Marcu 12, 1887.] 
it keeps well, and sity ү mes of 
omplete their 
J 
preserved fruit not eaten fresh et намон 
sugar, and is thus connected with our subjec 
ur jam, though now chiefly made, not at chine, 
, and the preservation of the 
whole fruit as furnished by Nature, appears to be what 
is sought. Yetin commodities, such as Dundee mar- 
malade, which appeal tothe il circle, itis piquancy 
most promin and it is con- 
o put in che stl and pith of the 
range, Similarly the skin and stones of A fruits 
Ther 
1B be h varia ai ions 
fat made on the old traditional хаад of boiling 
t, 80 that the taste of people may be 
more appealed to than is now hee Jam, which 
has 
for v 2 Be 2 re нд this A qe tes as tittle as a. 
perfection only in Great 
possibly in a few of the north 
ur 
is 
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349 
and wine, are all named in the cookery books, as well 
аз Currant jam, jelly, and pute and black Currant 
lozenges are of course, comm Gooseberries can 
be dried for dessert, they can "od candied 
e 
jocularly alluded to—they can be turned into vinegar, 
andjiinto сеа Д -water, as well as to the familiar 
jams and jellies 
Within a fon miles of London, in one of the best 
fruit soils, tons of Plums were allowed last autumn 
villages, who might have been emp ny bare in preserving 
the fruit, had the appliances been 
some cases almost starving. 
nd, were in 
ondes ee the farmers 
are мнт said to be grubbing up their Plum мем 
because of the unsatisfactory result of last se 
Yes we we ызыр, preserved in sugar, no better Plums 
than can be grown in (Ph from Poríngal (Elvas), 
and from Carlsbad, Bohemia. Plums can be 
preserved dry in various sane with sugar for dett 
be made into paste for sweetmeats or 
can н pickle ed like Olives, ө, in v negar. Our native 
Damson makes an excellent “ dicen" which would 
command an export trade, ei this fruit can also be 
reserved in a number of ways. The French farmer, 
not having cheap sugar, converts his Plums, if they 
superabundant, into Prunes by baking, and this 
in 
fairly successful in Kent last year, When after- 
wards boiled, Prunes are sweetened with a syrup 
that raid & good deal of sugar. 
hin 20 miles of London the country-side may 
be seen covered with Cherries, that yield some ofthe 
best fruit that can be grown. Yet in a good season 
pickled, or made into the excellent Cherr oA brandy 
so often prepared in English households. e Ger- 
man or Swiss liqueur, Kirschwasser, could, no МАШУУ 
be easily made here, 
Apart from use with sugar an isti fruit 
industry is quite possible in "A. co 
and drying Apples, as is done 
* Biffins" can be produced in Norfolk, iiia like 
those baked in Normandy can be prepared in other 
parts of England. Apples and Pears are, of course, 
largely m for cider and perry in this ‘country, but 
The use of sugar with the must of Apples or Pears, 
of Apple ше, ginger, m 
sugar-water, indt frosted App he preserv mus 
br Apples in any shape а leads to the u 
sugar, however they may be dried ; and our байт 
pi such as the Blenheim Orange, are undoubtedly 
far superior to the American varieties so lar, 
€— Pears can also be frosted, iced, and other- 
served in s in a variety of ways. Both 
with Apples and winter Pears t he farmers require 
security of tenure to enable them to put up houses 
where the slow ripening can be seen to, and acceler- 
at or ма according to the 
an demand. In a private garden, with 
proper fruit-houses, Apples and caine are to be had 
by the greengrocers in the winter at „апа 
Ше ipd books. The Produce Markets’ Review, 
LAELIA ANCEPS WILLIAMSI. 
H t urtesy of Baron Schroder we are 
jaa to sas our readers with an illustration of 
e of the — varieties of Lelia a hich 
his gardener, Mr. Ballantine, — — with 
several other A at the eting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, аа otii 11 last (f 72). The 
sepals als are pure мен of good form, bu 
narrower than those of L. a. Stella, figu nour last 
number ; and the lip is also white, having а arise isc 
and throat, the latter marked with crimson-purple, 
DATURAS, 
po 
forms of the large trumpet-flowered 
more employed. Even the tree-like 
(sanguinea), which attains to such ы ы ЫЛЫА ШЫН 
m is given it to grow freely, 
is so readily ro 
pity it is not more commonly employed out-of-doors 
in the summer months. I wish to direct attention 
at this time, however, to half-hardy annual species 
d varieties which are capable of being grown tQ 
