Queries and Suggestions. 4. 7 1 



the second sap, the leaves again shoot forth, which gratifies the eye, but adieu to 

 the fruit. Several remedies have been tried, but none have hitherto had the 

 desired effect. In this extremity, therefore, I have taken the liberty to make 

 the above request, and shall be happy if you will take the trouble to enlighten, 

 " Dear Sir, your most obedient Servant, 



" Ignoramus." 



Lime-water, or water alone, thrown on the trees night and morning by Read's 

 syringe, or the garden-engine, will effectually subdue the insects in question, 

 and most others. The operation should be begun on their first appearance, 

 continued till they disappear, and resumed on their re-appearance. Tobacco- 

 water will effect the same object with less labour, but at considerably greater 

 expence of material. The gardener who can command lime-water and tobacco- 

 water, may destroy every insect and reptile, from the aphis to worms, snails, and 

 frogs. — Cond. 



Peaches and Nectarines on the same Tree. Mr. Richard Willis, gardener to 

 John Harris, Esq., at Radford, Devonshire, has sent us two peaches and a 

 nectarine, respecting which he says : " I now send you two peaches and one 

 nectarine, which were grown on one branch, ten inches from each other. The 

 tree was a maiden plant, and said to be the Chancellor peach, when I planted it 

 in 1815. It has been ever since solely pruned and trained by me. In 1824 

 there was a fine crop of peaches on this tree ; and as I was thinning the fruit in 

 the usual way, I discovered one branch with twelve nectarines on it, which I was 

 much surprised to see, knowing as I did that I had no man on the ground that 

 could insert a bud. In 182.5 there were twenty-six nectarines on the same 

 branch. I gathered five out of six of them that were left to ripen, and they were 

 as large as the peaches. This season there were thirty-six nectarines on the same 

 branch ; I left four or five of them, with eighteen peaches, all on the same 

 branch. This tree is planted against a wall, having a south aspect : it spreads 

 seventeen or eighteen feet, and is about twelve feet high. The number of fruit on 

 this tree left to ripen this year is upwards of two hundred, and they are very fine. 

 The plant, as I have said, came to me by the name of the Chancellor peach. I 

 do not believe it to be that sort. If any of your readers can say what is the 

 cause of this tree producing two sorts of fruit, I shall feel much obliged by the 

 information. " I am, Sir, &c. 



" Radford, Sept. 4. 1326." " Richard Willis." 



The peaches were large, handsome, and high coloured ; the nectarine was 

 smaller, and as dark as the Elruge : both peaches and also the nectarine are 

 cling-stones, and high flavoured. One of the peaches is almost as smooth on 

 one side as the nectarine. We have suggested to Mr. Willis to insert some buds 

 from this branch in any other peach-tree, or in a plum-tree, and observe whether the 

 progeny sport as much as the parent. — Cond. 



Description of an unknown Plum. — "Age fifty-four years, in health, good bearer, 

 on strong soil, against an east brick wall ; ripens in August, annual shoots small, 

 leaves not larger than the sloe ; fruit and stalk in shape and size like a green 

 gage. After the fruit has stoned, it passes from green to orange colour, thence 

 into orange and purple streaked. It ultimately matures into the deep colour of 

 the Fotheringham. Superior to the Orleans, inferior in dessert to the Perdrigon. 

 Flesh leaves the stone. Excellent for sweetmeats, though inferior to the Sherborn 

 plum, and less acid when preserved. Cuttings shall be sent to you, if you deem 

 the fruit worth cultivating. Its name is not known, nor can I find any descrip- 

 tion of it in the various fruit-catalogues, old or new. " W. R. G." 



" West Riding, Yorkshire." 



We shall be happy to receive cuttings of the plum described, which we shall 

 graft and distribute. The other excellent communications of W. R. G. shall 

 appear in due course. — - Cond. 



Alpine Strawberry and Red Spiiler. — '* Permit me to call your attention, and, 

 through your publication, that of gardeners generally, to the improvement of the 



