70 Pomological Magazine. 



" Those who read the account of the age of the parent tree of this ex- 

 cellent sort, and who express themselves in regard to it as being the best 

 fruit of apple kinds, need not be alarmed at the statement of the old tree 

 being in a state of decay, and producing latterly but sparingly, and the fruit 

 becoming smaller than some had recollected to have seen it. Young trees 

 may be found, free from canker, growing vigorously, and producing fruit 

 perhaps superior to that ever procured on the original. 



" Are all sorts of trees equally subject to canker? Some are more than 

 others. Do young trees, or seedlings lately raised, never canker ? Some 

 of them will. The canker, therefore, does not depend entirely on the age 

 of the variety. The nature, or the original constitution of the tree, or the 

 quality of its sap or juices, is, perhaps, more the cause than its age. Soil 

 and situation, if unfavourable, will stamp the symptoms of decay in a few 

 years. 



" There are no records to state the fact of any variety worth cultivating 

 having ceased to be. 



" An annual plant, raised from seed this season, might henceforth be 

 continued by cuttings, so long as the earth and the elements continue 

 nearly in the same state. Whether a tree may be also so continued may 

 be inferred." 



In perfection in November, and may be kept through the season. Stand- 

 ards, or dwarfs on the paradise stock in England, and on walls in the colder 

 parts of the north. 



142. The Large Early Apricot, A. gros precoce, A. de St. Jean, A. de 

 St. Jean rouge, A. gros d' Alexandre, die grosse Friih Apricose. " The 

 earliest apricot in England is a sort called the Masculine, little grown, and 

 scarcely deserving a place in a fruit garden, except for its precocity. This 

 kind, long known in France by the name above cited, is destined to supply 

 its place every where, and to advance the period of maturity of good 

 apricots to the middle of July in this country. In France it ripens on Mid- 

 summer day, whence its name of A. de St, Jean ; but it will not do so here. 

 Resembles the Roman Apricot, though its quality is better, and it precedes 

 it by ten days or a fortnight. 



143. The Bezi de la Matte Pear, Bein Ai'mudi, Beurre blanc de 

 Jersey. " One would have thought that a pear, which was pronounced by 

 De la Quintinye, in 1685, likely to supersede the Doyenne blanc, would 

 scarcely have been a century and a half without becoming common in the 

 gardens of the wealthy English. Yet it is now, in 1830, scarcely known, 

 although it possesses all the good qualities of the Doyenne, and many others 

 besides. It is as good in flavour ; it keeps better, not being out before the 

 end of November; and is much more hai'dy, not being liable to crack, or 

 become hard and skin-bound, in wet and cold seasons. It would seem to 

 have originated in the East, as the Bein Armudi, a Turkish variety, has 

 proved to be the same." Ripens in the beginning of October. Bears well 

 as a standard, but better as an espalier. 



144. The Neivtoivn Spitze7iberg Apple, Matchless. " A great reputa- 

 tion attaches to a class of American apples called the Spitzenbergs, of 

 which this is the best ; but they are not to be compared with such fruit as 

 the Ribston Pippin, the Cornish July-flower, the Golden Harvey, and others 

 of our fine English varieties. This is, however, an apple of merit. It 

 bears well, is a pretty good bearer on a standard, and will keep tUl the end 

 of January." 



A'b. XXXVII. for Kovemher, contains 



145. The Saint Julian Apple. Received by the Horticultural Society 

 from the Luxembourg garden at Paris. A large fruit, with firm yellowish 

 white flesh, rich, sweet, and excellent; a good bearer, and in perfection in 

 December, January, and February. 



