482 
only the mere "peri of the berries 
ened to & similar 
aking or conversion into temperance 
multiplied many times for eating. D. 
a th ARRANGEMENT IN 
8 at the Royal — € Society's Fruit 
like to know 
drinks, and 
ЕЁ, 
of 
class 4, but hibitor calling the 
official’s attention to it, the judges: were brought ba po 
g L3 
judges to look at а en making 
their awards ? ioris бей, 88, St. John's Road, S.E. 
dross, or crushed Apples 
distan the house, as it 3 considered un- 
lucky to have it anywh r, From this no 
unfrequently hundreds of seedlings arose, and these 
were always called “ Cr abs,” and used for stocks, 
when possibly there was not м rue wild kin UR 
sbarp acid Apple among them, and so it was that 
the cion, two kinds of fruit were on the s ame tree 
have seen, у ago, & aset” on the part 
growing frcm the stock, while the scion was the old 
. But it not of e of raising 
stocks I purpose nn but N alue of 
the ‘ Crab” аз е th in 
ower or fruiting. "Generally Т Tight, and not 
ongraceful in growth, rabs pr resent at all times a 
of any size or pretentions for 
much satisfaction to myself and 
closely, Chicago, llow with red cheeks; 
Marengo, large fruit, red or yellow; Zeller, a fine 
eolour and g bearer; as js the Yellow Siberian. 
The Scarlet - Cher o not li o well as some, 
Spong is on Rivers’ bright and showy. 
en 
0 
of the 9 А kind, is eiulis, an abundant 
eal I 
ке га uneatable, 
Rin fine yellow, but small; and 
: on bright — acarlet of the Cherry size, 
with a sharp acid flav and fine араай 
Cheal’s New ү ieia is quisiti 
larger is the old red Siberian; then the large id 
oblong coloured J Downie; larger 
opa the beaut т dent Crab, a 
a , is 
won ge crop & 0 
way 
jelly-making. "Then the dee rich blackish-purp! 
the Black s Е T; 
Crab, very handsome both in shape and 
colour; and last, not A the ‘glorious Dartmouth 
Cra he ood ard the 
season suitable, = possibly is чиннар. рге- 
ti it doe gorgeous appearance, and 
that of a somewhat dec viris character, being 
ften taken at first glance for a Plum tree hung 
about with rich coloured Plums, t all having 
peculiar ite of their own, it is difficult 
decide which to ch take any, or take all, 
А the shrubbery, and the г It, 
done, will oh both base j hm i 
| e = culinary 
1 сы | rarus een those — 
СЕЕ ie Mr. Rivers, and 
have а а Cheal of 
re Mindy aent to deseri some 
in my possession. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
rich soil. The animal i 0 
„ — ikti, and by the 1. of a 
tiny external shell on the hinder end of t 
still scanty. Wilfred Р ito 
* Journal of ‘Majacology,” Lu t Holmesdale, Brent twood, 
Е, 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
GREAT а OF BRITISH — FRUIT 
RYSTAL 
ае 26, 27, 28. 
. from p. 404.) 
на DAY CONFERENCE. 
„1P CROWLEY, the Treasurer of the godes 
Horticultural Society, presided at the 
Con i when Mr. Weathers, th 
of the Royal Horde Society, read 
e two equal prize essays on the subject of 
one al. th 
ын ТАТ, Aspect ОЕ Harpy „FRUIT 
OWING IN THE Uani KINGDOM.’ 
er said, that in CE of the agri- 
i culty of making the 
4% A 
Wi present and future fruit grow 
make ГА our minds дег» unless we v kupora on our 
)resent system о uture gen nerally, also in our 
methods (or want of raiet od) in packing and m 
keting а с competition would become even 
It 
— 
more kee emed strange that — and 
energetic prin like the British shoul h ave per- 
mitted foreigners to step in, a meas 
mon se their own marke ith ойе that 
could be grown sted € de respect - excep 
perhaps as ге egards colour —at Att ame 
time it should be fv S ‘ander аба that се 
must be t imply Meg 2 a tree in the 
soil and expecting it йн grow and p e fall море 
€ year wit 
e fruit көч of t 
proper education in the wo 
ood business habits, and 
sufficient ca th to purchase his stock, and 
lso to wait until they arrived at a bearing state 
Or failing such men, capitalists could step in, buying 
the land and the stock, and employing a competent 
man to manage the b t a fixed annual salary, 
1 ch a commission on sales or profits as might 
I of the utmost im- 
0 
itive proof of his training and 
abilities as a i A amir grower; erwise what : might 
be а most remu — Á( investment would in all pro- 
Meg ig persia the 
ques G ently asked why skilled 
professional E бей E not EE < up fei. growing 
t pai ria so well, intend of dung content to remain 
as ya ardeners. The answer that comparatively 
few gardeners had ee — capital to enable 
them to do so. Some more fortunate ones did do 
80, Md usually made a very good living. 
After dealing exhaustively with the Le of 
land suitable for fruit growing, N writer went 
to speak of the frui te. Tbe АХ id, night 
be ed the King rel British fraits, and looking a at 
ра enormous importations, th 
there was no fruit hold - 
a better prospect of profitable return. The 
of the i. Kingdom was so admirably 
1 
багам that if "ls cultural 
ven proper e we 
world. 
ing more 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовкв 12, 1895, 
honesty and care in aie and packing the 
The most profitable s was to grow 
umber of rs gen as yov 
had been don 
large Apple The " first and most im 
advantage of dwarf trees was the qui 
such trees as compared with s 
an 
8 
1 
following season а few Apples were produced, bu 
the year after, i.e „the second year from r time of 
angen, e crop was borne and sold at 22s, pep ; 
wt. and averaged 38. p 
was an exceptional case, but 
one by planting duse Í кеа 
poe 
rom the grou are 
which required ladders, ete. They were much 
less injured b les than were high trees from 
which ples were blow own and вро for 
narket p Another advantage was that all 
malformed fruit could be plucked from the trees 
vhile small, so that when the fruit was саће 
V 
it could be put straight 
hampers 2 — — н and fastened down 
to be sent to marke The less fruit was 
handled before чегуу tha риге the better 
a 
its appearance an higher its value. Byt 
gathering the fruit and putting into the ha 
as picked there was empt at deception, as 
ш Apples were oR bier size and qualit 
not be too Haon condem 
H 
ving deci n the Dae of tree to be grown, 
it was ет Mn early orders should be given | 
to a nurseryman of the highest od Me would 
ot it a r one not to 
pips were the best, whil 
Eng ха ог 8 leaved Paradise for 
pes most profitable url be grown 
were the Ecklinville, та eaded a “lst, Ne 
ing fr 2 to rt ane's Princ 
ditto; Golden Spire, festi “about £15 а ton; 
Worcester Pear , from r 
As a proof of this aq 
кй нды loud аз в че 2 5 55 
кс he had а gross 4 
certain. 
ыс: could Р 
commercial success at 
