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THE GARDEN SUB" CRftONICLE. 



[October 20, 1888. 



— the fruit had grown. The size was fair only, 

 and in clearness of skin and colour the samples 

 were good. 



Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Old Nurseries, Maid- 

 stone, showed splendid fruits of Emperor Alexander, 

 from a tree grown under glass — that were scarcely 

 approached by any others of the variety shown, Pott's 

 Seedling, Cox's Pomona, Lady Henniker, New 

 Hawthornden, the Queen, a recent variety, Grenadier, 

 Golden Noble, and Lord Grosvenor were remarkable 

 for size and generally good points. We may like- 

 wise specify Beauty of Kent, Queen Caroline, Belle 

 Pontoise, Calville Malingre, Hormead's Pippin, and 

 Blenheim Orange. 



Messrs. C. Lee & Son,TheNurseries,Hammersmith, 

 exhibited a very superior, well coloured collection in 

 this division, the majority being culinary varieties. 

 Some of the finest, and evidently at home on the 

 medium soil of Isleworth were:— Alexander, Lord 

 Derby, Mere de Menage, Golden Noble, Manks Cod- 

 lin, Alfriston, Blenheim Orange, Beauty of Kent, 

 Lane's Prince Albert, Wellington, Hambledon deux 

 Ans, Lord Suffield, Yorkshire Beauty, a variety always 

 shown in good size and of high colour ; Barchard's 

 Seedling, Hollandbury, Stirling Castle, Small's Admi- 

 rable, Ecklinville, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Warner's 

 King, Cellini, &c. Of dessert varieties there were : 

 — Feam's Pippin, high in colour, if not quite up to the 

 usual size ; Winter Pearmain, Kosemary Russet, 

 Court Pendu-rjlat, small ; Sturmer, Margil, Dutch 

 Mignonne, Scarlet Pearmain, Cox's Orange, Cox's 

 Pomona, Kerry, Yellow Ingestre, Golden Reinette 

 This was a collection, one of the best, from the home 

 counties. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 

 Herts, had also a fine collection : very fine were 

 Cockle Pippin, King of Pippins, Round Winter Non- 

 such, Grenadier, Cheshunt Pippin, and excellent 

 examples were noted of Court of Wick, Ribston, 

 Pearn's Pippin, Blenheim Orange, Royal Russet, 

 Cox's Orange, Cox's Pomona, Bedfordshire Pound- 

 ling, American Mother, Hawthornden, Paul's New 

 Winter Hawthornden, Tibbett's Incomparable, and 

 other well-known and good earieties. 



W. Roupell, Esq., Harvey Lodge, Streatham, ex- 

 hibited a clean large well-grown collection from 

 rather unpromising soil, but which by thorough 

 working and incorporating soot, lime, sand, manure, 

 and above all surface mulching the trees, he has been 

 enabled to grow very good apples. Of newer varieties 

 may be mentioned Cox's Pomona, Grenadier, Bis- 

 marck, Domino, Sandringham, The Queen, Bau- 

 mann's Winter Russet. Older ones were Sturmer, 

 Blenheim Orange, King of Pippins, Warner's King, 

 Stone's Pott's Seedling, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Bed- 

 fordshire Poundling, Duchess' Pavourite, Egremont 

 Russet, &c. Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge- 

 worth, showed a collection of uniformly finely grown 

 fruits, well coloured, clean and large, some of which 

 bad doubtless been grown under advantageous con- 

 ditions under glass. The collection was a good 

 representative one, containing the most popular 

 varieties. The selected fruits are : — Ribston, King of 

 Tompkin's County, Cox's Orange, Emperor Alex- 

 ander, Melon, Lady Henniker, Gloria Mundi, Buck- 

 ingham, Betty Geeson, Mire de Menage, Washington, 

 Ecklinville, Cox's Pomona, Cox's Orange, School- 

 master, iCellini, King o' Pippins, Old Hawthornden, 

 Scarlet Pippin, and Tower of Glamis. 



The collection shown by the Society in the class 

 was also a very good representative collection, in 

 which the most noticeable were Beauman's Red 

 Reinette, Cox's Pomona, Lane's Prince Albert, The 

 Queen, Frogmore Prolific, Cellini, Stone Apple, 

 Gascoigne's Seedling, Cox's Orange Pippin, Golden 

 Noble, Ribston, Yellow Ingestre, Gravenstein, Eck- 

 linville Seedling, and Swedish Reinette. 



The collection shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & 

 Sons, Chelsea, taken as a whole was one of the 

 best exhibited, the fruit being large and brightly 

 coloured, the best were Cellini, Warner's King, The 

 Queen, Lord Suffield, Bismarck, Grenadier, Sand- 

 ringham, Dumelow's, Stone's, Bramley's Seedlings ; 

 Progmore Prolific, Blenheim Orange, Adams' Pear- 

 main Peasegood's Nonsuch, Norfolk, Beautin, Annie 

 Elizabeth, Cox's Pomona, Baumann's Red Reinette, 

 Melon, Lady Henniker, Prince Albert, Braddick's 

 Nonpareil, and Herefordshire Beaufin. 



Messrs. H. Lane & Son, Great Berkhamstead, 

 exhibited good fruits of the more generally popular 

 newer varieties, and some of the less known ones, 

 viz., Baumann's Red Reinette, Prince Albert, Mrs. 

 Barron, Schoolmaster. 



Messrs. W. Paul & Sons, Waltham Cross, in 

 this class showed good samples clear in the skin 

 and fairly well coloured, of Cox's Pomona, Mabbott's 



Pearmain, Golden Spire, Palmerston Russet, Hoary 

 Morning, White Calville, Golden Pearmain, Stirling 

 Castle, and Northern Spy. 



Mr. T. Bunyard, Nurseries, Ashford, Kent, showed 

 fruit, some of which was much over average in size, 

 but in some cases not in character. Excellent were 

 Waltham Abbey Seedling.Small's Admirable, Alex- 

 ander, Maux Codlin, Gloria Mundi, Golden Noble, 

 Hanwell Souring, Harvey's Wiltshire Defiance, a 

 large but light apple Cox's Orange, Belle Joseph, 

 Court of Wick, Prince Albert, American Mother, 

 Schoolmaster, King of the Pippins, Hughes' Golden 

 Pippin, a large crimson and green coloured fruit. 



Mr. J. H. Rose, gr., Lockinge Park, Wantage, 

 Berks, sent many small fruits, below average in size 

 and appearance. Cornish Aromatic, Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, Worcester Pearmain, Ribston Pippin, 

 Red Quarrenden, American Mother, Pearn's Pippin, 

 Betty Geeson, Reinette du Canada, Cox's Orange, 

 Cornish Gilliflower, Court Pendu-plat, Golden Russet, 

 Ribston Pearmain, Royal Russet. The collection 

 represents the best of our Apples fit to be grown in 

 most parts of the country. 



Twenty-four varieties of Apples best adapted to 

 exhibitor's district. — Messrs. W. Paul & Son, 

 Waltham Cross, showed clean skinned, medium 

 sized fruits of Tower of Glamis, Blenheim Orange, 

 Stirling Castle, Worcester Pearmain, Ribston Pippin, 

 Waltham Cross Seedling, Ecklinville, Reinette du 

 Canada, Keswick, Pearn's, Cox's Pomona, Annie 

 Elizabeth, Warner's King, Golden Spire, King of the 

 Pippins, and Rostocker. 



Pruits of fine quality generally were shown by 

 Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford ; the following 

 varieties were the best : — Alexander Cellini, Summer 

 Orange, probably a local variety, an angular fruit of 

 a bronzy red colour; Royal Russet, Garret Pippin, 

 Prince Albert, Lord Suffield, King of the Pippins, 

 Warner's King, The Queen, Worcestershire Pear- 

 main, Cox's Pearmain, Winter Hawthornden, Ribston 

 Pippin, Cox's Orange. 



Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nursery, 

 Streatham, Surrey, exhibited large specimens of popur 

 lar kitchen and dessert varieties. The soil is heavy 

 and the situation of the nursery high. Cox's Orange, 

 Beauty of Kent, Worcester Pearmain, New Haw- 

 thornden, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Prince Albeit, 

 Warner's King, Alexander, Cellini, AVashington, The 

 Queen being shown. 



Mr. C. Hoare, gr. to Sir R. Sutton, Bart., Benham 

 Park, Newbury, Berks, showed fair fruits, but their 

 general appearance points to unsuitable stocks or 

 soil. 



Mr. R. Smith, gr. to Lady Frances Fletcher, Ken- 

 ward, Yalding, Kent, showed well coloured fruits, 

 some of very fine quality, judging from appearance: 

 Beauty of "Kent, Winter Queening, Reinette du 

 Canada, Alexander, Warner's King, Tom Putt, 

 Blenheim Orange, Grand Duke Constantine, a showy 

 fruit ; Wellington, King of the Pippins, &c. 



Mr. A. Waterman, gr. to H. A. Brassey, Esq., 

 Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent, had a very nice col- 

 lection of large well coloured fruits, skin clear and 

 smooth. Good were Gravenstein, Queen Caroline, 

 Lady Henniker, Alexander, Stone's Seedling, Cox's 

 Orange, Ribston, Prince Albert, Peasgood's Nonsuch, 

 Gloria Mundi, AVorcester Pearmain, Tower of Glamis, 

 Lord Derby, &c. 



Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, Streatham, the same 

 district, therefore, as Mr. Roupell's, showed fine 

 examples of Lord Suffield, Henri Decaume, Fall 

 Pippin, Schoolmaster, Keswick Codlin, Warner's 

 King, and AVinter Hawthornden. 



Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co. exhibited fruits, all of 

 which showed high colour and good development. 

 The finest were Cox's Orange, Tower of Glamis, 

 Lord Grosvenor, Pott's Seedling, Cellini, The Queen, 

 King of the Pippins, Lord Suffield, Small's Admirable, 

 Grenadier, Cox's Pomona, AVorcester Pearmain, 

 Golden Noble. 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, AVallington, Surrey 

 (gr., Mr. Cummins), had fruit of generally high colour, 

 with clear skin. This was a private grower's lot of 

 Apples, and contained fruit more remarkable for 

 their flavour and quality rather than for size. Of 

 dessert varieties there were Court of Wick, King of 

 the Pippins, Duke of Devonshire, Brownlee's Russet, 

 Blenheim Orange; and in culinary Apples, New 

 Hawthornden, Cox's Pomona, Queers Caroline, 

 Striped Beaufin, Cellini, Nelson's Codlin, AVelling- 

 ton, Waltham Abbey Seedling, and Beauty of Kent. 

 These fruits were grown on land that is intersected 

 in all directions by watercourses, and where the aver- 

 age water level cannot be more than 3 feet below the 

 surface. 



In this class Messrs. Lane & Son, Great Berk- 



hamstead, showed fine examples of the following : — 

 Schoolmaster, Blenheim Orange, Stirling Castle, 

 Flower of Kent, Fearns, Stone's Pippin, Emperor 

 Alexander, King of the Pippins, Prince Albert, The 

 Queen, Ecklinville, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Cellini, and 

 one of the Apples of the future, Baumann's Red 

 Russet. These fruits may be considered as being 

 very suitable to plant on soil that is stony, not 

 naturally of rich quality, but which admits of im- 

 provement by cultivation. 



■ Mr. Roberts, gr. to Messrs. Rothschild, Gunners- 

 bury Park, Acton, showed Apples of large size, high 

 colour, and smooth healthy appearance, evidently 

 well suited to the soil — loam on clay — of that dis- 

 trict. AVe mention Alfriston, Lord Derby, Haw- 

 thornden, Mere de Menage, Cox's Orange, AVortley's 

 Favourite, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Alexander, Ribston, 

 Cockle Pippin, Cox's Pomona, Claygate Pearmain, 

 Adams' Pearmain, Warner's King, and Rosemary 

 Russet. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Son, Chelsea, exhibited fine, 

 large, high-coloured well-finished fruits from the 

 nursery at Langley, and from that at Fulham. The 

 following were some of the best samples : — Cellini, 

 Mannington's Pearmain, AVinter Hawthornden, Kerry 

 Pippin, Ribston, Cox's Orange, AVorcester Pearmain, 

 Brownlees' Russet, Beaumann's Red Russet, AVar- 

 ner's King, Alexander, Pott's Seedling, Scarlet Pear- 

 main, Reinette du Canada, and American Mother. 



From the gardens of the Marquis of Abergavenny, 

 Bridge Castle, Tunbridge AVells, gr. Mr. Rust, 

 some very fine fruit was exhibited in this class, and 

 varieties were observed not commonly met with in 

 other collections. Roundway, Magnum Bonum, 

 Betty Geeson, Hall-door, Wadham Pippin, Crimson 

 Queening, AVhite Paradise, Hanwell Souring, 

 Emperor Alexander, Lady Henniker, Ribston Pippin, 

 Cox's Pomona, Mere de Menage, and Queen Caroline, 

 were the best amongst the remainder. 



Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Stanstead Park Nurseries, 

 Forest Hill, S.E., on medium soil overlying gravel, 

 sent a collection of Apples, particularly good in 

 quality foi the soil there and the unfavourable 

 season ; Blenheim Orange, Lord Suffield, Emperor 

 Alexander, Stirling Castle, Cox's Pomona, Gloria 

 Mundi, Celini, King of the Pippins, Lord Derby, 

 Atkin's No. -, Ecklinville, Worcester, Pearmain, 

 Prince Albert, Warner's King, Ribston Pippin, and 

 Manks Codlin. 



The Society's collection contained the following 

 as suitable for culture round Chiswick : — Duchess 

 of Oldenburg, Frogmore Prolific, New Hawthornden, 

 Blenheim Orange, Ecklinvills, King Harry, Small's 

 Admirable, Cox's Orange, Beauty of Kent, AVarner's 

 King, Golden Spire, Lord Grosvenor, Bauman's 

 AVinter Reinette, among others. These were gene- 

 rally clean, but deficient in colouring. 



Twelve varieties of Apples best adapted to the 

 exhibitor's district. — Mr. J. Hudson, gr., Gunnersbury 

 House, Acton, showed very nice fruits of Blenheim 

 Orange, Golden Knob, Lord Derby, Wellington, 

 Cornish Aromatic, Scarlet Nonpareil, Hollandbury, 

 and Duck's-bill. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, the Old Nurseries, Ches- 

 hunt, exhibited specimens of kitchen varieties, viz , 

 Alexander, Stone's Seedling, Mere de Menage, 

 Alfriston, Grenadier, Cox's Pomona, Tibbett's In- 

 comparable, Stirling Castle, Blenheim Orange, and 

 Lord Suffield, 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited fine 

 examples of Warner's King, Lord Suffield, Ecklin- 

 ville, Sandringham, Bauman's Red Reinette, North- 

 ern Greening, Rosemary Russet, and King of the 

 Pippins. 



Southern Counties. — Fifty varieties. — Messrs. J. 

 Cheal & Sons, Crawley, showed fruits of high colour, 

 large and thrifty looking. Most of the favourite 

 varieties grow well in the soil of Sussex, so that it is 

 needless to specify any but those which were remark- 

 able for size or novelty ; such were Northern Dump- 

 ling, Cellini, Mere de Menage, Peasgood's Nonsuch 

 Domino, Blenheim Orange, Dutch Mignonne, Egre- 

 mont Russet, Lord Lennox and the Professor. 



Messrs. Lucombe Pince & Co., Nurseries, Exeter, 

 exhibited large fruit of good colour. We specify 

 Royal Russet, Tom Putt, Devon Quarrenden, Cox's 

 Pomona, Tibbett's Pearmain, Ribston, Lord Paulet's 

 Pearmain, Bellefleur, Lord Suffield, Dutch Mig- 

 nonne, Ecklinville and AA r arner's King. 



Mr. AV. G. Pragnall, gr., Sherborne Castle, Dorset, 

 had a collection of medium sized fruits, not so clear 

 in the skin as some others shown, and not in charac- 

 ter in some cases, Lady Henniker, Alfriston, King of 

 Pippins, Doux Argent, Gloria Mundi, Blenheim 

 Orange, Rosemary Russet, Reinette du Canada, 

 Lemon Pippin, Royal Somerset, Alexander, Nonsuch 



