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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[DECEMBER 17, 1864, 
A neighbour of mine, who has several acres of | skin h, yellow, bright red next the sui 
Apple trees, in what might es called the best condi- selon whita, melting but wp i d eid et. fruit houses of all kinds, has attained such perfection, 
to age and a appeara , and whose crop has| The e Pea: that vee Hill was un- tha t it is unnecessary and only troublesome to think 
hels, the whole dodbiidly- pe nla the e Jita irs Styrian in the | of any other 
on vorm trees in the early part “of summer at 1s. per | ‘ Gardeners’ and Foresters’ Record ” " for 833. It is not, [combo efficiency as regards heat (including bottom 
bushel, the EA Meme and marketing them. The p et "the Styrian which was first received in this | heat), economy, and th wer of imparting more or 
kinds were , but in a general way were the | country by the Horticultural Society from M. Boso, | less moisture t xe atmosphere of the house? It is 
popular market sorts, and the quide a good average believed that these objects can be effected ona plan 
one. The barg m I might a also sa as far as I can not hitherto practised, w without the aid of an iron 
t 
judge, a fair 
of the bises, or about. rs middle P = werent 
offered to. ihe op, ty por eer that was Pd ou 
nclud die bie 
hibited n 15., 15. 2d., o. 
King prs the E Welln, a Blenheim pite 
Apples as n need be seen where; inferior fruit have 
6 d d 
ere 
bos el; and I incidentally 
heard of a grower offers ng air on eet in a lot, at 4d. 
per bushel. um other neigh mine, who had 
wn this n about 4000 aaura told m e his sale | 
up e 1o the present E sepa ne re E 14, which 
is -— t th my own, y be taken at 
about for w! Fr Dat n sold; but 
red that, in these last cases, the small 
beitr mbe h 
and inferior fruit deme not sent to market be all. Some 
re pm veg wers who sent the i nferi 
45 £1 
a penny or Geena per bushel to get rid 
of them 
cied picture, no imagina 
grievance put forth to rebut & a new propo- 
sition Ie. is sore pd a statement of facts, 
and low as the price of Apples is, there are 
growe wh r "E the present as the best 
season they h i 
remuneration would be out of the question. 
I need not, however, 
but would e A m out that to make d 
miniature o: ey 361., eac 
— t 
tual Poko knocks | © 
all over the fruit 
as pex s dex as it is in this sort. 
d 
ago, and des o be more ex ME grown, has 
not hitherto | ‘en identified with e — bom 
e Hall Beurré m 
der how ^T eni o 
pointed 
T EET before 1824. The latter had a long tapering 
form, T a Sel Ml ph ay red volour next the sun, 
and indee ; the flesh m 
| apparatus, dag a is WE open expensive, however gren 
its merits may 
| apparatus, wei no doubt it is so, but at the same time 
á AS ons a "pere ay heat, a: does no 
e to the atmosphere of the honse 
e use 
sherk by s some ge A t from the mere 
ciecclation of the hot water i e , which Jat 
roduces only a dry heat. If heat and moisture, both 
tto eat end ospheric temperature, can be 
imparted to a fruit house in such degrees and propor. 
i ments of 
8 
egetation w oul d s 
orkm: 
objects Ec ns be att eek But 
want is felt, and that existing arrangements are 
t it not worth while to think of 
ves 0 
d your P 
they will tire 
e ought to have half-an-acre c 
ground, mut t at in the climate of Smyrna, to carry 
out such e a be fully, and bring them to e. 
successful issue. S. "x 
Should Pri izes be awarded to the Masters 
Gardeners ?—I have received a ah tter from "rri 
in reference to this subject, in which he wishes 
concerning it, He write s, "T eiit 
ope of obtai aining m aid vide 
-iant UI ^ 
d to me, in 
| chased all N 
of the E lora 
an 
I not md 
‘Ob d he, H that i is nigh of the ques 
rece Sis: 1 Shaki like it ; ee I should kye m 
ar all io ex en e tr 
use a gil phrase), E b " appéar js in the case. 
— always very tender of the interests of nu 
of my | the name of K 
: ed. 
| appropriately end 
more 
cen than I now dé by showing via a better 
had for Hired grow, I shall be espec: ally | 
grateful, 2 such argum 
ss aria thos 
ts will be necessary to gain 
ose de dunt fruit for market. It is e Correspondence 
rir s 
ardin Soia and its oerai- Od thinking | 
The “ 
bee the "gi finished — of fruits 
| truly magnificent wo: beads one is tempte ted to contrast the 
sais s ere e and En gla nd. 
g m 
in common culinary matters. 
exhibite d, x stand in my n 
asa give him ‘the "prn 
| have commissioned some one of o oe oe t pom meist lë 
men to bring out a work of the kind, trasting entirely 
to him to select and figure the different varieties 
* 
a vast diferenco Yi suc 
gardene oa grea 
hat | 
sorts that were princi- fraita, Should we not pronounce it ad regular j jo ob [df 
Presi not the ordinary Apple crop. ] 
fter month we saw 
of 1 Apples grandly "p and lengthily described? I 
owner, a the gardener's name shou 
the owner's. As regards t uode ia 
property of the owner of the commodity. The 
E thin k so. Well, ation of the prize money ihi wit th the re 
KEELE HALL B É PEAR, eat y—a great many i rt, or du Still I think that such | 
We received a few weeks since, the orte letter, f worth- | working, intelligent, and generally ill-re $ 
Bor nra gme reden o it alludes :— jess vorian aba roga. remis A -descriptions | as head gardeners "y. in shold hah have . La 
ns of the (with us) excellent poe e this me bavo a mo Mie inue gn not all of, t the prize er. s ces shen ig not an 
ona Duci WU. The fruit e and at object to the exhibitor, be glad to know it s 
, owing no doubt to the the experie 1010 wa d . In case being an ob 
Yous Bend d heer ae rip LEN IM né du Comice, P CMM ven to h eti 
e Bonne of Jersey, &e. I) now well known throughout Eoo have its new name wholly, or E per] or n legitimately 
rprised t this variety so little knows Ww "Poire du ism and Beurré de Rance be chang eral beneficially to the owner and t| 
never met w ith a a Pe ener who knew € nor can|fo “ bi m "d vá ;' Beurré Diel to “ Poire Diel;”| cannot say, The societies have nothing to do with 
our principal nurserymen supply it. the Gar- | Ber, “ Esperen ;". Nelis hing matter—it rests really with the masters. I cam 
brome! and Foresters’ Record (Vol. L, Y" 1895 | | - Winter Nee, to 4 Bonne Malinoise;" Beurré Gif- | say in gono na that whilst it is wise fo 
found a very poor figure of it, h | fa iffard;” Beurré Bachelier to “ Bachelier ;” | the m s, it i a spei wise & 
the following | description :—‘ This is a new d | ad. u i po ta »- rH AR And then we come | the rele We all like glory, and there 
very scarce kind. The tree is a most ea | to a list of the most mes y bad Re ars ever known, | oil like “ palm-oil.” W. 7. Radelyffe, 
bearer, and ll be found to answer The Burnt Cat (Cha Brulé) oe r, for instance; also | Permit me to make a few comments on the co 
a standard in warm situations, but l| Terrin de Boulogne, Impériale à Feuilles de Chine, which “ Florist. Il puts. Ih 
tree. The fruit is juicy, sweet, and melting. Iti i te, and indeed Q 
variety. October nd | worthless, vith many that, although not. worthless, are pag been the principal reason why I have never oim 
through October, not — yet of inferior quality, and not worthy of cultiva- | Royal Hortieultural Society. I consider that gar 
in| tion at the present are am assuming tliat a eve pa in t OM aged» con 
tel the fruits described are red—I have not seen any quence gradually assumed some of Im j 
metet A he are e ni dm —and if so I think we | owner of race hor , or of s E 
"ce n oak must allow th t waste of t d Ja credit which M due, a i S MEL. 
rd Bag generally. Fruits and flowers bat are not worthy of caltivation | matters are I arani with the f 
are, I think, not worthy of being oed = trainer or iit bnt mers appear belote 
a M. a there may be some Mino motive for the t | public in quite a different light, and acquire 
waste of n this national X. rus. reputation, independen t of their masters. ~ 
podras tns wide to ask whether it is tice of nursery 
