ncionEH 35, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHEOXlCLE. 



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Catsbead, Adams' Peannain, and Stunner were 

 the linest. 



Messrs. K. Veitch & Sons, Nurseries, Exeter, had 

 a collection made up chiefly of tine-looking fruits of 

 over the average size. It will suffice to say that 

 these were the choicest varieties in dessert and 

 culinary Apples, and it was remarked that local 

 Apples, of which Devon has so many, found no place 

 amongst them. 



Mr. C. G. Sclater, Nurseries, Heavitree Bridge, 

 Devon, showed fruits of high colour and large size, 

 the varieties being those tabled by nurserymen 

 generally, the uncommon fruits being Glory of the 

 West, Beauty of Hants, Autumn Gillirlower, Ameri- 

 can Grindling, Napoleon, Dutch Codlin, and Red- 

 ribbed Greening, mostly of showy character. 



7V'< mty-four varieties, best adapted for the "'>- 

 trict. — Very fine were Blenheim Orange, Alexander, 

 Dumelow's, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Ali'riston, Gloria 

 Mundi, New Hawthornden, Mere de Menage, and 

 Ribston, shown by W. E. Brymer, Esq., Ilsington 

 House, Dorchester. 



Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons. Crawley, Sussex, bad a 

 fine lot of high-coloured, large fruits, The Queen, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg. New Hawthornden. Prince 

 Albert, Warner's King, The Professor, Cox's 

 Pomona, and Yorkshire Beauty being some of the 

 most striking. 



Mr. \V. Gallop, Bradford Peverell, Dorset, showed 

 dishes of small fruits, the large ones being few, and 

 consisted of Nelson's Glory, Alexander, and Winter 

 Teach. 



Western" Counties. — Fifty varieties. — Mr. G. Griffin, 

 gr., Slebeck Park, Haverfordwest, exhibited many 

 fruits of fine size and colour : — such were Kentish 

 Pillbasket, Wheeler's Russet, King of Pippins, Cox's 

 Pomona, Adams' Pearmain, Winter Hawthornden, 

 Alexander, Warner's King. Mr. J. Watkins, Po- 

 mona Farm, Withington, Hereford, exhibited varieties 

 found generally in other first-class collections, and 

 these were well grown, and with the good colour and 

 clear skins found commonly on Herefordshire 

 Apples— Belle Bonne, Tyler's Kernel, Crimson Cos- 

 tard, Scarlet Crofton.were varieties not often found in 

 other lots. Messrs. R. Smith & Co., Nurseries, Wor- 

 cester, showed fruits, generally of a large size and 

 high colour, but not always exhibiting the fruit at its 

 best. The varieties are such as are found in all of 

 the good collections shown by the trade; Calville 

 Rouge, Alexander, New Northern Greening. Wor- 

 cester Fillbasket, and Golden Winter Pearmain. 



Tv:cnty-four varieties best adopted to exhibitor'? 

 -Mr. T. Coomber, gr. to A. J. Rolls, Esq., 

 The Hendre, Monmouth, showed a collection, which 

 contained good fruits of Alfriston, Ecklinville, 

 Alexander, Blenheim Orange, Lord Suftield, and 

 Tibbett's Pearmain. 



Messrs. J. Jeffries & Son, Nurseries, Cirencester, 

 showed clean well-grown fruits, many of them over 

 the average of size. We may name Potts' Seedling, 

 Kerry Pippin, Alexander, Small's Admirable, Grena- 

 dier, Gloria Mundi, Cox's Pomona, Worcester Pear- 

 main, and Tower of Glamis. 



Mr. Shingles, gr. to the Earl of Ducie, Tortworth, 

 Gloucestershire, had a collection of large and small 

 fruits, some apparently not liking the soil of the dis- 

 trict, or had suffered much from the weather. The 

 best were Winter Strawberry, Mere de Menage, 

 Waltham Abbey Seedling, Brabant Bellefleur, Nel- 

 son's Glory, Hawick, and Warner's King. 



Midi. and Counties. — fifty varieties. — Messrs. 

 Dicksons (Limited), nurseries, Chester, had by far 

 the best lot from the Midlands, but the color as in 

 all fruit in the Midlands and north is deficient. 

 The varieties were in the main the same as all the 

 Nurserymen exhibited with a sprinkling of those 

 more locally known, viz., Wareham Russett, Jolly 

 Beggar, and Bellringer. 



Twenty-four varieties tailed for the district. — 

 Mr. Gleeson, gr. to the Duke of Newcastle, Clumber 

 Park, Notts, had a collection of rather small fruits, 

 many being without names ; tine were Dutch 

 Mignonne, Lord Suftield and King of Pippins. 



Mr. W. H. Frettingham, nurseries, Beeston, 

 Notts., showed ordinary varieties, and has a good 

 and suitable soil, where, with some attention, Apples 

 would grow well, Nonsuch, Blenheim Orange, King 

 of the Pippins, Beauty of Hants, Frogmore Prolific, 

 Lord Suffield and Spencer's favourite were the best. 



Mr. A. Christie, gr. to the Earl of Warwick, 

 Warwick Castle, had smallish examples of large 

 culinary varieties; Warner's King, Lord Suffield, 

 Beauty of Kent. Lord Grosvenor, and Cox's Pomona, 

 were the best of them. 



Mr. J. Grey, gr., Normanton Park, Stamford, 

 showed New Hawthornden, Annie Elizabeth, War- 



ner's King, Gravenstein, Smalls' Admirable. Peas- 

 good's Nonsuch, and Worcester Pearmain, as his best 

 fruits. 



.Mr. W. H. Divers, gr., Ketton Hall, Stamford, 

 showed in this class, but the fruits were generally 

 very small : Duke of Gloucester, Carlton Seedling, 

 and Golden Noble, were the best. 



Mr. E. Milner, gr., Sundorne Castle, Shrewsbury, 

 showed excellent fruits, from cordons and pyramids, 

 of Stirling Castle, Gloria Mundi, Warner's King, 

 Dumelow's Seedling, Cellini, Ribston Pippin, and 

 Cox's Orange. 



Noutheun Counties. - Mr. W. Chuck, gr. to 

 P. Thelluson, Esq., Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, 

 showed fruits which indicated the adverse character 

 of the weather during the past season in that part 

 of the country. The presentable fruits were Blen- 

 heim Orange, King of the Pippins, and Cellini. 



Dessert Apples. — There were several exhibits of a 

 collection of twelve dishes of dessert Apples, and 

 the specimens were generally of a high order of 

 merit, Mr. W. Crump, gr. to Earl Beanchamp, Madres- 

 field Court, Malvern, showing twelve dishes remark- 

 able for their very high colouring ; in size they were 

 average. Cox's Orange Pippin, King of the Pippins, 

 Strawberry Pippin, Blenheim Orange, May Queen, 

 Fearn's Pippin, Court pendu-plat, Brownlees' Russet, 

 being the chief examples ; some of the finest dessert 

 Apples shown. 



Mr. C Turner, Slough, sent a collection of clean 

 sound fruits, of average size, and of handsome 

 appearance ; he showed capital examples of Adams' 

 Pearmain, Cox's Orange Pippin, Scarlet Peannain, 

 Ribston Pippin, King of the Pippins, and Cluster 

 Golden Pippin. 



Messrs. Saltmarsh & Sons, Chelmsford, had good 

 fruits of Ribston, Duchess of Oldenburg, Garrett 

 Pippin, and Summer Orange, with large fruits of 

 Cox's Orange. 



The collection from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 

 Chelsea, S.W., was composed of very clean and 

 plump fruits, of which Mannington's Pearmain, Cox's 

 Orange, King of the Pippins Devonshire Quarren- 

 den, JIargil, Ribston, Kerry Pippin, and American 

 Mother were good examples. 



— Brymer, Esq., had examples of average quality, 

 in which Claygate Pearmain, King of the Earlies, 

 and Cornish Aromatic were shown. 



A collection of very pretty and clean fruits were 

 shown from the gardens of H. A. Brassey, Esq., 

 Aylesford, Kent(gr. Mr. A. Waterman); Worcester 

 Pearmain, Blenheim Orange, Ribston, Cellini, Cox's 

 Orange, and Cox's Pomona were the chief examples. 



Mr. J. Rust, Bridge Castle Gardens, Sussex, with 

 Winter Queening, Sturmer Pippin, Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Norfolk Bearer, and Rosemary Russet ; and 

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

 display in this section. From these varieties there 

 may be seen very well what varieties are most worthy 

 of cultivation in this country. 



The collections of six dishes were not of such a 

 good general character as in the larger class of 

 twelve, but there were several good exhibits. The 

 varieties differed but little from those in the fore- 

 going classes. Mr. Frettingham, for example, 

 had Eve in his collection, and Mr. J. Hudson, gr. to 

 II. J. Atkinson, Esq., M. P., Gunnersbury House, Acton 

 sent good fruits of Gravenstein, Court of Wick, and 

 Blenheim Orange, &c. 



Several richly-coloured and very fine specimens 

 were in the collection of Messrs. Paul & Sons, Ches- 

 hunt, N, — Wyken, Cox's Orange (very fine), Kerry 

 Pippin, and Worcester Pearmain being worthy of 

 note. 



Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, Kent, sent 

 Melon Apple, Margil and Kerry Pippin, in good form. 

 Scarlet Nonpareil and Cockle Pippin were fine fruits 

 in Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons' dishes of well-coloured 

 and fine fruits. Messrs. C. Warden and J. Roberts 

 also sent collections, and Mr. C. P. Saunders, Jersey, 

 had specially fine and good-coloured samples of 

 popular varieties. 



Culinary Apples. — In the corresponding large class 

 for culinary Apples (twelve dishes), there was also a 

 good display, but a greater range of quality. H. A. 

 Brassey, Esq., contributed dishes of very fine quality, 

 large and clean ; Blenheim Orange, Peasgood's Non- 

 such, Stirling Castle, Warner's King, Gloria Mundi, 

 Washington, and Lane's Prince Albert were all good 

 fruits, but not of very high colouring. Mr. Crump 

 sent a grand lot of dishes ; Peasgood's Nonsuch 

 (handsome and highly coloured), Cellini (good 

 colour), Stirling Castle, Warner's King, Lord Derby, 

 Lord Suffield, and Lane's Prince Albert, were the 

 chief varieties. Mr. J. Roberts, gr. to Messrs. 

 Rothschild, Gunnersbury Park, Acton, W., sent good 



specimens of Peasgood's Nonsuch, Cox's Pomona, 

 Alexander (finely coloured), Beauty of Kent, Ecklin- 

 ville, and Warner's King. In the collection from 

 Mr. W. H. Frettingham, The Nurseries, Beeston, 

 Notts, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Spencer's Favourite, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg, Lord Suffield, and Warner's 

 King were very good. 



Mr. C. Turner had as his best fruits Old Haw- 

 thornden, Frogmore Prolific. Mi-re de Menage, Kes- 

 wick Codlin, Stirling Castle, and Blenheim Orange, 

 all the dishes, however, being clean and healthy 

 fruits. The collection from the Society's own col- 

 lection was composed of good fruits of useful varie- 

 ties, but deficient in colouring. Stirling Castle, 

 Golden Knob, Stone Apple, Blenheim Orange, War- 

 ner's King, Lane's Prince Albert, and such like 

 varieties were shown. 



There were not many exhibitors of the smaller 

 collections of culinary Apples, Messrs. J. Veitch & 

 Sons and Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, 

 contributing some of the best, all well-known 

 varieties ; Messrs. Frettingham and Middleton also 

 contributed. 



Fruits from trained trees, Jv. — In the classes 

 for a collection of fruit from cordon, bush, or 

 pyramids, and from standards in orchards, there 

 was not observable the difference in quality which 

 might have been expected, but those grown on 

 the bushes, &c, were, if anvthing, smoother than the 

 others. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons ; W. and E. Wells, 

 Hounslow; J. Grey, Normanton Park, Stamford; 

 and J. Watkins, Pomona Farm. Withington, Here- 

 ford, contributing good examples in the bush, &c, 

 class; and of fruit from the standards in orchards 

 Messrs. Wells, J. Watkins, R. Dean, R. Pennington, 

 H. Merryweather were exhibitors, the last-named 

 showing his varieties as Bramley's Seedling, Domino, 

 and Clarke's Seedling, in good and large specimens. 



The class for Apples grown on special stocks un- 

 fortunately did not bring out exhibits, and thus an 

 opportunity for comparing the effects of various 

 stocks was lost. Messrs. R. Veitch & Sons, of Exeter, 

 who did enter, sent fruits which were all from the 

 English Paradise, and by themselves were valueless. 



market Apples. — The specimens of Apples as 

 grown for market were an attractive feature of the 

 show. They were all excellent samples, but it is 

 necessary to see the large baskets of the varieties in 

 order freely to appreciate their effects. A remark- 

 ably handsome lot were those from Messrs. G. Bun- 

 yard & Co., large and finely coloured, and in good 

 condition: — The Queen, Cellini, Ecklinville, Warner's 

 King, Beauty of Kent, Grenadier, Worcester Pear- 

 main, Duchess of Oldenburg, Cox's Orange, Stirling 

 Castle, and Pott's Seedling. Messrs. Paul & Son 

 had capital example of King of the Pippins, Golden 

 Knob, Blenheim Orange, Stirling Castle, Fearn's 

 Pippin, Counsellor, Wellington, and Claygate Pear- 

 main being the varieties shown here, and all good. 

 Messrs. W. and E. Wells also sent a good collection 

 of smaller size. 



Miscellaneous, — The miscellaneous exhibits were 

 not very numerous. W. T. T. Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., 

 Kew, Surrey, sent a few dishe- of fruits. From 

 Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, there came a collection of 

 Apple-, but all the fruits were of small size. Wad- 

 hurst Pippin, London Apple, Hambledon Deux Ans, 

 Rymer, and Flower of Kent, &c, were to be seen 

 here. 



The Rev. W. Wilks, Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, 

 had a dish of Cox's Orange of wonderful size, being 

 three or four times larger than usual, of a bright 

 yellow colour, and altogether extremely fine and 

 handsome, having been grown under glass. W. T. 

 .Manning. Esq., Blackheath, had a few dishes ; and 

 a dish of very large and excellent fruits of Domino 

 were shown by II. Miller, Esq., Chiswick. A dish 

 of New Northern Greening was shown by Messrs. 

 J. B. Pearson & Sons, Cbilwell, Notts; the variety 

 is stated to keep well till June. 



Scotland. — Apples from Scotland were fairly 

 numerous, but with the one exception of those sent 

 by Mr. McDonald, Perth, were inferior to the collec- 

 tions from English counties which, considering 

 the bad season, is not at all to be wondered at. 

 Mr. McDonald had some very fine, clean and 

 large fruits of Peasgood's Nonsuch, Cox's Orange, 

 Wellington, Tower of Glamis, Blenheim Orange and 

 Ecklinville in his collection, only lacking colour to 

 make them first-rate examples. 



Mr. M. Dunn, Dalkeith, contributed an extensive 

 collection, but the specimens had unfortunately been 

 damaged in transit ; they were, however, fairly good, 

 and mostly of medium size. Some of the best shown 

 were Worcester Pearmain, Lord Nelson, Orange 

 Pippin, Gravenstein, Carraway Reinette, Loddington, 



