkably superior flavor, compen- 

 sates for comparatively small size. 



The Souhegan Raspberry seems to be re- 

 garded by a good many raspberry growers as 

 one of the best of black caps. 



The Lucretia Blackberry. — The Dewberry 

 has not hitherto given much to our lists of im- 

 proved fruits, unless the Wilson should have had 

 its parentage in some way connected with it, as 

 some have guessed. But Mr. E. M. Teas says 

 the Lucretia is a genuine Dewberry, found in 

 West Virginia. It produces large luscious fruit, 

 which ripens with the Mammoth Cluster Rasp- 

 berry. 



Dormant Bud Peach Planting. — At a recent 

 nieetingof the California Horticultural Society, an 

 interesting discussion occurred on the judicious- 

 ness of planting fruit trees, budded the summer 

 previous, and not yet started. Mr. Shinn said that 

 "the peach may be planted in a dormant bud with 

 a good deal of success. I have generally succeed- 

 ed in getting three-fourths of them to make good 

 trees. It has been my experience that the trees 

 will not be so large. Dormant buds put in this 

 spring, under the best circumstances, are not 

 more than two-thirds the size of those that re- 

 mained where they were budded. Peaches may 

 be transplanted in dormant bud with a good 

 deal of certainty. Beyond that, it is not de- 

 sirable. I would not plant plums, apricots or 

 pears in dormant buds." 



The Amsden Peach.— This is getting praise in 

 France. Reveu Horticole says two hundred 

 trees grown by M. Baltet, rear Hy^res, yielded 

 between 20th and 25th June, 3,500 kilogrammes 

 of fruit. 



Florida Oranges. — The culture of the orange 

 in Florida progresses wonderfully. Over fifty 

 million were raised last year, according to what 

 • are regarded as reliable estimates. 



