160 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
thilUs Princess Royal of land i; 
to lay a foundation for амт growt th— good firm berry for travelling, and keeps up а good cropper. Cuthi Englani di 
t may without much diffieulty „быту It is just the Strawberry for those зы а nie Te when 7 К ы шн "Pe к h 
i ? on Queen | lemon-coloure 
bs DE ^A by м ө ree ө the trees ре igo ge qu uantities for sale. Myatt’s s Cri rims as it | prolific. Cox's Hybrid isa fine, sharp-flavoured jud 
А LAE eo t with To we set out, is а great. eropper, iso b Mies dark Lain and of | handsome fruit, of good size, а good cropper, and ve ery 
: that the C E moderately good flavour. The plantis of rather tender | late 
: ы habit, and if allowed to stand long in the same ground| Ма any kinds have been Sent а America, and are 
to fako“ Ei this matter of London trees in a eii er Какан Mo aeri: Fr «iet ац grown here, but with foi or thr ed оа дай 
ап hat it s t а as very fine, and | be re pw i fine Strawberries, almost all bein 
elio uits this xs nd best. La Constante w: ry Mw Pi. bes ia Dal hg 
5 | grows fre With me it does not grow freely, deficien ur. wd: бед e best is riy Pine, а 
just amounts to—nothing. In the first place, the Төтө, д>. it fruits well, but I grow it fu Шу qud t free Boris. чишу of 2 cae s 10, use А. for pre. 
filling up of such рге нб ч all is б rfectly t sun, t at Yarm it seems to bem t hom serving, and very e «s p . bany, owever, ig 
optional, and may never be realise In hady imrar; The fruit is of a hodiait iet, má *1 the best as seen че а goo ч Жу some rd 
second place, the only própsstton bear ing on the erri and bright coloured. The flavour sitai fruit, of a dark red colour throughout; an ex xcellent 
ll. St erry | preservi 
ure qim yc € eosdem ede iv qup : ey OAA тии Da In webs not much us Har най been V YU The 
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general subject of timber and its management to i ceres Felipe, sent ont p^ by ча Tind, although 1 ејни, Edit Rivers's Monstrous Hautbois and the д 
which the papers are — devoted, so that it is dud (du Nor BT ПЕ x ames Wi ed and good sized for Hmutbois. I don't Бо if f 
: f it is identical with the description. | Any at p. 653, by | Hautbois makes a good parent, but the flavour of this 
gether. And in the bs place it is not from Mr. Radclyffe. At Yarm the fruit instead of being nearly | and the old Pine is what we want in Strawberries, 
uniform in shape and Apc cades pn very irregular, | We have it now to a grent extent in the late kinds, bat 
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that much useful information on such a point аз cropper., Eclipse is as hardy as Sir Harry, and | present, at Yarm, and in sper eamm northward, May 
London tree culture can be expected, even. if there |an excellent dessert i and will trav el well. Mr. Queen, а small а nd poor-i -flav ured kind м ий the earliest; 
were the utmost willingness to impart it; for very | Radclyffe also speaks well o b a free-croppi 
few t indeed ean at. all compare with London | tions 5 this Strawberry a at Yarm fully bear out all he | medium size but у іп feroci it is very ny. 
in their influence on tree-life, On the other hand, | s ays. This is another market gardener's Strawberry, | Then comes Boston Pine, and plenty of others, We 
here, on a EFN m alere size, and a free grower, | want fine early kind, ers 68 Оте. of La Con: паці, 
ion i i the fruit t frm, j juicy, and well flavour red; it is really a -— na Superba, and British 
em AUN T pet зше E prs клм» fine Strawberry. So also is pee m press Eugénie, course British Queen was good at Yarm, as it is 
а ue quemad SOT h h | large ehe yu ndsome fruit a yg IE d ie ecl in suitable soil ша situation; in fact it is a 
Joad to some useful resul In We ө all throug ной Mg dele y and збе ап& grand Strawberry when it can be grown well; and ab 
ife, because " о dos p Зад rdy ror, am а 'enpital Yarm, Carolina Superba was also pues in all | respects, 
atmosphere and London drainage are amongst the orb s dor igi iet 
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everybody, жын oy ciere a ale. May, of Bedale, | Sir Harry, and а spurious Sir Harr Try, 8 e both grown 
he question as regards which will grow and sent out Culverwell's Sa anspariel two or three years here and. elsewhere, , With те this ger Sir Hi ris 
rive in London, and few it any towns ne ш Р» si — and it has proved at Y: ^ exactly suiting it. 
an to follow suit. riety. Жл is a good-sized conical shaped fruit, often| І have, I fear, ao one p^ demere justice to many 
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very heavy сгоррїп — kind. other the | justic all. I aimed chiefly at selecting the best 
THE YARM STRAWBERRIES. reatest bearers i is e eedling of Niche 8, Na Жа" ўи, Dean, Shipley. 
Few beyond the small circle of' Fragarians know | sent ош, оной | Cornu поріз; this is evide ntly a seedling 
much about Yarm and the late Mr. Nicholson; who, ur t ow : n isi 
leaving his ordinary calling of how devoted himself | handsome an juicy. It is a wonderfu ed 
ЖАНЫ ultio ES Аум у, spared no pains | Sopper sad i som. i its ков о from the foliag e in FISH AND FISHING.- No. XI. 
to collect from ts of the Waldes as many varieties | masses. Oscar а © moderate cropper, hardy, and of| ТЕХСН AND CARP PONDS.— Continued from р. 556. 
as possible. pima and e р) through Mr. Ferdi- medii Вау ba welt kind. Myatt's Emily i is Жы еж and situation of опг pond being determined, 
nard Gloede, Mr. De Jonghe, аач friends fur- of the | Filbert 'Pius habit, and Queen s н of fruit comes the great difficulty and expense. It my 
nished all the kinds introdu ee unt Vous 
also supplied nearly every опе of d тайеев, Almost | is а large handsome fruit, of ne quality, and excava ate—it isa tr ide ; but if my so soil is not of a nai un 
all the new S sed ee eie V e cid a aon сгоррег, certainly very fine for 
uctions Myatt, River E e ll, Tum — uis it so by carting a large quantity at m from the 
Doubleday, Пасу, Kitley, St tewart and Neilson, ritish Sovereign is one of the best of St t& , to cover thickly the whole bed and sides 
Salter, Roden other raisers—soon found their мейш seedlings, and is a very pel fruit, rich of m y pon nd; and having the clay, I must “ram,” or 
way to nag " es icholson bMS in flavour, and a strong prover. Choix d'un Con- |“ puddle,” КУРА thick or close with clay, so во asto 
шапу espe m of мый The autumn of 1862 |naisseur, sent. by M Jonghe, is of medium size, rendor” the bed and sides of the pond “ impervious to 
gave him r pro of f proving pred of these | with а peculiar dent че very dark throughout, т.” То produce this * imperviousness to water" 
seedlings in Мы following spring; but in the meantime | but the seeds are prominent, With good grow а, in some land, be very difficult, if not impossible. 
death called him away, and on other shoulders lias his | think it will be a fair n: it has the Mag S In a sand i ins the attem 
mantle rapan Feeling desirous of seeing what edit ries ng. Bouhon s, I believe, а seedlin i ifyi i B 
bad made in this favourite and use efi ul fru it, Ir Mr. Gloede’: clay of а а i ight be pe 
t diferent in shape, чән very Juicy, and зи. bya thru st ofa stake, and, like the smallest chink or 
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of y. 400 kinds including seedlings grown ti 
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fi solid and jui icy, and а hea avy c ropper. would grow to “large,” and all hope о wo 
аатай ее Bedale, тыва Козев, d arae: and iari is one of Nicholacn's seedlings, a large wedge- | the pond would vu ru but lec eis sink 
Dahliaslux e; of good quality, and an abundant |sink, till all the fish d dad an aa nog but “dry land 
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Leopold is а Belgian kind, a medium-sized | а ed," Butin ca superstratum, 
fruit, No wonder, "vt jet e well Б dark-coloured fruit of fine s ary flavour, but likewise the еф we ау Haa ИЩ by the 
C to is the small village of Egglescliffe, only a moderate cropper. eyess Wonderful is|use of this су, NR dn oper attention nipula xo 
which was formerly called gles Mem and e" a ctim useful well-favoured kind, and an enormous e are ce succe No etter pe roof oft this 
it is that Nicholson’s Straw is the grea cropper, another market errat а Strawberry. i- |I give, than 1 by irse myself ideally to som 
object of interest, It js really a large | orchard a baldi is another of Stew & Neilson's seedlings, Jamaiea—the parishes о af Clar endon and Man chester, 
t f ага {тп y, |. As may be imagined, in ropies, water, good or 
id mature in places; but not cold and wet, |and of good flavour— which is slightly Д" а ` good bad, for man and beast, is indispenaitle ав. food. It is 
catalogue of the Ы Straw berries comprises сгоррег and vigorous grower. Rifleman and Frogmore life itself! In the central parts of the island, rivers 
255 varieties; but nearly 400 kinds, including =з as | Late Pine, two of Turner’s last new kinds, both, 1 | are not n numerous, айй ий les are they constant in 
ом are grown. i i ther ma ivers 
nion ione L wai alis 
0 o "Mice 
Royal Gardens, are promi е 
Snape of previous years not + sorts for the north; both very late, and therefore most contain water, жи the r " "i the year they are dry. 
ең i ful; both | сто and һагйу—пе ег ese 
late Y of En 
of former o "the ey built large я 
}чсу to which the biennial rains, the “May 
is a [апа Octo Finn" nducted; and biennially 
~ good flavour, thousands and thousand lons о е d 
ery proc iud reed Та | lected. This was used for ч domestic purposes, 
г, Pat nes ыра T qt сшде deserit — à very large and гера е though 1 . cattle. ui D tanks 
rt and. generall ard water was 
-3 and productive.” I hay ө ОНА it for three qa etm 
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generally ees to drink (you could not get behini ащ | 
years and c e he neighbou ood | 
ely delicious frait, Sultane is one of Dr. Мое» seed- | In ге ^ 
а | lin ngs from m France, a En qs flavoured kind of|*'only 11 inches ef water in 1 the pe "ncn 
ah topper, solid | and j d juicy. the ey were in Some parts of the one parish ar and: iei 
x qned d s аша size, ve very imm is another каф” танау us 
, vcur, an well. anchester 
other seedling out of the large number which should be | M melting, luscious, and very jui 5. а "dine kind. M hest н рана mountainous and T js rather 
woes і one Mr. еу the jacens of поса and strong d at кї y only fr 
e as nam over, a medium-sized fruit of | is another тек n Зер ри мг, alit very 
: i ES v as P Selle de a no. d oe hea Me 
2 very rich Косе Hau tbois гати pasci er e i kind of the British Queen race, | The subsoil is detached [ou of limestone “pond T 
x handsome, medium flavour, aud Yel to get their ponds to hold water yap í 
The most wonderfal Ч Strawberry for a e op, frea beer, hardier than the Bri Ruby is ord bed а dai assi aed 1 
and cottagers, is a о! edli 
- named Comte de Zans, which i is descr e pud Өкүт. me g i зары а a 
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егоррї market purposes. | “ram” or “puddle,” as I have mentioned, ёг — 
me M i earer.” It ной т Admiral Dundas and Sir Charle& Napier both main- | artificial e in these held water wonderfully o 
[owed dire a cropper I have ever seen, and | tained their good character. Ne Plus Ultra js а seed- | well. Fancy the retention of water — Аа MT „| 
prin тың ыд experience of Strawberries. The ling sent by Mr. De Jonghe; fruit] long and fine, good į absorption of a tropical sun from 
С Tar fruit conical, often benon- flavour, and very- dark throughout; a most prolific а consumed too by геа m pes DC d 
не, medium flavour;'and useful kind, Rivers's Eliza is fine їп flavour and ' every day—and can any doubt exist а pond! 
