November 20, 1886. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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The Committee wore than appointed. Mr. T. W. Cdoper was 

 appointed Trfc and Ur. Clay Was nriminated and con- 

 sented to aol at & cretary; 



A deputation of the Boxy Horticultural Sodiety waiter] upon 

 the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society, and were cor- 

 dially received. The Bury Frtc Press th'li n the' Result : — 



"The C mncil nil imately decided in favtrai 6f Mr. Guy' 

 near the new railway station, in E&stgate sin et, ill feet, how- 

 ever, to the final decision of their Exhibit ion Director, arid the 

 local Committee, who may choose the Vine fields if they think 

 propei-. Tne\ wflie highly gratified With the atoounl of I oal 

 support that had been promised, anfl trusted thai it m 

 still extended. They asked for a guarantee of J600, as they 

 might probahly have t . > spend 61200, and agreed, of their own 

 accord, to hand over to the guarantors one half of the profits. 

 It is hoped that the guarantor^ s"Will notobjee'tto hand fiver a 

 part or the whole of their share of the profits to our local horti- 

 cultural society, whose funds, it is well known, are at rather a 

 low ebb, althdu [h it has generon sly promised E25 to the guar- 

 antee fond. This mays'eemto some like ' counting chickens 

 before they are hatched,' but we confidently anticipate a hand- 

 some balance on the right side if the Weather is propitious. 

 This great Show will probably last fun- days. The pri/e list 

 will bo liberal. The preliminary arrangements will ho con- 

 eluded and the schedule of p I a edily as pos- 

 sible. We cannot ooncludi irit dung justice to the Mayor, 

 Mr. Fish. Mr. Le Pout, and .Mr. W. < '•. Guy, who have ihti 

 themselves most laudably in this important matter, while it is 

 owing to the efforts of Sdr. Pish especially that the question, 

 when apparently falling through, was successfully revived. To 

 his exertions, too, are due the raising, up to the pn si a 

 pf a guarantee fund >1 nearly E800. His reward will he in the 

 success of the enterprisi . for h hie will derive more delight, as 

 none, perhaps, will be better able to appreciate the magnificent 

 floral display in store than our 1 I neighbour and enthu- 

 siastic horticulturist. " 



Other Suffolk horticultural es are aiding the effort, 



and foremost is that of Woodl rid hie I roted a prize of 



rive guineas to be I for the 1 elve Picotees. 



MARKET GARDEN STRAWBERRIES. 



Mr. JortN Pekkins, of Thornham Gardens, has kindly sent 

 me some seeds of Queen Anne's Melon, and also 

 the Hybrid Cashmere Melon. In his letter he says •• We often 

 say, on opening our papers, Let us look and see what Mr. 

 Radclyffe to ." This being so, b will expect to 



see what I have to sav in reference to the matter treated of by 

 "J. T. and Others." 



I apprehend that market gardeners want Strawberries that 

 are of a hardy nature, sure setter;, of quick establishment, 

 successional and heavy croppers, that bring their fruit to a 

 saleable size, that are long in hearing, handsome, of good 

 flavour, that are neither impatieut of heat nor cold, t! . 

 swell without watering, that will last two or three year-, and 

 lastly, and above all, that will bear carriage Well. Cropping 

 and carriage are two main points. 



If this be a right definition, then the best varieties for their 

 purposes are, for early arid midseasbn produce, Sir J. \' 

 Itivers's Eliza, Eclipse, and Empress Eugenie : for late pro- 

 duce, Wonderful, Dr. Hogg, Cockscomb, and Frogmore Late 

 Pine. 



I will pit these eight sorts against any other eight sorts that 

 may be named for market gardeners' purposes. The fii I 



five last are very large, and sure and I ci pp rs'. The 



second and third are medium-sized, but heavy croppers. 



Elton Pine, Eleanor, and Sir C. Napi eded by 



Wonderful, Dr. i I kseornb, an Late Pine. 



They are four famous Strawberries for private gardi 

 well as for market gardens. 



Now, as regards market-garden cultivation, I suppose it is 

 much the same as gar i cultivation, only ou a larger scale. 

 The distances of plants' must depend on the if . the quality 

 and condition of the ground, and the time of plantation. If 

 planted late, they may be put l j, 10, or 12 inches apart, accord- 

 ing to the above circumstances, and t' ng year every 

 other plant may be removed. You may plant Eliza and Won- 

 derful, as late September runners, and every plant of them 

 will fruit. Good sorts, high condition of the ground, early 

 planting, and quick establishment are the main wards of the 

 key of success. Two plants may, during cropping, be pegged 



thumb-pot from each plant durini cropping. As soon as 

 I vi talti ii. thej ; bould be rem ived into the i I &de and 

 watered. When the laud is clear, b; with o ai rp i ai 



the matted roots at (he bottom and sides of the plant 

 plant fi i ml., and water thi in. 



Dr. II the best Strawl en aised lately. 



It is a British Queen that will grow in anj kind oi i.md. — 

 W. F. l; .i ,.,,.' , Oh dFii i aine. 



I beg to give a brief account of what I Have found t i ho the 

 mostjprofitable method oi giewirig !.- di i-ious fnut. lam 

 careful to olieaa a situation v.ii! exposed to sun and light, 1 

 giyaahi vy d - ing of bhrsetnianute and some fresh loam, 

 trench 20> inches deep, and tn id . vtoy-firm if of a 



light nature, but if heavy only slightly. 1 mark out l • 

 wide, <">th two- feet walk-- between il .. m, ohohse - 1 r< fig aimers 

 in July or the early part of August, put four rows of plants in 

 each bed, allowing 1 foot between the lows, and the same 

 distance between the plants in the rows; and as soon as they 

 have ceased to gnu, ,, b] autumn I mulch the beds with 

 half-decs ed horse-manure. 



With the, aboye treatmj : abundant crops of 



line fruit in tho first season. ,\ I soon ! the first crop is 

 gathered I remove the two inner rowsi cl bed', which leaves 

 the plants for the second crop :'. feet between the rows and 

 1 foot apart in the rows. Tiny are again mulched in the 

 autumn with stable-manure'. 



After the second crop is taken, every alternate plant in the 

 rows is removed, which leaves them 3 feet by 2 feet apart. 

 They are again heavily manured in the autumn, and after the 

 third crop is gathered are dug down, as I have never found 

 them produce fruit so fine and abundant after the thiid year. 

 — A Cqxstaxt Reader. 



EAIUA" GRAPE WITHOUT SEEDS. 



li The strength of tire Grape Vine is not put in reijuisitiou in tin aline 

 the pulp of the berries, bat in perfecting the seed." 



If this text is correct, what is the use of growing Grapes 

 with many seeds, or any seeds ? 



There are thousands of people in England who are n 

 erecting cool Grape-houses, ground vineries, and seme plant- 

 ing Vines out in the open ground. There are some parts 

 of England very favourable for the latter, chiefly fron 

 nature i f the s al— a poor dry soil, with bsdil drain- 



age. This, with some of the largest whole bones inserted 

 10 inches deep about tho Vine for S feet, will insure bi 

 provided the Vines are grown aud pruned on the Hoare or 

 Thomery plan. Now what is wanted is an early Gra] ■ with 

 high flavour, large berries, and large bunches. I ask. Have 

 we such? if not, why do not some of our great Grape-growers 

 try to produce such a Grape without seeds, by crossing those 

 varieties which have no seeds, such as the Sultana aud Black 

 Monukka, with some of the best early Grapes with high flavour ? 

 If Grapes in cool houses do not progress during the time they 

 are stoning — namely, for about twenty-hue- daj -, why not save 

 that time by producing early Grapes without seeds : 



Perhaps some of the hothouse i iwera \ ill say, 



" We do not care about early Grapes. i es are early 



if we choose to put the steam on and force them ;" hut there 

 are many thousands who like to grow a few Gripes v. i t 

 forcing. It is for these 1 plead ; they are becoming more 

 numerous than those who possess hothouses — I mean men in 

 businesses of various kinds, and woo d i not keep a gardener, 

 but love the cultivation of the Vine during their leisure hours. 

 They would not like the expense or trouble of attending to a 

 furnace. Those who employ heat will say, " If you do not like 

 heat you will have no Grapes." Now, 1 have had in a ground 

 vinery this summer as good Black Hamburgh Grapes ripe in 

 the first week in October as most people would wish to 

 m spite of rain nearly every clay and no sun, the Grapes were 

 perfect in colour, which was not the case in many hothouses, 

 owing to the quantity of rain falling on borders a feet deep, and 

 the front ventilators being ki pt but to economise 



heat. The result has been red Grapes without flavour in place 

 of Black Grapes with. — A. T. 



P.S. — The following is a scale of the number of seeds which 

 a Black Hamburgh Vine grown in a ground vinery in my garden 

 would have had to support if I had allowed the Vine to attempt 

 to ripen all the bunches it bore. The Vine was 12 feet long 

 and the growth of 18G5 from the ground, having been cut down 



