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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ January 8, 1874. 



will continue for a fortnight. 

 of inspection. 



Doubtless it will be well worthy 



LADY HENNIKER APPLE. 



The facility with which new varieties of Apples are raised 

 from seed is so great, that, as is usually the case in such in- 

 stances, there is always a very large proportion of worthless 

 sorts to a very few that are good. In the example before us we 

 have one of the latter class, and one which will take its place 

 among the very best of those Apples of which it is difficult to 

 say whether they are culinary or dessert varieties. In this 

 respect it takes rank with such kinds as Beauty of Kent, 

 Wormsley Pippin, and Beiuette du Canada. Attractive in size 

 and in colour, it will make a show in a large dessert, and if 



planted ; these were reduced every few years. The last thin- 

 ning was about seven years ago, when thirty-three trees were 

 cut-out. The tree in question was always the favourite, and 

 it has lieen carefully preserved. The cook says she prefers it 

 to all others. It is largely used here when large and hand- 

 some dishes of mixed fruit are reijuired for the dinner-table. 

 Its appearance by lamplight is most telling. It is in use 

 when the large shooting parties are on — viz., from October to 

 February. The tree is very healthy and a great bearer." 



ROSE FELICITE PEEPETUEE AS A STOCK. 

 I SHOULD like to make a suggestion to the numerous class of 

 Rose amateurs. Has anyone given the old climbing Rose 



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need were, its flavour would not cause so much disappoint- 

 ment as many other fruits introduced to the dessert merely 

 for the sake of their appearance. 



The fruit is very large, roundish, narrowing a little towards 

 the apex, and with blunt angles on the sides, which terminate 

 in prominent ridges round the eye. Skin yellow on the shaded 

 side, with a faint blush of red, which is covered with broken 

 streaks of crimson on the side nest the sun. Eye large and 

 open, with short segments, and set in a very deep and angular 

 basin. Stalk very short, set in a very deep, wide, russety 

 cavity. Flesh very tender in the grain, well flavoured, and 

 with a pleasant perfume. 



A iirst-rate Apple, chiefly valuable as a cooking variety, but 

 useful also in the dessert. Season from October to February. 



This Apple was raised at Thornham Hall, near Eye in 

 Suffolk, and the account of it furnished by Mr. John Perkins, 

 the present gardener there, is the following : — 



" Between the years 1840 and 18.50 the late Lord Henniker 

 had great quantities of cider made to give away in the summer 

 months. Several bushels of Apple pips were sown in beds, 

 rom which the most promising seedlings were selected and 



Felicity PerpCtufie a good trial as a stock? From my obser- 

 vation of a few Hybrid Perpetuals that were some years ago 

 budded on this stock, I think it would be weU worth a trial- 

 It is a very strong grower and very free rooter, and I think it 

 is likely to be very suitable for Teas and Noisettes. I am 

 aware that the stock has been previously tried, but I should 

 like to know if anyone has tried Tea-scented kinds on it. 



Is it anything uncommon for a seedling Rose to come into 

 bud about ten weeks after its appearance above ground ? I 

 had one that did so this year, but I did not let it flower, 



— G. W. BOOTHBY. 



THE AMERICAN BLIGHT ON APPLE TREES. 



By T. Mackay, C.E. 



rReail before the Nelson Asaocidtion for the Promotion of Science and 

 Industry.] 



In the spring of the year a slight hoariness is observed 

 upon the branches of many of our Apple trees. As the 

 season advances this hoariness increases, and towards the end 

 of the summer the under sides of some of the branches are 



