Моунмвин 16, 1896.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 587 
Edgbaston, in * meet * April, 1896 (two daya’ pots is either new or difficult, but our experience is ая readily as a Vine; де golden-leaved variety of 
show), at such date y be determined by the that it із neither new nor dificult, having successfully this is 
season, of which the s dnd possible notice will be fruited several plants in pots, We have pa nished mo gen ety desired, T "E 
given to all who have intimated a desire to exhibit, two good bunches of fruit, estimated to weigh from Veitchi, апд the н н and Silver Ivies can be so 
A list of regulations for the guidance of exhibitors, 30 to 40 Ib, each, “ but as the ‘fingers’ are — red used to enrich Crabs without seriously injuring 
together with a achedule of prizes, have already asthey ripenonthe plant, I cannot give exact weight,” either their health or fruitíulness, D, T. F. 
been drawn up, which may be obtained on application 1 i correspo 
plants are grown in а No, 1 (18 inch) pot. We have — Your ndent, 
to Mr. W. B. Larzax, the Curator of the gardens. ^ the аа рук, а six d D the back of a “D.T, E T, F.” i J not ыа in his deductions as to 
uti ean-to stove, four of which are in 18-inch pots, and e relative е of certain d 
могила то, нонии, Үе t bs. the latte: tter being fro om a cask MA, in two, the representati ves of them he found at the "T 
wp — А oBE&TS, gardener to measuring 26 inches across and 19 inches in depth, Palace fruit hw. There were special classes for Rib- 
» Harris, Esq., Braemar, Ealing, has been ap- The two plants in the tubs are now fruiting, 2000, Cox's Orange, and ч hy Pippins; and these 
pointed Hon. Secretary to this body, one that has having just set about nine hands each, with from Classes alone brought to them the order nemed— 
done—and is doing—much good by its meetings and fifteen to twenty-four fingers per hand. Our mode forty-one, forty-nine, and 1 dishes 
discussions omen the gardeners and amateurs of of treatment is very simple: the soil, consisting of tively. Golden Pippin, Golden Russet, and 
Ealing and distri turfy loam with wh — — Heinette had no such encouragement. So much it 
Mr it was stacked, with Plat? of sharp river-sand, is fair to say with 
pect to these excellent, but yet 
2 a liberal sprin kling of artificial manure, The far too little grown varieties, Then we had this 
р чы are always kept well up to the light, and year one of the best seasons almost ever known for 
d OME G ORRESPONDENGE., abundance of water afforded un sian them the development of Ribstons, Kings, and Cox's, for 
— — rarely 
8 two " three times a week, from the — M ren е pe have — 
COVENT aint PRI me the po ts are filled = roots until the fruit is een seen, not en во with these somew 
VEGETABLES IN 1822, —It S Wy ges! e fully — rer beard, spe enen of ротори. < d 
readers, amateur rd ‘professional, to know the Á— your last м ‚ 555, I see Mr. —— Ishould оа the brief list given 
prices retail that were obtained for the above Fletcher edu of M N e Iam pleased ќо іп last issue by “ D. T. F.“ as regards d 
venty-three years since. Of course, we had not the add we have one in fruit here; it has been grown in a Wyken Pippin, I consider good in fi a free 
facilities in those days we have now—no hot-water, tub 23 in iam 5 in e doer, and a certain bearer, Court of Wick is ts abother 
or cheap fuel and glass, &c.; and it cost more to stem is 3 feet 6 inches in — — has ten leaves, good Apple, bears well, has good Ки; and keeps 
erect опе 50-feet house than one of 300-feet could be which average 4 feet by 22 i I was disap- late; — 2 Non pareil T another favourite of mine, 
erected in these days; but the prices, under any hich only con- — a very ropper wi e, juicy, and keeps well 
circumstances, appea" fabulous; for instance, 215, в forty “ fingers,” and — тей ng Mr. Wythe» into "April; yum Pippin is another good variety, 
for a brace of Cacumbers in February; 36s. for 1 Ib. — article on the Banana, I have been wondering bears we П each year, the flavour good and peculiar, 
of Grapes in May; 30s. ditto in June. This seems if I had a good variety, or ie it ы bad culture, and with me the tree does not canker—in fact, none 
arly as Grapes could be had, and none J. Barnard," of the above do here, I send you a fruit of each, 
after November, Cherries, 30s. per pound in April ; — 16 og 4 doubt a mistake, as Mr. and please give your opinion as to their meri 
Д tto іл May; Melons from 5s, to 20s. in June ; Fletcher — d in his note on the Musa in last zhould say, Kerry Pippin was ripe an 
Strawberries, 30s, per pound in April; 20s, ditto in week's Gardeners’ Chron nicle, р. 555, to suppose that at the end of August. I do not reckon King of 
Мау; gts 12s, per pound most of the year it cannot be fruited — in pots, as I have of the Pippins the best of flavour, thoug 
„per dozen ín August; 10s, ditto ^ seen it fruited at two different places in pots, with market variety. Bicton, [Our correspondent kindly 
in September; рле, 42s, per dozen in July; 21s. fruit equal to — produced ra "qe in beds, We ‘ent в few fruits of the above-named Apples for our 
ditto in August; Apples, dessert, bes . per have here at present in a 20-inch pot, a plant carry- inspection, which qui out his contention, 
bushel in January oem 18s. ; ШӨ Pee’ ES per ing a large bunch of fruit, ther although late in the Wyken Pippin especially being finer than we have 
100 in February; April, 15s, ditto; Peas, £3 per season, I have no doubt it will fruit perfectly. Cut- ever seen it; Court of Wick is also of unusu 
ccce ба z 5s, in June; to la. a Jaly ting away the tip, referred to by the Editor in his foot- size, and good of flavour. Ер. | 
itto ; Seakale, 4s. per punnet in March, hia, 1 d es 0 8 p 
think, will be sufficient to show what prices were M hen Mo Pa en Morse THE TRUTH ABOUT PRICES.—With oleasure 1 
then realised without going further into the prices : 5 irteous enquiry of “ D, T. F., {= bro 
of other crops, Love-apple (Tomatos), none sold, SHARPE'S VICTOR POTATOS.—The articles lately Orange Pippin did not occupy a higher position in 
although quoted in the market all the season. It inserted in your columns respecting our Victor the essay mentioned? Over a series of years it has 
is something remarkable how the taste has gro Potato are reviving rather ancient history, and after not paid во much from an equal number of trees on 
for Tomatos during the past twenty years; about the lapse of so long a time one's memory may den mpi wen land as 
that time when I first began Tomato-growing ona 20 freah upon every point as it might have been some x t in th y. The value of Cox's Orange 
large scale, I used to supply Mr. P. Barr with them Y igo. It is beyond doubt that Sharpe's Victor E Pippin гА — — 2 ranging, а аз а rule, from 30s 
t lid, per pound; also Mr, Charles Best of the Was raised by Mr. Richard Nisbet, Aswarbys Gardens, upwards per y this aro чер I have 
fon, Shoe Hotel in quantity at the same price; near here, — from the two parent Potatos as һе — ofa quantity atthe rp Bend ; but take 
since then, 2s, 6d, and 3s. per pound have been stated, viz., an early short-top round and the Alma опе season another, hae not been 
Had it not e. for the Tomato coming in Kidney. As he was well known to be ап honourable heavy — with me to warrant it taking a higher 
reque ny gro would t, truthful man, pt anything he said lace fu remark of * D. T. F.“ on 
It is this one thing that hes kept them on their legs with the most implicit confide e he true Victor, Ribston Pippin as one of the fi dessert arie 
and many have made it & source of profit ; armers 8% raised by Mr, Nisbet, is a Ге кты Potato, grown; but though grown both on the Paradise and 
a but a little inclined to sport into a white variety, free stocks, I have never yet made а — on them. 
and clergymen have also erected houses for Tomato states tha glan 
or a few yem. a ce at 
growing for market. Fw, Bennett, Lyne, Chertsey, grew all that we sold, and it is almost certain he any market report will show the e of the 
REGULATIONS AT THE DRILL HALL.—Will an never heard н — of the Vale of Cleveland. As  essayist's statements; or, in other words, that the 
one kindly say why plante put before the Committee far as my memory serves me, Mr. жыр id send us в nta e ETO mark in 
meetings т eA RE: ee eater) Society at the a —— probably a bag, of a Potato had raised, a contradiction would share the same fate as my pre- 
Drill Hall for Certificates should have to be accom- hite- fleshed "іда ney, rather gm tban Victor,  vious utterances, therefore I will only say that the 
panied by the owner's name written on a caró, and these were sent to our farm to grow, but we did not essay was written early in the August of the present 
handed round for inspection, as well as the plants ? year; but if "Mid Kent" will write to Mr. John 
A friend and I paid a few visits to these meetings soil m not tabo and they were eae ao Mills, whether m * а, — i nid 
duri | | Я ht th thod sumed on the farm, as we never saw prove whether my men neorrect or other- 
ag че awk Patent eee ar sociae It is not W for two independent hortcal wise, Even in в season of low prices like the present 
turistes to make use of the same parents inraisinga опе, I have p no difficulty in making 28s. per cwt. 
are entered? Could not the plants meant for Cer- new variety of vegetable, Mr. 7 Nisbet raised our Dake for Peasgood’s Nonsuch in bulk, and could have sold 
tifi 
, and placed by th lves, of Albany at the same time as Victor, and some years many more. I may add, the prices quoted have 
before being ‘submitted бо the committes, instead of after white Beauty of FFF —— 
being, as at present, staged among other plants we cannot disti guish from the 22 man генд А 
already Moti exhibitor's or owner's name? True, ean an accidental croes between identical parents. — has n д a se э das 7 c grim 
these plants are not i for competition іп а Charles Sharpe $ Co., . „ PUE vii have purekaned tee dell Dou) Mo. Mili 
sense, bat is not the decision of the committee їп adl 3 Мы” 556 pe 
ré ked Tayinboll CRASS AB ARCHES —I like - р. 556) осореро юе 
4 150 E ee a ooked п y о ча e ideas on the above, Barrin e birds, — “being honestly ked, and according to the 
prizes at а show £ skilfully planted sud Media Mer form charming wire received by Mr. Mills, and haye been only too 
noticed if the owner of a plant was presentatthe arches, slike in flower, fruit, and foliage, We have glad to buy the same before it reached the market. 
а і 
Committee meeting, he moved away from the table iar with arches of A: : г. John Mille’ inv for 24 cwt 
— — са һе e теп * —— on rab would give them an easy victory for elegance. for our inspection, entirely bears out his contention i 
— d — а — ng opi — tae Possibly the — DUE d — arid and it is quite correct, and in proper order 
notice; also votin ng a Certificate for his pet if he — — the Crabs. Here, if any further THE PRESTON HALL MUSCAT GRAPES.—Your 
Wished. Visit foliage ія needed in Crab avenues, & few trees of correspondent’s remarks on the Muscat Vines at 
TING OF MUSA CAVENDISH! IN PO Prunus Pissardi or of the paris ilbert will give a Preston Hall, р, 526, show nothing t xtra- 
with: 9 di 10 thia mi Mon. it Would piti теба bronze ог red hue. Beyond Crabs, are the Acer ordinary in the way of Grape culture. We have, at 
d e 0 5 ppear, arie or the Silver Maple, this place, a vinery which was planted with 
variegatum, 
АЁ, ‘cle. eran [гач ш za uw аан OR Mig EET can be trained over an arbour or arch Vines in the month of February, 1895, that measure 
