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THE GARDENERS' — AND —— GAZETTE. 
[Jexz 11, 1994, 
an unnaturally dormant state, and although not 
killed much time is lost i in the future, It has often 
rred t of the earth has 
AW anci 
y with ‘the rationale of planting. | Peaches, which, in his boyhood, dne 
ra- 
teem OF FRUITS. 
t friend of Gil Blas — t 
and systematic bybridisation 
superior results. 
Z MEHR 
should give vastly 
Tm ACA tabular tempera peeping ty sadly i in size in his old age. Most of us have Vim dant bearer and should be eraiil with either 
ture of the earth oa in Dr, xo Theory of e did with regard to the fruits of " ood. By | Jargonelle, Beurré Giffart, Bon Chrétien (Williams), 
Horticulture (a book w every young aspiring | c pede erossing Bakewell imp rove agge ed bony Beurré aperfin, or Louise Bonne d'Avranehes, all 
dener shou amicis study), I find that the sheep of his youth i ced fle ety sh post g qualities in which it is deficient, The 
earth temperature of October is greater than in any | ks sd esent day, and there is n ey an probably d hisel, and Citron da 
succeeding mo: up to June, a » Aerar in my of fi i should not by wil probably be the pub of fine early 
opinion speaks volumes in favour arly eme j rly as big as the dos fons crossed with larger and finer varieties, The 
a 
months when the earth temperaturo is the lo 
TE ih £ 
it is only reasonable to conclude dati in the peter 
season the — is the stocks will be such as to 
bring them into requisite condition of p and 
strength for pror ‘and. that they will posses 
| ove 
Pumps n au Blas" friend. 
introduction of orchard „houses has removed the 
Jargonelle ana Beurré Giffart, fertilised khar their 
rie cousins, may produce seedlings ha m 
e North of England, without the protasi 
out-door cultivation has been too disheartening t 
English fruit grower, and our fruit yere ith 
few exceptions, owe the introduction vt mproved 
varieties. to foreign cultivators, who ap et have 
dna lly 
awa 
The enormous size ‘of the Uvedale’s St, St, Germain 
| renders it a most important parent ; 
Beurré a i 9 
abundance of strong — roots, capablo E yielding | 
the 
pro on, then, 
they should be grafted. Th is oper. Laie hed not be 
performed until ie sap is in brisk rond about the 
middle a suitable 
time, but it a be x S - ps end - 
Marc ch in early seasons. e as 
first i in ik ee seasons ; bet 
eek y 
whatever iiio is selected, let the stocks be then, 
and not until then, carefully cut off at 3 inches from = 
skilfu 
system ; their efforts have however | given very gatisfac- 
| tory resulta 
The Acton Scot 
Louise and Gansel's Bergamot, show tha 
lack of success 2 England, where ede hands and 
these efforts have however been 
selected scions, which should be about 6 inches in 
ngth. In cases m ere the grafting of Apples is per 
ar the surface of the ground, I do not 
advocate the use M. grafting clay, but recommend the 
ank the stock round with soil, s 
operator to b ck with soil, so as to 
leave only the two top buds of tbe scion projecti: 
soil e pressed very firm, after a time 
o apply a slight coveri 
rotten manure, or any E — conapiat, the more | 
effectually to exclude the 
‘And now a word on tho selection M donk od which | 
ng. W valuable 
ee wed small oy inferior ; es a: - porti v 
ot ith G Mignon 
interesting DAAN of horticultur 
In a well stocked and well cultivated d bise 
all the bere: for the raising of seedlings e and 
the first rank amo vx: eni si ruit, ;I 
Peach, a hybrid obtained Y Si. E - 
y 
thay. posst 
the sn: Vombinod with the e 
former, resu ult m ost de evoutly to , be desired, 
pussy may result. Dari 
ETT geo e Peperoni this i is I D 
ould be 2 with Gansel's , Beurré 
ene or Beurré; in March s "April the two 
last are labe aoa but their flavour is not sy 
excellen recent introduction of Mad: 
em 
for u 
and Morel w il last till June, but thou agh aA; look well 
d any othe 
ill begin with them. The earliest Peach H 
hite Nutmeg, but eon that accou $6 
organ than that of s 
Pea 
sight ; crosse 
ry high stan 
ps mology, and the third or fourth dier thet may 
— the de fect: s of | the firs t. 
P 
ost needful Virtue in ever ything connected with | fi 
Thore e is a tendenc: cy in some Pears to r eproduce their 
The Beurré ER is remarkable for th 5 
of t 
n the season of mt turity, TI 
niy 1 
excellent esu fea of the Pass mar are 
may appear a trivial matter, bu Je int s x Fo llow the Wh ite | inherit ed by ‘its de scendants, and this quality wil em 
very important one, "E requir closing my 
attention to minutis, or in other Words 15 thon trifles | the latter a most delicious Peach, but now too small ; notes on Pus I may me ention that p mé Clairgean 
which constitute ction. In the first place the lf, but, ferti lised and King t Ks their size ai pene! 
middle of a shoot always forms the best scion; in the | with the large varieties already named, a very ; bu y want flavour, and shoul 
next, th shoots ld always be cu m the|early fruit may be hoped for. sed with thos wf = tes qua uality. 
extremities o| thy trees in full bearing, not from | The Ear -— E Early e and Acton Scot are = TE you will xu me, I will at some future tim e offer 
young jant tr any means, if i be excellent eaches, but too small. The Early | you some ae on iom —- Apples, and other fruits. 
aE e this would be any real detri H Sork epift iteelt from X with little wae In the present race for improvement in all things, it 
because the tendency to produce| and is is likely with careful cross seg x give the M ccm e a sad any that ‘Pana ogy should lag. I may 
weod vil be longer — E" — esults; it should be allie A ark that p niti vim un Lo gene 
yo xp t choi ts grow. epic irrespective of season of Bes rity, Fable. out of he experimentalist would 
ola a debilitated trees, pettetiy foality open D he Shan - d E dos ^ No a Meni Barats reap nothin [m isappointment. To carry 
sufficient size may be ned by shortening one of | hybridiser; it is very large, very hardy. and very pro- | out hybridising successfully, many Mes of fruit 
the large branches, md thes will be equally eligible | ductive, the flesh partionlaty firm sad solid withal a must a collec aa and as not more ds 
with the shoots from the extremities of bearing trees, m ood melting Pea xc zn od a plant will be needed, a moderates sized Ry 
because from the very condition of old worn out| raised from this var may be. used. ithe names of the parents from fo 
trees any shoots they may produce will be certain ld t gs are. raised should be preserved, Land nere 
to possess the tendency to form mM ua of p Noblesse, SE eius with t 
These shoots should be cut off a month or so before| Ne ctarine this rail is mee To obtain s ron com- | the races of seedlings, as the results e necessarily 
being required for grafting, and laid in under a forth bined with flavour, the Grosse Mignonne, Noblesse, | very slowly developed, and probably, to ipee 
wall, or ina shady place : the reason bein hat it is Glande, and Fo George eng be eto with the marked progress, some generations of fruit - 
arge Clingstone Peaches. So T, Francis Rivers, Sawbridgworth, Herts ` 
E 
me of the Pavies in the 
h 
stock considerably in advance of the scion. south of France are enor’ and as ing Peac| $ 
wi or 
The physiology of n matter has often puzzled me Peas ende MR prem My i i oh ay “ E NOTES ON GARDENS.—No.IX. |. 
very much, but I have arrived at the -— thata| To 4 the Pad the lat ; EDINBURGH.  — 
great principle is bakes which is founded on eden on vd meriean v USUS 
sound practical deductio em We tak varieties, will be valuable; some of these will hang on "m 507.) 
ewe en an action. sa for exampl at gem = ce till EONO egg esi an M d THE houses inth E ern division were chiefl efly devoted 
and graft it on to a stock ‘also 1 in fall acti it is resi ir n deca UR Bee e Pe to the cult a on v neral stove and moli 
necessary to place them fined — fie bear the po of * degustation." They should be cithand hight sce Eo ate ho” Th e Edinburgh garden is 
T confined space witha | with the Gros - ap ne, Noblesse, and the gm de 1 
od - E temperature, s a — both stock an d 
be kept unti 
Walburton Admira 
Desse and Dati may be improved by an 
The 
gue Sar MU eese Nectarine and Noblesse Peach. 
ryt th stock and scion (if I may so call it) ini. prr its great value as a hybridiser. of the commoner an idus A 
be in a free state of grow | Cr ossed with n. Pitmadon Ofnigt the ee aoe I noticed the omma Stecha viola spore the 
will follow t| and the union is easily effected, | | the e very precocious. F: airchild’s Early, Nectarine, some | 8 feet high or so of Theobroma 4 Cui plants TI. 
without the i space or a high | fine varieites will probably be d. read ond and Jack fruit; several Bananas as) oy 
moist at; both have a separate te N es oe oa from ooh Peter- | tains bea: bunches of fruit; Janipha 
of vi But in the case of deciduous plants, like though. a “Tate melting sort has ere; | and Cinnamomum onr; ; a fine plant of C: tnbo- 
Apples, The practice ust be al altogether pa eris an andsom e its flesh is Pies. C rer Clove tree; Hebradendron E the 
1t d the Stanwick Necta- | giodes ; Myristica nobila mc? = 7 feet hig an 
atural conditions, ve any a: artificial eceitamnent we dd | rine, gays season " goo see coving e fully equal in tru e Cu beba mie m e some years ago fror ak 
umm result in failure, We therefore take a scion from | quality to the rien kinds, may be prolonged th itchi, "Longan, Dario, and 
a tree when it is v uite a dormant state, before | November ; the very large Newington Nectarine will gosteen, Costin pen Chi me T Tree, 
sap is on the move, and adopt means to pre babl intere po — 
serve its vitality by placing it in a cool tempe-| if allied to the freestone so Ferns were soe to us siis in the warm wing ies 
rature, which condition the vessels, not bei In orchard house d are now 110 1l Am k them a remarkably fine! Heni- 
distended with sap, are in the most matu to | Peaches - Nectarines, — all beari earing fruit with | arborea, severa mi pedit of Alsophila, Angio, opteris, 
receive the ascendi: the stock. e the help glass and pot calture; this satisfactory telia, &c. various species 
con! , if the scion were taken. at the time it was | result i (hum obtained in the short space of from n the er houses I noticed various good speci 
required for use, and from a tree i in which the sap had -— a five years. mærops, s, Charl ia, Dracæna, a - “jevoted t0 
and there-| I had the so une two years since, when | men of Cordyline indivisa. One house was 00" apd 
t bing attending the Fruit Congress at Namur, to be intro- and Camellias, many of them very es, 
ding sap, probably for want of a | duced to M. Gregoi elis. This gentleman has earned | all in excellent condition; then came @ the Cami or, 
of a confined | a AE ptem for the excellence of his seedling | to € pical trees and shrubs, such as 35 "p podo- 
eir vitality. This appears to natured enough to give me a ene M t 20 feet high; various - phyllo- 
d proper to cut history i Bis e efforts, bat e did not say that he had | carpus, very tall; large Acacias, Dacry amt the less 
m. I may be | hy any varieties m consisting in the | cladus euplenitolis; and many other examples 5 por 
to | selection of the largest pi the finest and best hardy Conifers, sich’ aš Fre mela Hugeli, "P^ other 
and then in the course | flavoured If by Pihis reed method so y | squarrosa, dringend cup with gre 
and diverse varieties have been obtained, niari The other divisions were chiefly oceupied 
rs they will probably prove the paren of late — 
