518 THE 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Осїовек 23, 1875. 
following lines е prove, nevertheless, that progress 
has its votaries in the Tyro 
Trentino, as the southernmost part of the Tyrol is 
b 
called, is chiefly inhabited by an It peakin 
people, possesses an administration distinct from 
the rest of the country, th it has fo part of 
he Tyr ong as the latter has existed as a separate 
unt al tim inhabitants have risen 
against attacks from е Italian ext and also against 
Austrian It is not a large country, having only 
about 400,000 inhabitants and counties principally of 
а narrow valley, w e Ad ge s and several 
secon ys, ex e upper part of Lake Garda. 
Trient, celebrated for the council of Catholic prelates 
in the sixteenth cent is the chief town, and the 
seat of Governme 
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to exist, it is to ope 
gradual improvement in tbis b 
= one of the results. 
to Rovereto. On the other hand, as will be seen 
low, fruit growing, and, smaller scale, the 
culture of the Grape for wine, have bee iderab 
xten Fruit is sent in considerable quantities to 
Botzen, and the Germa unich especially 
being well supplied therewith from ol. 
great deal goe rther north, chiefly to Berlin 
in quality the wine of country is, in comparison 
hat it ht be, and ought to be, exceedingly bad, 
But = wines of the Œnological Company of Trient 
and those of Messrs. 
of the varieties of Grape employ I 
that these wines, ell as those of the neighbourin 
parts of Italy, do not keep well, this only holds good 
so far as the ts are co 
Ihave drunk wines, which 
with spirit, and which might be pronounced excellent. 
There is not the slightest doubt that such wines, when 
ready market in Germany. It is to be hoped that 
the exhibition, which I eai farther on, will give 
this Eom the desired i | impul 
aed rt its elf, it is necessary 
Ps I should say a few words respecti 
ng the present 
state o tivation of the lan the Trentino, in 
order to cabs the rest intelligible. Although some 
1 а ost praiseworthy progress, 
ven of tbe o old and well Б сег аст ig or 
gradually supplemented by most of the food plant 
of ш introduction Жы Europe; and probably 
is not a secon ntry where so аьаан 
wil thrive and l attain 
common nes 
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known cereals I will pass tine 
or Maize i is certainly the most extensively cultivated, 
uch grown ry 
«n КЕ Морт esculentum), po a light-coloured 
white meal, is much less common 
Should not this variety be reférred to F. tartaricum ? 
I e no s of deciding this point, and it 
is unsafe to rely too implicitly upon one's . 
Finally, several са of Egyptian Millet 
h .—Sorgho of the Чан), De have menn 
E. ined i Phe айну! 
e Sorgho, as in North Africa and Asia Minor, 
ption: sed forr bread and folenta, 
d by fattening pigs- - 
realised from the fact that all the cultivated plants 
cceed admirably, wherever 
SATEEN е ORION NE Оу with the 
Mulberry tree and Grape Vine. Unfortunately the 
Mulberry tree has been left undisturbed in districts 
where 
ws the 
soil, yearly to furnish the greedy larvze К the silkworm 
with fo od, we from the north, w -— n possesses 
1 i ompositio of н апсеѕ іп 
by plants, are surdis sed that such 
treated trees can continue to exist at all. 
soil required 
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mat of roots, extending to a great due tance on 
either ERES which it would seem almost i t 
e. Nevertheless, Wheat is gro 
rows in Upper cay yielding eight or nine fol 
what a heavy cro pt Wheat might be obtained d 
proper cultivation 
e Vi M however, is not cultivated after 
чу у as in Italy, but in bowers (/auden)*, 
as practised in some part he Bavarian Pala 
tinate The only difference is that the bowers 
are not one-sided, as in the latinate, for th 
Vin ang down in a sloping direction on either 
side, afy passage, th h 
c arge crops ; on the other hand, 
it is equ dally certain that the pei of the separate 
berries suffers not a little. The sun has no power 
hard-skinned berries ripen very lowly inwards, an 
e пели while the NE za is sugary the centre 
f the berr still sou Gr 
nich a соп make bad wine is self-evident. 
sibly this inequality in the ripening of the individual 
e: , which I have observed more рану" dur- 
my presen stay here, is, as I hav told, 
limited to din varieties, But if it be s ret is all 
h а leis be rejected, 
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Consolati, was at the hea 
ported by M. ES "eg Count 
matter for regret «алны aer Trient the 
rgest town. о, held aloof through 
T Pts and did not even take part in the last exhi- 
n different 
ndustries most 
able export trade, steps were 
more espec ially "m promote these branches of 
ао wishes ut, however, losing sight of other 
es orms in agri 
secured fro 
society had 
ts in easton nce, but its sole 
Encoura y success, it ты 
resolved t to make prepar ations for a second and m 
exhibition ; this time a public affair. This 
ber 
on the most tio 
The Austrian Government in Vien officially 
р aaa the exertions of the сц society by 
the presence of the Minister for 
Mannafeld, Fa his principal coadjutor, B Baron Hohen 
bruck, at open ng of the exhibition; and these 
anal Bue e products with d се satisfac- 
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widt 
ings forming the quadrangle, Well-ventilated rooms 
of various sizes communicate with the quie n " 
yard, offering ample space for such 
Another advantage is th 
by the orphan ipriation, „дөр of w 
able extent. 
gar sf of fruit t trees, Conif ers, and 
plan 
* We sup gu s $ À wn in this 
country—in as they are aer LH ki at least, with 
three or four poles to each hill to support th 
in the same manner as Hops are grown 
ts ; 5 Ws Wu. erected ‘at the sides. 
o the collections of fruits, vegetables, living plants, 
et мнн naa horticultural v botanical Objects, 
with perhaps few words on cereals, if s space 
mite 
Alth ite ин and their products formed the prin 
cipal class e horticultural section, I shall begin 
Considering that the t 
variety, an saw. Inde. 
pendently of good old plants, экей for recs as 
the Dae » whic may be seen rare beauty 
laden w f bloss ; the eis many of 
the coe » i newest plants, some of them in such per- 
fection as I have nowhere else seen. us, the beau- 
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посли апі д is а grass that I 
cannot too highly recommend to i 
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branches are given off in successive stages, 
possessing altogether a most attractive appearance, 
It was exhibited b Putzer, of Eppen, near 
е arge and "varied collection of plan 
Botzen, 
exhibited by M, G. Smatelli, unfortunately scattered 
l over the place from wa cient space, cone 
tained, besides many well-kno pane a considera 
able number o of novelties S, all show 
y n nso 
or rich - in variety and cron culture. Finall ly, I 
n the new Е ra uda imf exited by 
eem to have taken any hold : 
re yet ; inde 
such care unnecess v т better Peaches we do 
get in the north on our wall trees than grow vie on 
dwarf bushes. nly place I saw trained trees 
z^ M. ini’s garden А 
importance is also attached to this branch of 
culture in the gardens of the Society Пи were, 
over, S good examples of cordons about 
I8 inches high in the gardens of the exhibition build- - 
ing; among them fine be Canada Reinette Apples 
and Williams’ Bon Chré ars 
i may be affimed that. 
otzen was put up a Ti cre seges I have = | 
seen the es show at Bot o years, but on Ке 
Occasion it was the most nuilla ed I havehad — 
e see. Every one e the fruit baskets 
might have served as a model to theartist. The same 
T Meran, and мес of 
Botzen, Mis among the | 
contributors mU. 
— at Tri im nt. The fruit, which filled a 
one of = chie £ attractions of the 
exhibition, although 
анс, gs 
m ng, nd the month of Ju 
among them the Вог is 
this variety is widely cultivated on the Continen 
account of its free bearing qualities 
appearance, I cannot gir men it for England, 
I think it not thrive so well in your 
moist atmosphere. tly, few have 
their attention to Pear recen and imported - 
large on of foreign varieties. they 
have acted wisely in this mne the V ture will unfold ; 
ри I "hare my doubts. The White Beurré ut 
long ago, s cceeds bet v 
тач d other, being abundant in all the 
the South fruit cul 
| cultivated here que 
sun, which resi in plenty, and a dry air, lwas 
