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JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 11, I860. 



result, in the pages of your paper. For market gardeners it is 

 a first-rate sort, and if they will only give it a trial I am con- 

 fident that they will never have reason to regret so doing. 



Does Mr. Eadclyffe know anything of it ? If not, I shall be 

 most happy to send him some plants, if they would be accepted. 

 — W. Laurenson. 



LAXTON'S EARLY PROLIFIC PEA. 



Having procured a sealed packet of Peas under the name of 

 Laxton's, I find three very distinct varieties, and they are 

 numbered in the samples sent, 1 to 3 respectively, and I shall 

 feel greatly obliged if you will inform me through the medium 

 of your valuable Journal, which of the enclosed pods I am to 

 consider Laxton's. 



I am sorry to say it is not the first time that I have been 

 victimised, or, to say the least, disappointed in purchasing " the 

 best l'ea in cultivation, '' and I would respectfully advise Tea 

 growers to be shy of such a very specious term. Some three 

 years ago I procured Sutton's Ringleader, Carter's First Crop, 

 Dickson's First and Best, and Carpenter's Express, which I 

 sowed side by side with Songster's No. 1, and the result was, 

 that I found Sutton's and Carter';; alike, with the exception 

 that Carter's had some " strangers " amongst them very like 

 Sangster's, whilst Dickson's First and Best, and Carpenter's 

 Express, were too much like Sangster's to be pronounced 

 varieties. 



I often see you refer to Hogg's " Fruit Manual " for infor- 

 mation respecting fruit. Now, about three years ago there was 

 a Peach sent out under the name of Stirling Castle, which is 

 not noticed there. Is it worthless, or why is it not mentioned ? 

 — An Ahatece. 



[The curved pods are Laxton's, which appear to have been 

 mixed with Early Frame. Stirling Castle Peach is a good, but 

 not a remarkably fine variety.] 



Er.oji the very flattering account sent out I have been in- 

 duced to try a quart of Laxton's Pea, and I must confess 

 that I have been disappointed in it, both as to flavour as 

 well as yield. My Teas had an excellent situation, and they 

 had, moreover, plenty of room — viz., G feet asunder. — John 

 Marsland. 



STRAWBERRY LORD CLYDE. 



In the last Number of the Journal of Horticulture, page 09, 

 I see a reply of Mr. Yv T . Dean to my inquiry as to Lord Clyde 

 Strawberry. 



I am of the opinion, which I am sure is shared by manv. that 

 a father is not always a very impartial judge of his own children, 

 therefore I should have preferred the opinion of other parties 

 than Mr. Dean as to the merits of this Strawberry. In the 

 meantime I firmly adhere to my belief, that it is nothing else 

 than the old Chinese, and I propose to stud plants to the 

 Boyal Horticultural Society, with a request to have them 

 tried at Chiswick, as I should like to clear up the question 

 thoroughly. 



As to Mr. Dean's pretending to know as much about Straw- 

 berries as I do, I beg leave to doubt it very much, unless Mr. 

 Dean should have spent half his lifetime amongst Strawberries, 

 and grown all the sorts existing, as I did.— Feklinand Gloede, 

 Les Sablons, Seine et Manic. 



THE NATIONAL GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This wa3 held at the Sir John Falstaff Inn, Market Place, 

 Manchester, on Saturday, the 4th inst. The Gooseberries 

 exhibited, although lighter than in the last two seasons, were 

 in good condition, and tolerably well coloured. There was a 

 severe competition among the growers from the principal Goose- 

 berry districts for Dr. Hogg's prize, which terminated in favour 

 of Mr. John Torkington, of the George Inn, Wilinslow, Cheshire, 

 who carried off the prize for a fine specimen of Plough Boy, 

 the most beautiful Gooseberry in cultivation; but he was 

 pressed closely by Mr. Thomas Pilkington, of Scaresbrick, Lan- 

 cashire, with a fine berry of Talfourd. 



Of the seedlings there were but few worthy of notice, owing 

 .to the severe weather which occurred throughout May having 



rusted the rinds, and so much damaged the fruit that but few 

 sound berries are to be met with this season. 



PREMIUM riUZE, £2, OFFERED BY DE. ROBERT HOGG, FOR THE LARGEST 

 BERRY OF ANY COLOUR. dvfts. gT3 



J. Torkington lied Plough Boy 24 17 



STEWARDS' FIRST PRIZES, 18s. EACH. 



T. Pilkington Rod Tall'ourd 24 4 



F. Jameson Yellow Drill 22 17 



M. Torkiiigton Green Shiner 21 9 



J. Bower White Antagonist 23 6 



STEWARDS' SECOND PRIZES. 



G. Wilkinson Red Clayton 23 



W. Bidgway Yellow Leveller 21 



T. Laneeloy Green Stockwell 21 



li. Bindley' White King of Trumps . 22 



STEWARDS' TU1RD PRIZES. 



J. Downs lied Plough Boy 2:'. 



M. Aiusworth Yellow Candidate 21 



J. licisliaw Given Green London .. 2D 



H. Garside White Freedom 18 



RED CLASS. 



Torkington First 



. Xoikhigton Second 



Pilkington Third 



Lanceley Fourth 



Henshaw Fifth 



Pilkington Sixth 



Bidgway Seventh 



LanceU-y Eighth 



Wilkinson Ninth 



Wilkinson Tenth 



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YELLOW CLASS. 



J . Torkington First 



W. 1 lil.'.v. ;i , Second 



T. PilHngton Third 



T. Lanceley Fourth 



E. Poulson Filth 



T. Lanceley Sixth 



T. Pilkington Seventh 



M. Ainsworth Eighth 



\V. Ridgway Ninth 



G. Wilkinson Tenth 



London 25 



Plough Boy 23 



Slaughterman .. 23 



Beauty 22 



Wonderful 21 



Lord Liverpool . . 21 



Clayton 21 



Conquering Hero 20 



Seedling 20 



Masterpiece .... 20 



Ringer 23 



Leveller 22 



Wasp 21 



Cramp 21 



Garibaldi 20 



Mount Pleasant . 20 



Drill 19 



Hue and Cry 18 



Catheruia 18 



Leader 18 



GREEN CLASS. 



J. Torkington First 



F. Jameson Second 



T. l'iikiue,tou Third 



J. Torkinglou Fourth 



H. Garside Fifth 



T. I'ilkiugtou Sixth 



T. Lanceley Seventh 



E. Poulson Eighth 



M. Ainsworth Ninth 



T. Lanceley Tenth 



WHITE. 



J. Torkington First 



T. Lanceley Second 



J. Henshaw Third 



T. Pilkington Fourth 



T. Pilkington Fifth 



M. Ainsworth Sixth 



T. Lanceley Seventh 



E. Poulsou Eighth 



E. Poulson Ninth 



M. Aius-woith Tenth 



Shiner 23 



Stockwell 21 



Green London . . 20 



Surprise 20 



Loudon City .... 19 



Souter Johnny . . 19 



Plunder 19 



Birchin Lime ... 18 



Gretna Green ... 17 



Matchless 18 



Antagonist 23 



Suowdrop 20 



Overseer 20 



Careless 20 



Hero of the Nile. 20 



Queen of the West 18 



Elizabeth 19 



Lady Leicester . . 18 



Snowdrif t 18 



Peto 17 



RED SEEDLINGS. 



G. Wilkinson First 



E. Poulson Second 



B. Bradley Third 



H. Lee Fourth 



Unnamed . . 

 England. ... 

 Loid Derby 

 Joe 



E. Poulson First . 



J. Taylor Second 



S. Allcock Third . 



W. Saunders Fourth 



GREEN SEEDLINGS. 



5 



23 



8 



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15 



20 



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 17 



8 

 21 

 12 



9 

 20 

 13 

 13 



10 

 14 

 15 

 11 

 8 

 6 

 15 

 21 

 17 

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15 

 11 

 11 



5 

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 13 



1 



3 

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7 



12 



11 



5 



4 



4 



23 



20 



14 



4 



19 



20 13 



19 2:s 



19 18 



17 18 



YELLOW SEEDLINGS. 



T. Laneeloy First Unuamed 20 19 



B. Bradley Second Conservative .... 17 14 



J. Henshaw Third Bough Robin 16 12 



E. Poulson Fourth Annie 10 8 



Unnamed 17 4 



John Taylor 15 18 



Smithtield Lane . 15 8 



Unnamed 11 21 



WHITE SEEDLINGS. 



J. Taylor First Look-after-me . . 17 6 



W. Saunders Second Unnamed 16 22 



G. Scerratt Third Jesse 16 20 



F. Soars Fourth Miss Soars 13 7 



