Pomological Gossip. %'S 



By such arrangements as those above detailed, Mr. Moor- 

 man keeps the Marie Louise in fine condition till after Christ- 

 mas. He possesses a selection of the best varieties of pears, 

 which he grows chiefly on espaliers, which are well man- 

 aged by his gardener, Mr. Tucker, in the Clapham-road. He 

 had some remarkably handsome specimens of the Winter Nelis 

 in his fruit room in January, much larger than that excellent 

 variety usually grows. We have also seen very large speci- 

 mens of the Marie Louise, grown at his seat at Box Hill, in 

 Sussex. The tree which produced them is trained against 

 the gable end of a barn, about a quarter of a mile from the 

 sea, and this tree is exposed.to the strong sea-breezes from the 

 southwest. It was planted in good soil, and a spring below 

 it was discovered when digging the hole for the compost, 

 previous to the tree being planted." 



Art. HL Pomological Gossip. 



English Seedling Strawberries and other Fruits. — 

 A writer in the Gardeners^ Chrotiicle, whose views seem to 

 be in unison with our own in regard to the merits of new 

 seedling fruits, particularly strawberries, makes the following 

 observations upon most of the new varieties of the latter fruit 

 which have been recently brought to notice. Cultivators who 

 are acquainted with some of the varieties he enumerates, will 

 at once recognize the truth of his assertions regarding those 

 kinds ; and it will at once aflbrd good proof that his remarks 

 upon the newer ones will be likely to be perfectly correct. 

 It is true, as this writer says, that " high-sounding puffs and 

 advertisements " are often the means of victimizing the pub- 

 lic, — and we may add, that they always will be the means of 

 doing so, if amateurs and others will read only " puff's and 

 advertisements," to the exclusion of periodical publications, 

 which are the legitimate sources of information upon this 

 subject. 



