Pomological Notices, SI 



Garden, and say that we could obtain annual notices of the 

 fruits that have been found deserving of general cultivation or 

 of trial in Ireland ; but that pleasure is deferred for the present, 

 though, we hope, to no distant day. The sorts of fruits which 

 have arrived at an eminent degree of perfection, either of fla- 

 vour or bearing, in any provincial public garden, will always be 

 found the safest to plant in that province. Hence the use of 

 provincial horticultural gardens, as well as central ones. 



On application to Mr. Thompson of the Chiswick Garden for 

 materials for the present article, he states that, having so lately 

 (the summer of 1834) arranged the lists of fruits for the new 

 edition of the Encyclopcedia of Gardenings he has scarcely any- 

 thing to add to them. " There are,'* he says, " hardly any ascer- 

 tained varieties superior to those which these lists include. I may, 

 however, mention a very fine peach : ■ — • 



" The PecJie de Sernach is the name of this fruit ; and it was 

 received, by the Horticultural Society, from M. Audibert, nursery- 

 man at Tarascon (departement des Bouches du Rhone). It fruited, 

 for the first time, last season ; and is a very fine large melting late 

 sort. In the garden of the Society there are many hundreds of 

 new sorts of fruit that are now coming into a bearing state ; and, 

 among them, some tens may probably be found excellent. These 

 the public will have an early opportunity of knowing and pro- 

 curing, as soon as their merits are ascertained, in consequence 

 of the arrangements you have made with a view to that end. 

 As fruits deserving of trial, I would recommend the following, 

 taken from Kenrick's Ne'w American Orchardist, published in 

 1833, and reviewed in Gard. Mag,, ix. 354. — Kohf. Thompson. 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, CJiis*wiclc, Dec. 2. 1834." 



Apples. 



" Benoni, — An apple of medium size ; its colour fine red ; flavour good ; It 

 ripens the last of July, and is one of the best apples in its season. This fruit 

 originated in Dedham, Massachusetts, and was lately introduced to notice by 

 Mr. E. M. Richards of that place : it is considei'ed a valuable summer fruit." 

 (p, 25.) 



" Early Bough, Bough of Coxe, Sweet Bough of some collections. — The 

 size of this fruit varies from the medium to large; its colour pale yellow; its 

 form oblong; its skin smooth; the eye and the stalk, which is short, are each 

 sunken; the flesh is white, tender, juicj% sweet, and excellent. An excel- 

 lent dessert apple, and one of the best of its season. It ripens the beginning 

 of August." (p. 26 ) 



" St. Lawrence, Corse. — This apple, it is presumed, is an extraordinary 

 fruit. According to the account of Henry Corse, Esq., who forwarded scions 

 to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in April, 1831, it originated in the 

 vicinity of Montreal, and is of accidental origin : the tree bore fruit, for the 

 first time, about a dozen years before, ' A large, beautiful, and excellent fruit j 

 ripens in September; and sells, at Montreal, readily from 30 cents to 60 cents 

 a dozen.' " (p. 28.) 



" Corsets Indian Prince, Corse. — A seedling originated by H. Corse, Esq., 

 of Montreal. He states that it matured fruit, for the first time, in 1829. It 

 is large and very handsome, and of very peculiar and good flavoui"." (p. 31.) 



