1 66 Notes and Gleanings. 



the sporting of varieties raised from seed of hybrid plants, or the crosses between 

 two hybrids. 



" The Scuppernong is one of the most distinct and remarkable species in the 

 world ; and in loamy, porous soil, or even in the damp, sandy soil of the South, 

 where other kinds cannot flourish, it flourishes and bears incredible quantities. 

 It never rots, and has no disease that I ever heard of. The aegeria, or grub, so 

 destructive to the foreign and other soft-wooded species, never touches it. I 

 have seen it bear and flourish with its roots entwined among the roots of other 

 species, completely honeycombed with the grub." 



The Blenheim Pippin and Dutch Mignonne Apples. — I wish to cor- 

 rect a mistake in regard to Blenheim Pippin, Blooming Orange, and Dutch Mig- 

 nonne apples, as described in the second revised edition of Downing's Fruits 

 and Fruit Trees. From an examination of these as grown here the past year, 

 and from specimens received from various other sources since the last edition 

 was pubhshed, I am convinced that Blenheim Pippin, Blooming Orange, and 

 Dutch Mignonne, as described in the former editions of this work, are all one 

 and the same variety, viz., Blenheim Pippin. 



I have had the impression for some time that Blooming Orange was the 

 Dutch Mignonne of former editions, judging from the growth of the trees, but 

 not having seen the fruit of all in perfection until this winter, to be satis- 

 fied of the fact. My late brother, in the first editions of his book, made a mis- 

 take in relation to the Dutch Mignonne, having made his description from the 

 fruit of a tree he found, unnamed, in William Denning's orchard, at Fishkill 

 Landing, N. Y., which he concluded, from examination of the books, was Dutch 

 Mignonne ; and the mistake has been continued until now. The following are 

 its synonym es : — 



Blenheim Pippin. 



Blenheim Orange, Woodstock Pippin, 



Blooming Orange, Northwick Pippin, 



Blenheim, Kenipter's Pippin, 



Dutch Mignonne, incorrectly. 



The tree of Blenheim Pippin is one of the most vigorous in growth of any we 

 have, of a spreading form, somewhat declining when in bearing, and makes a 

 large, noble tree in the orchard. It is late coming into bearing, but when fully 

 established is sufficiently productive, and one of the most valuable of early 

 winter apples for the Middle and Northern States. 



The true Dutch Mignonne is correctly described in the second revised edition, 

 on p. 151. CJiarlcs Downing. 



Strawberries in California. — One garden in California has forty acres 

 of strawberries. Judicious irrigation, in a climate which really has no winter, 

 enables this fruit to be provided the whole year round. 



Large Vineyard. — The largest vineyard in California is said to cover five 

 hundred acres. 



