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varieties of apricots were rejected, except two, Liabaud and Mexico, which re- 

 main for study. The Bigarreau Papal Cherry was rejected. The figs have been 

 more fortunate, thanks to a special study of them made by the Society of Mont- 

 pellier. Out of ten varieties, three were adopted. 



The varieties of strawberries admitted were, Frogmore Late Pine, Due de 

 Malakoff, Empress Eugenie, La Chalonnaise, Napoleon III., Sir Joseph Paxton, 

 and Victoria. According to the Horticultural Society of Beauvais, the two va- 

 rieties called Princess of Wales and Wonderful have been rejected ; the latter 

 as being synonymous with Myatt's Prolific. 



The jury was very severe in the case of grapes ; for, out of twenty-eight vari- 

 ties, only one, the Aleatica nera, has been admitted. Six new varieties have 

 been admitted for study; namely, Lady Downe's Seedling, presented by the 

 Imperial Society of Paris, and five others presented by the Horticultural Society 

 of Gironde. This latter society had selected from among the best vines culti- 

 vated in the vineyards of Bordelais and Medoc, not yet admitted by the Congress, 

 the following sorts : Gros Verdot, Petit Verdot, two of the sorts most exten- 

 sively grown at Cantenac ; and Verdot Collonges, giving an ordinary wine ; 

 Grosse Vuidure, which produces fine wines of first quality ; and Pignan, a vari- 

 ety of an exceptional fertility. — Gardener'' s Chronicle. 



DwAKF Peaches. — So much interest is now felt in dwarf peaches, that we 

 copy from the " Revue Horticole " the account of a new kind said to be superior 

 to any other : — 



Luizet Dwarf Peach. — This interesting variety, obtained in 1861 by one of 

 the most distinguished arboriculturists, M. Gabriel Luizet, senior, at Ecully-les- 

 Lyon, Rhone, is entirely distinct from all other varieties of dwarf peaches. 



The following are the characters which it presents : Tree very dwarf, vigor- 

 ous, and fertile ; branches large and short ; bark green, a little channelled and 

 also corrugated, forming transverse ridges ; leaves without glands, very near 

 together, large, sharp-pointed, deeply serrated, the denticulations very acute ; 

 fruit small, commonly greater in height than breadth, slightly one-sided, surface 

 a little uneven ; stem in a deep, narrow cavity ; skin easily separated from the 

 flesh, nearly smooth, brilliant red next the sun, greenish on the shaded parts, 

 clotted with lively red on the intermediate portions ; flesh parting from the stone, 

 yellowish-white, clear red around the stone, which is of medium size, chestnut 

 color, deeply furrowed ; juice abundant and sprightly. 



The Luizet Dwarf was raised from a seed of the Grosse Mignonne, a fact 

 more than sufficient to demonstrate that the latter variety does not always repro- 

 duce itself identically from seed, as is still maintained by many persons. 



The latter, indeed, has, as it were, nothing in common with the former, a fact 

 which, so far from surprising us, is conformed to a great number that we know : 

 it cannot even be otherwise ; infinite diversity, more or less sensible, being the 

 great law which governs all. 



However that may be, we recommend the Luizet Dwarf It is productive, 

 though not large ; the fruit is beautiful ; and, what is more, it is better than any 

 other of the dwarf varieties known to us. E. A. Carriere. 



