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jointed, pointing to heavy crops and good constitu- 
tion. a Sect et en was also one of the finest for 
mid-s 
ES. 
РЕАСН 
Messrs. T. Rivers again took * lead, and their 
introductions тз o lengthen the 
eason in the 
Canada, Ha 1 Early i m Аш not 
30 good as "the Alexander, due 
; but unless under 
i t 
they were juicy and pleasant, and came three weeks 
before any others. A word as to failures with th 
sorts under gl iere was no difficulty in setting 
hese American kinds if a low temperature were 
kept until — fruit was — “when the day and night 
heat could eres and they soon sw ven d and 
astonished mettre by their е п ripen- 
ing, but уны of fore head du naa 
flowering was a wrong process, чата caused them 
cast their fruit. Outside, this did hot occur, sid 
they were valuable additions to eavly fruits in this 
section. The b t them of really go 
flavour was to set them in an orchard house, to 
grow them on till within a fortnight of ripening, 
touch, when th k fine colour, and became 
really good in flavour, though not first class. I 
late Peaches t ere no n i chronicle, 
but the mid-seas —— ere well supplemented 
ond and wk, which, though not new, 
y Dym Gos 
` were vat little pue aad had the benefit of a good 
constitution. . 
PLUMS. 
Rivers again took first place 
n Plums Messrs. T. 
ith early sorts BE was a gain for an early des- 
sert kind, the Sawbridgeworth - 
rly 
— ‘Golden Transpare 
these — the be 
favour ее То ihe aa — firm was due the 
х "Gage, o -skin 
ӘР хане flavour, ce eee 
grower 
essert Plums none had E uch 
"us. as Rivers' Monarch, a rge black Pim. 
үм 
* of the Cort fa avour 
ees iid gained age it рту — nets was un- 
сей for ru 
uit with fine colour, 
n "condition was excellent nm 
ber). Messrs. Veite Beurr 
ar 
— эчебез, bu 
E 3 ko st 2 till eb ; while of older ниб 
"n ne Riv Magnate and Princess maintained 
eir 
nué ЖАА, Mui oi. aN 2 
— are very fine and reli ao which 
eded in the South and West as open pyr 
and in the colder of the country should do 
walls. Beurré eon was a gs but first- 
growe of 
. 1 The list of ар Pose 
had been extended by the e introduction, throngh h the 
Pear Conference, of t Gilogil and Directenr nd, 
ri as the publie taste grew for stewed Pears, they 
te bé ем em 
n Quince orts were plentiful from America, 
eng at pr sexe йо aiat had to be waited for. 
RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES, 
* — Superlative ктун justly held the 
fi oa He could not speak well of Keighley 
QUAD "lately introduced, Sur 2 Fastolf 1 
the contine ood red. w Rasp- 
berries they had usd d but a very ru fruited 
one might be expected in 1896 from his 
I 
es is T ond 8 of the best for 
d by Royal Sovereign 
and Sensatio 
and May Cabin Баз yet been d as 
w warrant ‘their adoption. 
gain 
are valuable in a collection, In late sorts Laxton’s 
Latest of All (unfortunately named, өт, клу was nota 
very late et M E qm of recent sorts, Its 
fine size, Queen style, and verde favour singled 
it out for еленд АН ation. He not over- 
look the new ones а Gunton Par d Mr. 
r introducing Empress s of 
ark, id [^ rd Suffield, as they were 
ч 
a va ask Qe ers to ago before condemning 
arieties on trial, as it did hay cnm 
that those which е valuable in a dry 
worthless in a we and, bat gurteners, 
they e should wc for "all d changes et weather 
t me ue 
Sreli es were got, but the public bo л 
before they occas popular. He had how 
aith in Lady 5 а Tange benched white of 2 550 
рел, апа тап u very fine; aud in 
Black Grapes, perd owers, which might be 
described as a late Ha : a ld soon 
la mbro' Grapes wou 
have to be divided into two sections—handsome 
sorts for the et and Satie: sorts, with flavour, 
for one's own eating. 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
Among che fr ss the Japan Wine-berry 
дер — Tt p es fr . for . 
&с. 3 clin 
8 weeping habit aud red d 88 — a 
future for 
е re ad Por ңы had N a failure. 
It wo чч M» PS ARD said in conclusion, be 
necessary t TU a a ырда in order to 
mimik: of the introduction of so many new fruits. 
ee * to a most i 
paper which opened up ano em discussion. Не 
noticed that Mr, Bunyard did not a e to a variety of 
Strawberry which surpassed the 2 MX ereign, he referred 
to Lax ton’ s Monarch. 
Mr. Bunyarp said he had we yet tried it 
Mr. ROUPELL, remarked that it was a d: ark hor 
. PLAYFOR 
aer side o 
interesting 
Mau bs led — Е! 
тре y trave! 16,000 
sac geek d 
deal 
would Ake tos 
it was a better : s to ti the 
best varieties, and only dan Ж ec 1 . one Plum 
he thought might be introduced into this country, the Jap 
Plum, It X Epor "Th d Peach—a 
LA pric: dee e Plum called 
‚А Heart, a most excellent fruit. rods s astonished Mr. 
Red 
Bunyard did бут lr roy the Bismarck Apis It had been 
for some Fe. in the Colony, and a specimen 
ches round i 
sas 
1 — in the . ng ter 
i 10 shown at the P масе that day go 
himself pha septs nl ч. the eu tivation о 
oe ek Cherries he got w he Early Purple King. It was 
ihe very. earliest e Же т» a splendid show, аз did 
dud 9 
oo Svat) sa said he was a ws a grower from 
orld— ony of South cer en 
Early Lyons. He also УА. ael ther Bigarreau, which, f 
gathered before it was ripe, w 
pos s that cam eaten the per alayas 
and some of these had been bow Kew Garden 
Mr. CRU k made by Mr. 1 who 
was not distinctly heard, asia ^d had bad nothi do 
with the тузе à of the May Queen, He had, however, gota 
A^ variety was one which should be grown 
L said he was TI: mae struck by the 
of the gentleman yn Sou lia, 
dissent fro о ns. Не св afraid if they 
selected dv Mr 1 d а few Pears, and so on, 
ain stationary. If their effi 
cramped entirely by the reque element, they Gala 
soon put a stop to ац erg y' did not all nie for 
merely pounds, shillings, and pen Many of them worked 
г the love о the thi ung; but if people could get a proe. ©з 
of ы, so much the better. e had hir ^ op 
et Diamant Traube, o fix P th at 
ass was 
of great difficulty to reduce the num any- 
thing кет айу апа their frie nd from A ustralia ‘would do 
ay ие; {гу 
the dozen. he had got. 
It he did not do во, he would find 
ce discussion, эма he would 
e Plums from 
well known. The үчен remark 
$ Нух to the Nanny, there w was on 
objection—it 24 — 5 торр 
rt Бакем was — by tbe Chair t 
Mr. etc mi 1 1 s paper. 
GRANT, їп. tae mpra the 5 said, up till 
recenty e: had been iated w — Roses, but for the last 
ifiv ve y eh кой ein "res fru h gre with 
bt He di el E think y need fear the 
Competition of their Austral or ricau cousins, b 
re not going to equal any 3 бу saw in the Palace 
‘th: ıt day (Laughter). 
! M eka UP MU Ripa 
éney o 
n uc ri; H. кодны; read a most quee 
PRUNING. FnviT TREES, 
Mr. Pearson said he approached the task of 
reading a paper on that — with ente mi 
average ama on the matter, зли 
lights of hortivateure differed very materially on 
t — ake for instance 
d 
question kir not s 
The advo bye im vem: uning — that the traus 
plan dica Е of fri pie being a considerable check to 
| the es, sult sho ald be cous nteracted by 
ЗАРЫН the. Мачын full length for-the first year 
so that they- might produce as much foliag 
ey ed kino shortenéd t6 Mainz in the balance ; 
8 r che tree 
caused = considerable gem of needless eva $ 
tion 
ty — it much more 
difficult her secure the t ing rocked about 
y the wind, апа N mae it асла the end in 
view, inasmuch as developme leaves from the 
full-length shoots was so poor compared with that 
on the shortened shoots, that action was 
retarded ra ee deere a : eas had 
been gain und during the past few years. 
Of course, ‘the елы in ned com plots, and 
