THE KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCH 

 THE NEW FRUITS OF 1873. 



The past year does not appear to have been very fertile I 

 in good new fruits, though the number of new English 

 apples brought forward was very great. Awaiting the com- ; 

 pletion of the list of those raised in Belgium, France and 

 Germany, we give the following notes, borrowed from the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, on the pomological gains of Great I 

 Britain. 



In Grapes — the pride and glory of British gardens — 

 M r Pearson, of Chilwell, contributes a good and handsome 

 late white grape, named Golden Queen. It was raised from 

 the Alicante crossed by Ferdinand de Lessees. Another I 

 variety, Venn's Black Muscat, is said to be superior to the I 

 Muscat Hamburgh, being of a hardier constitution and a 

 better keeper than this excellent grape. 



Amongst apples, we may especially recommend as supe- i 

 rior : Barchard's Seedling, a good variety, productive bearer, ; 

 and handsome tree; Lady Henniker, a good kitchen fruit of 

 the Codlin shape, streaked like the Beauty of Kent; D. T. . 

 Fish is another large kitchen apple suitable for use in 

 December and January; and the Worcester Pearmain, a 

 seedling from the Red Quarrenden, is a highly-coloured early 

 dessert apple. 



Of Pears there is a singular deficiency. Lucy Grieve, an 



NEW VEGETABLES. 



In the last number of the Bulletin du Cercle ^Arboricul- 

 ture de Belgique we find in an article by our fellow-labourer, 

 M. Burvenich, whose name is an authority in kitchen-garden 

 matters, an enumeration of several new vegetables from which 

 we select the following : 



Beet, Blood Red. 



Celery, Fulham Prize Pink. 



Cucumber, Marquis of Lome, a greatly esteemed variety, 

 of which the seeds are still dear. 

 Duke of Edinburgh, exceeds a yard in length. 



Succory, fringed. 



Broccoli , Late Queen, Early 



White and Perfection 



Cauliflower Veitch's Perfection and the King of Caul 

 Dwarf Kidney Bean, Canadian Wonder. 



- Relative Hardiness of Conifers. - M. Victor Mi*- 

 son has been collecting some notes on ^ ^»"»"J* 

 powers of certain Conifers on his estate at la Chassagne tot 

 d'Or. The Cedar of Lebanon will bear a greater degree 

 cold than the African Cedar; but it starts into f^£™ 

 in the spring, and a late frost on the ^/^£ 

 all the young shoots. M. Masson recommends the lou^» 

 Conifers for planting in cold situations, A *™^ ^ A [ 

 A. Nordmanniana, and A. Douglasii, m P*®' ^these 

 pectinata,A. Apollinis, A. Fraseri and A. Olio- a, . ^ ^ 

 last are spring-tender and often lose their young ; s 

 become unsightly. This is of importance to planters 

 greens on a large scale. 



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