eS кз en rr Ru TUE, ae el MAT А re „ш. .' 
ў T be Ria а: ai Pinkie QUE ae FTN, 
316 
measurem for 8 fluid ounces to contain 8j 
ounces. The eas might аннан арау, but 
not so fast as the water. Wm. Тау 
past three years 
orte tt is that Na ni eas ‘ester red eat 
of su stg e аа s is sufficient, no 
hot 
ме їп шу opin is the 
growing ‘without TEA hest 
о vines аге grow- 
ing in outside borders. Was 
preference for Grapes bivaka T 
fire-heat, John Bates, Meaford 
e use of 
Gardens, 
Apple Queen Caroline.—This var iety 
wm by Mr. T. Brown, a nurseryman of 
asham, near , Ashby-de- la-Zouch, and named 
Met Caroline, th ed wife of George 
ay: e : i 
riod when popular symp: n áo ing 
1 r favo as as a ПОПУ Brown’s 
Queen Caroline and r’s Favourite. 
I cannot give any info jon as its va 
‘tion. under different conditions. It fruits well 
at Alli m, but does keep long enough to 
be of great value. It is, as your correspon dent 
Nurseries, М aidstone 
. Hogg, in his fruit Manual, describes 
e, but he does not give a informa tion 
age. He it is 
attractive yellow days we 
need more than 3e arrant its aoe ^ 
even a large collection of varieties, И. Molyneu. 
les. ket Grower, 
nt to rai of new varieties 
that a first-class late Apple is still needed, This 
ant will doubt borne ind by such 
workers and » due о Ше, sati . Mean- 
time, has t Non- 
weg fruit is 
“rather ао. Apple? “Its 
фат dsome, of medium size, freely p 
available until; say, the middle of Fe 
I was rather sed Market Growe 
of Jon the tter э! 
e of the month 'or s beginning of Жыш, 
a 
с 
& 
z 
ЗЕ 
In short, I до not think it too m 
what ter Pi 
among earl rts ann’s Reinette can be 
d will be, tie mor is among la 
varieties. In th respective classes the three- 
ld charact ility, colour and flavour 
are about ‚ what is Market 
Grower's opi f Court-Pendi 
-Plat A is beyond all 
inion о! 
pple? he kapag quality 
qu Honiton ed old- eatablished trees ieee egularly, 
and the fruits are highly coloured. б. T., 
Ampthill. 
eee Protection of Raisers of New Plants 
: 278).—Though the protection of plant 
белет — р: the method of patenting can 
ee ч question a ал 
i of at least equal impor- 
le ny method of -— 
communi: 
completeness with which he 
authoritatively 
d. This will include the 
THE GARDENERS’ 
testing and pr ovi ng of varieties, the granting of 
certificates of merit and the rec si rni 0 of the 
o secure recognition I woul 
be followed by the name of the raiser, in brackets, 
1, in default, of knowledge of the raiser, it should 
a re ecognised р atone be mae by using 
ordinary type, while ser's na should 
always be in italics. f 
new varieties, 1 be mnecessar. 
system of cegistration epar and kept by an 
authoritative and competent body. The 
body to undertake this is the m Horticultural 
ociety. Тһе gre 
icol Soa per a 
tually, I hope, of an association of plant breeders 
can bà confidently counted on, It i 
so much inr ve aede for the folu ure of plant breed- 
in 
it, ann form pni integral part of t п 
with the granting of jerlanedicn of merit as its 
final с qual lly, if not more, desirable 
would be a committee of revision weed o 
i ng 
g 
all ob leto нк, noti the н н 
varieties tha ve superseded them. Th 
uthority undertaking this registration would 
require to giv full and accurate toute 
tion and, nih possible, examine 
sample of in d or flower for identifi. 
neal ion ing. I strongly 
of opinion that “all учен availing themselves of 
uch registration shou e re е Ж to give the 
registration 
gene E disinclination S give 
e cases A a 
shee, ps a varie 
ech a it x perhaps justifie 
experience, raiser chiefly о 
flowers, І зц е to the со nankon iier: in the 
great majority of c cases (quite t r 90 per cent.) 
uad is no object at all in wit 
A 
= 
c 
So 
ERES 
Uu 
T 
I2 
5 
09 
be charged for 
lists еар е 
all plants “ ушку. for 
year; such = m the sale of the lists might go 
some way t the expenses of registration. 
A. J Bliss 
ms.—Whether or not pale e is ey 
B 
same way the Allington Pippins were pei en 
e the fruit of James Grieve 
is 4 in colour where grafted on trees of 
me 
on 
moisture are the chief oue 
bined with good ко 
Apple Arthur —For some years now 1 
ets Pet this ipe with matado to 
f and I consider it a n excellent culina 
Swanmore, Bishop’s 
CHRONICLE. 
[DrcEM»zR 20, 1919. 
SOCIETIES. 
MANCHESTER mee NORTH OF ENGLAND 
RCHID 
NovEMBER 5.—Committee шр Ash- 
worth, eg (in the ра rtd pem A Burns, 
A. Coningsby, Pur E Cypher, n 
Evans, J -Hog D. .McLeod, 
Dr. W. n oe à row er, and H. 
Pau 
Arthur M ids ry). 
тавони 
nRST-ÜrAss CERTI 
Ё Laelia pumila alba Haddon T Hous var., from 
poo A Pen Goldei n Oncidium bracteatum 
from; Cap. W. HORRID 
AWARDS ОЕ MERIT. 
Laelio-Cattleya емее, тат. The Shah, 
Cattleya Mrs. Pit The Pearl, and 
Te EA obiwm фаи y Hm Capt. W. Hon- 
ніва Pittii Portia var. Lady Leon, from 
Sir H. Leon, Bart. i 
ROUP 
Liss “Wa IGLEY, Bury (gr. 
‹ 5 Bruce and M 
Mr. A. Burns), were A ok ie M. lange Silver 
Medal, and Capt. W. ury (gr. Mr. 
Conningsby), a Silver Pedal Re фе ЕА: 
At the a sona held ve bas 20 the 
members of Committee pres —Rev 
Crombleholme (in the chait), siaii A. Burts, 
Cow J.C: O 
Arthur (Secretary). 
W AWARDS. 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES 
Аус Albion ei © жае tar (Suzan é Hye ede 
x O’Brieniana al ба}, Cypripedium Samuel 
Cratris. Mrd: ngos yal George) an 
QR Oak {рч adnought x Reginald Young); 
from 8. NUM , Esq. 
“Tnechootiana var. 
Lycaste Chorltonii, from 
Mrs. Gra’ 
Odtioda а (Odm, x ы x Odta. 
Diana), from P. SMITH, 
ARDS OF ien 
aig iL Dragon and C. 8: тат. Enchant- 
ress, from GRATRIX, 
Cypripedium Hestia (Cyclops x Lady 
Jillon), fro: W. R. Lez. 
ee ` Persephone Haddon House 
r. (Adrianae x Pescatorei from P. SMITH, 
Esq: 
ors m Dr. Е. Verb terne Sir Cloudeslee 
var. 
1 F ÀP oid) diee: Bose Crass. 
Өйдә а Charmion M Ashworth | x 
Alcibiades illustrious], from Mrs. W. R. LEE 
BRITISH GARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
у, 3rd inst., in the Troca 
otel, Wolverhampton, R. Gréenfield, the 
President of the B.G.A., a meetin 
of the рае branch of the Association 
He was Lue by Mr. F. Brown (local chair 
man), В. Bailey (secretary), and Mr. H. 
Bagig (ссн of the Wo омири Trades 
C Greenfield eave; ii e need 
w e doin ing jobbing garden 
are "imo must be z 
pk di for £3 per week for all. The, Association 
workers of 21 and over. h 
had secured this = ac NY 
wi 
The Association 
1 employers on these points. 
