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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTITKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ September 8, 1S6>. 



join this I hope I shall never want anything from it. I 

 shall only be too pleased to contribute my mite to help 

 others, and I hope all who join it will do so in the same 

 spirit. — James Clews, Gardenei; Cloone, Mohill, Co. Leitmn, 

 Ireland. 



[We are able to state that stops are taken towards 

 establisliing the proposed Society; but it is stUl very 

 desirable to have criticisms and communications upon the 

 subject. — Ed.?. J. of H.] 



NOTES ON FEUITS RECEIVED. 



We have received several specimens of fruits of so unusual 

 a character, and of varieties that are so little known in this 

 country, that we take this opportunity of bringing them 

 before the notice of our readers. 



The first we received were from the Eev. Thomas Brchaut, 

 of Guernsey, well known as the author of an excellent prac- 

 tical treatise on the cordon system of training. Through 

 the kindness of this gentleman we have been introduced to 

 an acquaintance with two Peaches of American origin, of 

 which we had previously heard, but of which we had not 

 seen the fi-uit in this country. They are both varieties 

 peculiar to the Southern States, and are, we believe, natives 

 of Georgia. 



Stump the World is of lai'ge size. The speciaieu re- 

 ceived was 9^ inches in cu-cumference. The shape is round- 

 ish, rather inclining to roundish-oval, flattened and rather 

 pitted at the apex : the sutm-e shallow and passing a little 

 beyond the apex. Skin pale yelloivish-white, finely dotted 

 with red, and with a good deal of colour- next the sun. The 

 flesh is wlute, very melting and juicy, rich, and deUciously 

 flavoured. This is a fine Peach. 



Exquisite belongs to the class of yellow or Ajiricot 

 Peaches, and is also of very large size, as large as the jjre- 

 ceding, but is terminated at the apex by a rather prominent 

 and sharp nipple. The flesh is yellow, and in the specimen 

 received it was rich and highly flavom-ed — quite equal in 

 conilition to what we once, and only once, tasted in Craw- 

 ford's Early, to which this variety is nearly related. 



These two varieties were grown in an orchard-house with- 

 out heat, and on very small trees, which produced seven and 

 four fruit each. This is, doubtless, the fij-st occasion on 

 which these varieties have fruited in England. 



From George F. Wilson, Esq., of Gishurst Cottage, Wey- 

 bridge Heath, we have also received some very fiiie speci- 

 mens of successful orchard-house cultivation. We can hardly 

 say we were astonished to see the specimens that gentleman 

 forwai-ded, because we have on former occasions seen ami 

 remarked upon the i>roduce of the Gishurst orchard-houses. 

 and it has invai-iably been of a kind that excelled anything 

 we have seen produced from any other quarter. The fruit 

 we now .aUude to is a dish of Louise Bonne of Jersey Pears, 

 and one of Transpar-ent Gage Plums. The former are de- 

 cidedly the finest specimens of the kind we have seen. 

 Beautiful as that variety usually is, these ai'e unusually so. 

 The largest was 4.V inches long, and 3 in diameter ; the skin 

 highly coloiu-ed, and speckled like a trout. The Transpai-ent 

 Gage Plums were of a flue opaline appeai-ance, and dotted 

 with crimson just enough to suggest the similitude to the 

 opal's fiery bistre. The skin aud flesh were quite trans- 

 jjarent, and the latter delicious in flavour. 



Mr. Edward Pierce, of Yeovil, sent a basket of very hand- 

 some Nectarines called the CEici;ETTNEcTAEiNz,from having 

 been raised at Crickett Park, near Crewkerne. The fi-uit is 

 large, and in appeai-ance like a large '\''iolette Hative, but it 

 differs from that variety in having large flowers ; and the 

 tree is so hardy, that Mr. Pierce informs us that for the last 

 two seasons, when all the Nectai-ine-buds ia his nurseries 

 have been killed, those of the Crickett Nectarine have with- 

 stood the fi'ost. The flesh of the Crickett Nectarine is rich, 

 and of a very fine flavour. Like the Violette Hative, it is 

 quite red at the stone. 



From Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, we have received 

 several new varieties, some of which never produced fi-uit 

 before this season. They were all grown in the orchai-d- 

 houses in Mr. Eivers' nurseries. 



SEEDLiNa Noblesse Peach. — The remarkable character 

 of tliis vai-iety is that it has round glands on the leaves. 



The fi-uit is medium-sized, roundish, and marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin covered with a fine doT\ii and perfectly 

 pale, except with a very faint trace of colour on the side 

 next the sun, amounting to only clusters of a few dots. 

 The flesh is wlute, quite pale at the stone, with sometimes 

 the faintest streak of red, but not a tinge, and sepai-ating 

 freely from the stone. It is quite white or greenish-white, 

 very tender and juicy. Juice abundant, very richly and 

 dehciously flavoured. A fu-st-rate Peach. 



Golden Earekipe Peace. — This is one of the yeUow- 

 fleshed Peaches. It is of very large size, roundish shape, 

 and marked with a deep suture. Tlie skin is pale orange 

 on the shaded side, with a considerable blush of red on the 

 side next the sun. The flesh is deep yeUow, and consider- 

 ably tinged with red at the stone, from which it separates 

 fi-eely. It is very tender and juicy, but with rather too brisk 

 a flavour to be considered desirable. It is a large handsome- 

 looking Peach. The leaves have kidney-shaped glands. 



Seedling Peach 5, from White Nectarine. — A laa-ge and 

 handsome Peach, round, and with a deep suture. The skin 

 is perfectly wlute, and has not the least trace of colom- upon 

 it. The flesh is also perfectly white even to the stone, fi-om 

 which it separates very freely, not vei-y juicy, and the juice 

 cold, acid, and rather bitter. Glands reniform. 



Canary Peach. — A fine, large, pale straw-coloured Peach, 

 21- inches in diameter, and tei-miuated at the apex with a 

 shai-jj-pointed nipple. The sutm-e is distinct. The skin is 

 uniformly of a very pale warm yellow or orange, and without 

 any trace of red — indeed it may well be called Canary. The 

 stiJk-hole is deep and -wide. Flesh sepai-ating from the 

 stone ; pale orange, very tender and melting. Juice very 

 abundant, sweet and rich, with a delicious, fine, and racy 

 flavom-. Leaves without glands. A large, handsome, and 

 most delicious Peach. A first-rate variety. 



Monstrueuse de Douii. — A noble fruit, 9.V inches in dia- 

 meter, round, and with a suture that passes round the whole 

 surface of the fruit. Skin pale green, mottled all over with 

 thick dottings of red, and with a red cheek where fully 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh green, very deep red round the 

 stone, fi-om which it separates. It is rather firm, soUd, and 

 heavy. Juice very abundant, very sprightly, piquant, and 

 racy. A splendid Peach. As a fine market vai-iety this will 

 be invaluable. 



Honey Peach /rom China. — A curious ovate-shaped Peach 

 of medium size, terminating at the apex in a shai-p long 

 nipple, and marked with a faint sutiu-e. The skin, wMch is 

 covered with a very fine down, is perfectly white, and has 

 no trace of colour on it. The flesh is perfectly white, with 

 just a faint trace of red round the stone, from wliich it 

 separates freely. It is very tender, melting, and juicy. 

 Juice abundant, quite sweet and delicious, almost like a 

 syrup. A very rich and delicious Peach, quite novel m 

 character, both in appearance and in flavour. The leaves 

 are without glands, and remarkable as being widely dentate. 

 This is a very distinct variety. 



Tukenne Amklioree. — Agood-sized'Peaoh, about 2J inches 

 in diameter, roundish, and a good deal hammered and irre- 

 gular in its outline. Skin deeply mottled and clouded with 

 dark crimson almost over two-thirds of the suri'ace, and 

 pale yellow on the shaded side. The suture is merely a 

 faint Une, and not deeply marked. Flesh yellow, deep red 

 at the stone, ooai-se, acid, and bitter. Separates with diffi- 

 cidty, and is not at all a desirable variety. Leaves without 

 glands. 



Crimson Mignonne. — Fi-uit about medium size, roundish, 

 and rather uneven in its outhne, marked with a very faint 

 suture, and pitted at the apex. Skin almost entirely 

 covered with veiy dark crmison, almost black, as much so as 

 the BeUegarde. The little on the shaded side that is not 

 coloured is a pale yellow. Flesh vei-y tender and melting, 

 vei-j' much and very deejily stained with blood red at the 

 stone, fi-om which it separates freely. Juice very abundant, 

 rich, sjirightly, and deUciously flavoured. This is a very 

 distinct and very excellent Peach. Glands round. 



Ctanophyllum magnificum. — I have the Cy;uiophyllum 

 magnificum with leaves 25| inches in length, and 143 inches 

 in breadth. — Staekie Baldwin, Gardener to John Moore, 

 Esq., Palace House, near Burnley. 



