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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[October 20, 1888. 



Scarlet Pomona, Alfriston, Golden Knob, Ecklin- 

 ville, Bedfordshire Foundling, Cox's Pomona and 

 Warner's King. 



A fairly large collection was from Messrs. Dickson 

 & Co., 1, "Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, but the 

 examples were generally deficient in size and colour- 

 ing, and were not very clean. 



Other exhibits were from Mr. W. Drummond, 

 Stirling (good fruits of Beauty of Montrelle, Ochil- 

 tree, and Dunmore). 



Xcw or little known Apples. — In this class Mr. 

 Vertegans showed a long, cylindrical Apple, yellow 

 streaked with red. It is shown under the name of 

 " Malus pendula." The fruits are about 3 or 4 inches 

 in length, and 2 inches wide— probably a good 

 decorative sort. 



Messrs. R. Veitch & Sons, Exeter, contributed a 

 collection containing varieties which are not often 

 to be noticed on the exhibition table. They were 

 all well coloured fruits of average size. We may 

 mention Sandringham, Ottery, Rougemont, Bramley's 

 Seedling, Warmington, Towsington, Smiling 

 Beauty, St. John's Favourite, and Hollow Core— all 

 of good prepossessing appearance. 



Mr. C. Ross, Welford Park, Newbury, had some 

 good samples of out-of-the-way fruits, as Grand 

 Duke Constantine, Beauman's Reinette, Lady Alice 

 Eyre, a pale round fruit ; and Gospatrick, a capital 

 variety. 



In Messrs. G. Buuyard & Co.'s collection, Okera, a 

 dull red, slightly elongated fruit, was shown. It is 

 of Swedish origin, and appeared in this country, we 

 believe, for the first time in a collection of Swedish 

 Apples shown at the last Conference in 1883. It is 

 a sweet and tender-fleshed Apple, and was shown 

 also by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, and Mr. 

 T. Bunyard, Ashford, Kent. Messrs. G. Bunyard & 

 Co. also had Cardinal, Belle Pontoise, Opetien, Gos- 

 patrick, Evagil, and Bismarck, in good specimens. 

 Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons sent several dishes, King 

 Harry, Ringer, Castle Magar, The Sandringham, and 

 Niton House, showing up well. Messrs. Cheal had 

 Professor and Ottershaw, and others were from Mr. 

 C. Turner, A. H. Smee, Esq. (with Remsborough, 

 a handsome dessert), Mr. Crump, and Mr. C. G. 

 Sclater, Exeter. 



Pears. 



The exhibits of Pears were not so large as those 

 of Apples, indeed the classes were very properly 

 reduced, so that the large collection included thirty- 

 six varieties as against fifty of Apples in the corre- 

 sponding class. The general appearance of Pears in 

 the mass is not so pretty as that of Apples, the 

 colours being of a duller hue. When the season is 

 considered the quality of the exhibits is of a high 

 order, especially in the large classes; exhibitors 

 seeming to place inferior samples in the smaller 

 classes. 



Home Counties. — Thirty-six Varieties. — A hand- 

 some lot of fruits were those shown by Messrs. C. 

 Lee & Son, Hammersmith, W. The entire lot was 

 good in quality and very clean, in fact one of the 

 best in the show. Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise 

 d'Uccle, Souvenir du Congres, Louise Bonne of 

 Jersev, Trout. Beurre d'Amanlis, Mad. Treyve, B. 

 Hardy, Williams' Bon Chretien, B. Clairgeau, Prince 

 of Wales, Durondeau, B. Bachelier, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, and B. de Capiaumont were one and all 

 remarkably fine and deserve mention. 



Messrs. ' J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, were also 

 exhibitors of a splendid lot, very clean and even 

 throughout, that was about the best coloured collec- 

 tion ; Doyenne Boussoch and Louise Bonne must be 

 singled out as finely coloured samples, then followed 

 Pitmaston Duchess, Souvenir de Congres, Triomphe 

 de Vienne, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Durondeau, 

 Clairgeau, and Madame Treyve were also fine. 



Messrs. T. Rivers & Sons also had a lot of large 

 and clean fruits, some from under glass, we imagine. 

 This collection was remarkable for the large size of 

 its fruits ; Pitmaston Duchess, and General Todtleben, 

 were specially noticeable in this respect ; Doyenne 

 Boussoch was finely coloured, and of the others the 

 best were Emile d'Heyst, Duchess d'Angouleme 

 Lebrun, Catillac, Gregoire Bordillon, and Marie 

 Louise d'Uccle, all large and clean. 



A very creditable collection came from Messrs. G. 

 Bunyard & Co., generally well coloured and of large 

 size. Catillac, Beurre d'Amanlis, Louise Bonne, 

 Comte de Flandres, Souvenir du Congres, Conseil- 

 ler de la Cour, Doyenne du Cornice, Beurre Clair- 

 geau, Marie Louise d'Uccle, BeurriS Hardy, and 

 Doyenne' Boussouch were all fine samples. 



Messrs. J. Peed had a finely coloured lot, Doyenne 

 Boussouch being the best, and good colouring was 



also to be seen in Louise Bonne, Emile Heyst, 

 Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise d'Uccle, Beurre 

 Bachelier, B. Clairgeau, and B. Superfin. 



An even collection of medium quality was shown 

 by Mr. R. Smith, gr. to Lady Fletcher, Kenward, 

 Yalding, Kent ; Passe Colmar, Williams' Bon 

 Chretien, Beurre Bachelier, and Marie Louise being 

 the finest shown. 



Marechal de la Cour, Uvedale's St. Gprmain, and 

 Durondeau were good in the collection from Mr. C. 

 Turner, Slough. 



Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, showed an 

 average collection, generally wanting in size ; the 

 best fruits were those of Beurre Spence, B. Baltet 

 Piire, B. dAmanlis, B. d'Anjou, Emile d'Heyst, 

 General Todtleben, Brockworth Park (Bonne d'Ezee), 

 Conseilleur de la Cour, and Doyenne Boussoch. 



Mr. J. Roberts, Gunnersbury Park, showed superior 

 well-grown fruits of Beurre Clairgeau, B. Diel, 

 Nouvelle Fulvie, Catillac, Marie Louise d'Uccle, and 

 Fondante d'Automne. 



Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford, showed an 

 average lot of fruit ; the best were Mad. Treyve, 

 Louise Bonne, Durondeau, Doyenne Boussoch.Beurre 

 Hardy, and B. Clairgeau. 



Mr. C. Howe, Benham Park, showed fruits of 

 medium size : Beurre Ranee, Doyenne Boussoch, 

 Triomphe de Jodoigne, Zephirine Gregorie, Hacons 

 Incomparable, Gansell's Bergamotte, and Knight's 

 Monarch were the finest. 



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

 excellent fruits, some of which may have been grown 

 under glass; the best fruits were Doyenne Merode, 

 Beurre Bachelier, B. Superfin, B. d'Amanlis, B. 

 d'Anjou, Marie Louise, General Todtleben, Napoleon, 

 Conseilleur de la Cour, Alex. Lambre, Fondante 

 d'Automne, Pitmaston Duchess. 



In the fruits shown by the Society in this class 

 there were noticeable Louise Bonne, Beurre de 

 Charneuses, B. Diel, Jersey Gratioli, B. d'Amanlis, 

 Souvenir du Congres, Madame Treyve, Napoleon, 

 and Vineuse — altogether a first-rate lot, of fine size, 

 clean and even. 



In the twenty-four best adapted to the district the 

 Society showed well again, with excellent fruits of 

 Beurre Hardy, Louise Bonne, B. Superfin, Fondante 

 d'Automne, Marechal de la Cour, and B. d'Amanlis ; 

 but here, as in all the exhibits of the Society, colour 

 was deficient, but the fruits themselves were fine. 



Very similar varieties were well shown in the 

 collection of Mr. J. Roberts, Gunnersbury House, 

 Acton, and again by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea, who had fine fruits. 



Mr. J. H. Rose, Lockinge Gardens, Wantage, had 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Louise Bonne, and Doyenne du 

 Cornice from walls, and all extremely brightly 

 coloured . 



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

 Aylesford, showed Beurre Bachelier, Louise Bonne, 

 Conseilleur de la Cour, Gansele's Bergamotte, and 

 Bonne d'Ezee in his collection. 



Mr. Cummins, gr. to A. H. Smee, Esq., Walling- 

 ton, Surrey, sent a nice neat lot also in the class, 

 having King Edward, Beurre Rohan, and Durondeau 

 in good specimens. Mr. T. Fletcher, Kingston, 

 Herefordshire, and Mr. Griffin, Haverfordwest, also 

 showed, but their exhibits do not call for special 

 mention. 



Twelce varieties of dessert Pears best adapted to the 

 exhibitor's district. — Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons showed 

 very nice examples of Doyenne Merode, Williams' 

 Bon Chretien, Beurre d'Amanlis, B. d'Aremberg, 

 B. Diel, B. Bachelier, Bergamotte d'Esperen, and' 

 Fondante dAutomne. 



Mr. J. Roberts, Gunnersbury, showed excellent 

 fruits of Nouvelle Fulvie, Conseilleur de la Cour, 

 Beurre Bosc, B. Bachelier, Van Mons. Leon le 

 Clerc, British Queen, Louise Bonne, and Marie 

 Louise d'Uccle. 



Messrs. Saltmarsh & Sons, Chelmsford, showed 

 fruits of quite an average as regarded size, and clear 

 skinned. Beurre Hardy, B. d'Amanlis, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, Thompson's Souvenir du Congres, Madame 

 Trevve, Pitmaston Duchess, and Marie Louise were 

 the finest. 



Mr. T. Richardson, 11, Eleanor Terrace, .Barnes, 

 had fair sized clear-skinned specimens of Beurre 

 Ranee, Bon Chretien, Easter Beurre, B. Diel, B. 

 Bosc, and Knight's Eyewood. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 

 showed medium-sized fruits of General Todtleben, 

 Fertility, Louise Bonne, . Due de Morny, BeurriS 

 d'Amanlis, Triomphe de Jodoigne, and Marie Louise 

 d'Uccle, 



Twelve Pears, adapted for the district. — Mr. J. 

 Hudson, Acton, had Pears of good average quality 



of the following varieties: — Bellissime d'Hiver, Pit- 

 maston Duchess, Beurre Clairgeau, B. d'Amanlis, 

 and Marie Louise. 



Southern Counties. — Thirty-six varieties. — The 

 collection from Mr. G. Pragnell, Sherborne Castle, 

 Dorset, showed some very fine specimens, others were 

 only of average quality : this was in the class fur 

 thirty-six. Those best represented were : — Uvedale's 

 St. Germain, Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre Clairgeau, 

 Esperen, Autumn Nelis, Louise Bonne, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Doyenne du Cornice, Beurre Die], 

 Jersey Gratioli, Marie Louise, Beurre Hardy, Hessle 

 and Passe Colmar, which were of fine colour and 

 clean. 



Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons also showed here with 

 good sized fruits of Belle de Bruxelles, Alexander 

 Lucas, Baltet Pere, Beurre Hardy, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, &c. 



Twenty-four varieties. — Among others they also 

 showed here good sized fruits, but lacking colour. 

 Forelle, Conseiller de la Cour, Madame Treyve, 

 Catillac, Clairgeau, &c, were well shown. 



Twenty-four varieties. — Messrs. Lucombe, Pince 

 & Co. had a collection of fruits showing generally 

 much speckling of the skin; Pitmaston Duchess, 

 Gansell's Bergamotte, and Napoleon were the better 

 fruits. 



Twelve Pears. — Mr. S. Ford, gr., Leonardslee, 

 Sussex, in his collection had of fair size and 

 appearance — Durondeau, Beurre Clairgeau, and 

 Marie Louis d'Uccle. Mr. Wildsmith, gr. to 

 Viscount Eversley, Heckfield Place, Hants, had 

 a collection much above the average in size this 

 season, and which in some cases were well coloured 

 fruit. The b;st were — Doyenne Boussoch, Fondante 

 d'Automne, Beurre Bachelier. B. Hardy, Doyenne 

 du Cornice, B. d'Ezee, Knight's Monarch. Many if 

 not all these varieties were on the Quince. Mr. C. 

 Turner, Slough, showed fine fruits of Beurre d'Aman- 

 lis, Hacon's Incomparable, Pitmaston Duchess, and 

 Doyenne Boussoch. 



C. Brymer, Esq., Ilsington House, Dorchester, 

 showed medium sized fruits, with clear skin, Louise 

 Bonne, Beurre Sterckmanns, B. d'Amanlis, B. Ranee, 

 Suffolk Thorn, Glou Morceau,and Zepherine',Gregoire 

 were the finest. 



Six varieties of dessert Pears, best suited for the 

 district. — Excellent fruits, although not so finely 

 coloured as some in the show were to be seen in the 

 collection of Mr. W. Wildsmith, Heckfield Place 

 Gardens, Winchfield. They were all good and clean, 

 including Pitmaston, Louise Bonne, Beurre Diel, 

 Doyenne du Cornice, Marie Louise, and Brown 

 Beurre. 



Western Counties. — Messrs. R. Smith, Worcester, 

 showed in the collection of thirty— six varieties, of 

 smallish size generally, but a few were of good size : 

 Buerre Clairgeau, Pitmaston Duchess, General Tod- 

 tleben, Gratioli of Jersey, Colmar d'Et£, Glou Mor- 

 cfau, and Louise Bonne being the best. 



In the smaller class for twenty-four best suited to 

 the district, Mr. T. Cooraber, Hendre, Monmouth, 

 s'mwed several fine examples, stated to have been 

 grown under glass on walls in several instances. 

 Marechal de la Cour, Flemish Beauty, Catillac, 

 Durondeau, Madame Treyve, Beurr6 de Capiaumont, 

 Doyenne du Cornice, and Bonne d'Ezee were grand 

 fruits, and the whole lot was very clean and neat. 



Twelve Pears. — Mr. Crump, Madresfield Court, 

 Malvern, had fine well developed example of Jose- 

 phine de Malines, Doyenne du Cornice, Brockworth 

 Park, Bergamotte d'Esperen, Pitmaston Duchess, and 

 Glou Morceau. The fruits sent by Mr. T. Southall, 

 South Bank, Worcester, were very inferior. 



Midland Counties. — The fruits from the Midland 

 districts were very few. Mr. Parker, Inipney Gar- 

 dens, Droitwich, however, contributed a handsome 

 collection of twenty-four best suited to his district, 

 very clean and neat all through ; Zephirin Gregoire, 

 Brown Beurre, General Todtleben, Gansell's Berga- 

 motte, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Pitmaston Duchess, 

 Hacon's Incomparable, and Beurre Diel were excel- 

 lent fruit. 



Twelve Pears. — Mr. R. Milner, Sundorne Castle, 

 Salop, bad very nice examples of Louise Bonnp, 

 Glou Morceau, Beurre Sterckmanns, B. d'Amanlis, 

 B. Diel, Brockworth Park, Marie Louise d'Uccle, 

 and Gratioli. 



Northern Counties. — Twelve Pears. — Mr. Chuck, 

 Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, had highly coloured, 

 rather small fruit, clear in the skin, of Beurr<$ Diel, 

 Doyenne du Cornice, Marechal de la Cour, &c. 



In the collections of culinary Pears there was a 

 fair display, Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons and C. Turner, 

 Slough, being the chief exhibitors. Messrs. Veitch 

 sent Catillac, Verulam, Vicar of Winkfield, Gilles-6- 



