40 CATALOGUE OF FRUITS 
“ Amassia is on land much elevated above the sipi ный 9 sea, ons consequently 
very cold in winter, and ы! hot in summer. The s calcareous, mixed with 
fine sand ; exceedingly dry in summer; and the љар аге нает "by hydraulic 
r prun indeed no care w r is 
neve or ma саге what 
taken of them except watering them, an absolute necessity i in the great heats of 
Еп 
веп in to 
March next, by two үн i steamer from vc vid Laven 
peres They vil ; et in Janu uary, during the coldest weather, so 
‚‚ “I shall he v very ap at tal times to be able to give you any other feriens 
if required, having inherited from my late father, John Barker, Esq., a grea 
LI for horticulture, and having bid: some little experience in ‘these machen 
So far as beauty is concerned the Apples exhibited at the Show in 
October bore out all Mr. Barker’s encomiums, but the taste had been 
deteriorated by keeping and carriage. It had become too sweet, and 
the Apple had lost the crispness of which he speaks. But if the grafts 
which he promises prosper, we shall by-and-b 
testing its value more fairly, y:and-bye have an opportunity of 
н ae ee ЕД See 
pom eur OF FRUITS CULTIVATED IN 
RDEN OF THE ROYAL HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY AT CHISWICK. 
Fourth Edition, 
(Continued, from Vol. ti., page 67 0.) 
Season. 
Á oa oF OLDENBURG. 
light Моо e LN м Age covered with a 
A Prussian a . 
the scales of ue pedis ornamental from its dii loca; 
381 DUCHESS OF YORK’s ive 
Sue 
Small, oblate, yellow and reg Es \ 
Table. | 1 | Aug. Sept. 
382 TE OF BEAUFORT’ riser . . « -| Table. | 2 | Nov. Dec. 
edium, conical, streak 
383 РОМВАВТОМ Prppry, © ° 7 ° Киеп. | 2 | Oct, Dec. 
384 DUMELOW’s | 
She mor RG Wanner, —Dexs v 
ge, roundish, pale-yellow, with 
Tree vigorou : Blush of req - Kitehen.| 1 | Nov. Mar 
nor to lose its good bearer fruit not apt to shrivel! EL 
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