Ocroser 31, 1857. | 
SS T Eare re + 
Mr. a yarma _— Mr. re Stev ens, gr. at it Trevarno, 
H 
e Cornish 
the ‘best Apple that is ee if high flavour combined 
with a very rich subac d saccharine juice be the “qualities 
wemost desire in fru it; rtain bearer. Its 
wW ees d a character, that no one 
eae ee would wis be without 
Frost, gr. . Betts, Esq., Seedling eg first ‘prize 
for fine specimens ‘of Dumelow’s S re 
of The Deepdene, near Dorking, had the pon best wh 
was Bedfordshire Foundling ; aa a third prize was 
Tr. Holme “hm for Elen- 
n Town 
A 2 w 
autiful in colou: , bein ng p 
finely oti and mottled on ngs Poi side with red. 
Mr. ráro had a seedling e American New- 
town Pippin. 
In the class of Aida of ster I ‘iether alt = 
. Lewi 
of the Pippins 
greatly superior to Eng own fruit, and most o 
sent Rhode Island gr 
which, cae cee its unfavourable appearance, 
ed when cut crisp, juicy, and excellent; si 
pa a are ae belonged to the Baldwin, a medium- 
with a warm red colour. kores were by 
far f the be bee Apples in kwi a can collect Among 
others s a long-shaped yellow Kind; “Northern 
8 i sort ; Comuvell, and Roxby Russet 
were athe of riein Oin ention 
Of Oranges there were some beautiful little oe of 
the Mandarin and ian een h fruit from Mr. 
Robinson, gr. to Lo ss Tisd. Mr. allio tt, 
gr. to the Earl of amar Melbury prema Dorset- 
sent some noble _Pomplemouses, itd 
Lan ree ‘ 
Darby, Admirable, of Stoke Court, 
a dish of late A still in in good |e 
vas lo contributed 
and Mr. Turner, 
Si Peach, a highly 
on, of Ealing, who had 
eshed. The Pin 
n Hall, near Mai e 
Of P ms B Snow, gr. to Earl de Grey, s ent good | Be 
fruit ce the Blue Imperatrice, and we also noticed a 
dish of Coe’s Fine Late Red. 
Mr. Snow and 
ey—cam 
red and white were con- 
of the 
gr. to Lord 
es both 
Brersley at Bekka 
beautiful dish of White Currants was also shown 
ithe last named exhibitor. Of red kinds Mr. Frost, 
Preston Hall, had excellent fruit, and so had Mr. 
Snow, gr. to Earl de Grey. 
Of Cherries, Mr. Tillyard exhibited semenes dish 
a aie smi in a state of excellent ery 
me . Mortim Wallin ai 
Mr. Tillyard, and Mè. Chesher; and | beanchoa Matai 
= fruit oe = Four Seasons came from Messrs. Lee, 
of Hamme 
With anak se Eugenia psem the prizes offered for 
it by Mr. Wentworth Dilke were not very satisfactorily 
What frui the 
Gaines, o; 
gr. to A. Fairie, Esq., 0 
t 
 „„ Of Miscellaneous Fruit Mr. Ivison, gr. to the Duke of 
Northumberland a xi ro, sent examples i in flower andj us 
eobroma the 
pirni seeds are the 
cacao, 
the grocers, a aish ‘of and some | 
In a large room apart from that in which the different 
Mr. er’s i 
these Peas of Duchesse Q’ Angoulême, 
of | P. Beurré, Beu: 
w 
on; | the P 
| Swan's Ora range, 
e yellow, ii others 
ippin, | gri ; 
delicious melting Pear, page tos upersede Marie Lo 
f y at 
| vi Op ght quite 
i a valuable fsa dessert Pear. The s 
irgea 
Figs—Brown “Turk e from 
er cab ity was evident that the best season for such - 
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subjects were arranged for competition | were placed such 
as were sent for exhibition re was a 
large pai of cones from M 
rsmi These, on account 
and vari iety is eos attracted 
Other collectio 8 Gourds 
srs. ni 
here were large collections of Apples 
hir ire, which serv: 
Thos 
ras ype sir equalled m aa 
in the e favour srs ae ar i Middlese 
Seca Messrs. Pa i mae Rivers were collectio ns of 
ars. Those 8 = wee “cecal were extr ion ely 
interesting. The grown under different systems | 
= cultivation. One Sat was rst riated to Pears grown 
trellis, the glass lights removed in June; 
Glou Morceau, 
r, Easter eurré Langelier, and 
e large, a eee for their 
contained Pears 
from bushes (under r the biennial cette ‘eye re- 
moved last November ; these w 
ow 
xandre Lambré, a most excellent new variety, Avan! 
iag in December; Bellissime hay a very handsom 
stewing Pear; Beurré irgea 
Winter Nelis, pone de Cap Onondaga o 
n American f a bright an 
colour when pe, a eae or juicys perhaps too 
ous for pala 
otte Es speren, 
medium-sized and —_ late =e very emp | “i some 
a great bearer, ri 
j T 
> 
j Florentine ps amellias, 
by 
D 
‘to some out-of-the way place. Some useful illustrations 
of different ree of applying them accompanied the 
gpega exhibi 
o’eloc a ~ ballot men place for the seedling 
forr 
prizes we 
We ere 
ts 
astefully decorated with variegated and other plan 
Kindly supp pli ed by Messrs. Veitch and Lee, and ‘that 
k "pe 
Aare gi vV e 
official rot rizes awarded on the occasion 
will a found adv deii in another column. 
Notices of ‘Books. 
> Catalogue of T October, 1857.—As 
y thi ais gg much useful information in addition 
of the ss a a ed for sale. We 
de la Cour (Van 
which grows 
and forms a 
, or Maréchal 
Large, a new oly fgg oi Pes, 
ans vigorous a even on 
diffuse pyramid or one pee 
oe keea pi e the same is much like it. 
8 has most delicious an 
nae aedi e cultivation. 
vigorous he Quince — it — annual removal 
ape bri rg “it “into early fruitfulness. No Pear better 
care. 
a dese 
Tle 
fis st the. ‘Tost 
r | Mons s were on the label attached to some 
grafts of this ‘ee sent to a friend just before his death, 
‘Maréchal de la Cour, gain de 1841, la meilleure 
vs 
“ Prince Albert. Medium size, a new hardy melting 
Pear ean great ceca: cay Beurré — but smaller; 
mirably on the Quince, and fi a hand- 
sae a wana 
og soi 
noary 
use, 
e season, and is npa 
THT 
ign 
te this practice only leads to 
which never ripen. 
orms a ch armin g pyramid, and deserves the most 
mòre rich in flavour, sp is paee a bearing well as 
get or standard; Comte 
very handsome melting December 
bearer; Josephine de Malines, a medium-sized 
very pretty spe of the most delicious flavour, ripening 
generally in , but some of the specimens were 
ad 
i 
ai ya pproaching Haare rea Leopold the Ist, a nm are 
edium- sized, melting, January Pear; Prevost a very 
April and 
in season 
W m aA size, and 
som 
zerie of Dai ida have the bogre directions 
light soils :—“ In 
ae Nok and t 
ing P which in January and Fe 
Due as Festi (ite, a new and very lar 
Pear; those exhibited were the first that ia. been 
canal in England ; pte aks il, a very large Pear, 
which although classed wi tewing F is often 
as 
noa prs therefore, if plan 
and very agreeable ; 
inst a south or south-west wall, very probally prove 
pecimens of Beurré | te 
m Quince stocks were very handsome ae 
se from Pear stocks were m 
rose, 
Cast land, were some 
Beurré ae aaeeea were è siatod iow to weigh from 11 to 
13 oz. Of this sort the total weight of fruit 
rom one treo on a west aspect was E PERAE 8 oz. 
n to the eee we noticed so speci- 
varieties of Quine mand p 
le | to recommend t 
large and Serine ipee abun be 
| and flourish almost beyond belief; and so I am ind 
n light soils the Peach- 
ollows:—To a w 
feet wide should be marked out. 
If the soil be 
io vt old garden, 
us loa rA ig peiin yy spn S es in 
thickness shou e surface of the 
agit ge rammed down with a wooden 
make it like a i rolda q en 
and 
rnettyas from Mess = Pealj Donutifally Avena t 
not very large saber en of says ‘Hamburgh Grapes, from | m 
roe Mr. lley, gr. to H. B. Ker, 
sh of Blac 
Surbiton, near Kin ngsto 
ey were well iset ae appar 
afte mnothe r proof to the many already obtain 
vocans of the past summer for out- 
door sr 
Specimens of Straw coverings shown by Dr. Guyot, 
though Sick sg new, deserve a passing remark. The 
consist =~ ‘of a weft of straw, held between two pairs rt 
The breadth of these coverings, w can be made of 
any sci: ae varies from 12 inalis z : -= and 
fram wall trees in spring, or ie: 2 
ens 
made in the very same way as those now under notice, 
employed to hold them 
g wire. When not wanted they roll 
into small compass, and may thus be readily moved | 
a fine Vien of Gas and finally | 
mburgh Grapes, | 
n, Surr 
ently fit for table, | 
ey are; The 
soil is always 
uch ned b shod i be 
of Peaches and Nectarin 
ern counties, where they have hitherto 
sting but disappointm 
The Salway Peach, 
| great Exhibition last Satu us desc ie e 
edium size; flesh yellow, melting, sv po and 
Like -fleshed 
able. es it has a slig 
in the 
“oe pos 
f only sandy ia can be procured, it 
rammed 
into the pots with a pestle, if bokant pia all ma : 
be made 
height say 9 or 10 feet, a border 6 6 feet wide; and toa 
exhausted by ar ng = pis 
aga dressing of ung and 
border m 
the hoe to destroy wee is, and of course never cropped; 
spring, in pe. ahr the ramming iy 
 Tepeatell, as 
which was “ge so good at the — 
rday, 
may be made to flourish in our 
brought 
