340 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 12, 1874, 
io aege uence of a request by connoisseurs o 
tie serion that Idid so. It took me years to con- 
centrate the best vag te of our old varieties by crossing 
and re-crossing. Onwards resulted, and proved to 
meet my wishes, and laying a foundation as a mother 
parent to 20 ya gh rations of s gaia When I 
g the sort to go into commerce I 
aate "publicly re this import—‘‘ Cultivate Fenn’s 
small old plethoric plee only, in soil 
than ‘tops’ of o 
that will "aot produce other ther 
In such soil it will answer very satisf c 
torily to dig as wanted d g the summer months till 
ore Potatos can be cheaply in the market 
ans a field, or from off "ight soil, Onwards will 
Saai cropper — meg ee But 
this aes a long time ago s have sprung 
up since ~~ ane I myself do oa not ot cultivate Onwards, 
To those w of 
woul dels fro is Npa alwa 
ling varieties of your Sean nt, 
tory, Woodstock, Oxon, S 
The Melons Shown at Reading. — Having 
noticed your men a name as an yesu of 
show on August 20, I beg 
ll allow me ap small space to express my 
ject. As you o ob: served last week, 
v offered 
S, 
ways Sl pre the seed- 
. Fenn, Rec- 
st likely joking frait, a 
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and pat De fruit been pretty erig Sy a as ra 
appear: ould have an me 
proper pri ' of i erg ar, ; but such w: 
the case, ar am ademas i that a great Me ered 
was made by the judg he collection which I 
exhibited, and to which Messrs. Sutton awarded an 
extra prize, ined six pairs of handsome fruit, 
ripe and fit for able dal y match the 
even] ed in 
Six fruit were cut and four 
he en test 
pacer pairs, 
he fruit to con- 
Right 
mp ve 
tradict my Hates to the 
d Otho y eed Oakley C. ouri, Windsor, 
Hon. Lord 
Sep 
Reports of Societies. 
: > Sept. $S, 9, and 10 (Autumn 
little observable differ- 
sen the s opened on Tuesday 
one held at the same period last , but 
ght of a higher 
Some iy Grapes and Pines 
were particularly good, Me 
Pinan fine in quality, and eben Apples grand in size 
and shown in good numbers. ‘There were seven e: 
i splendid in 
s and Figs, &c. In the 
which ane from Mr. Deaux 
Hall, Gra eee were 
Grapes, Pitmaston ye 
size and colour, good Peac 
prize coll 
were 3d. The highest aw 
of niy variety welt SE 
and m 
best ; so hago we agree with those who think that he 
judgment ought to have been reversed T. 
| snara The Gardens, Hai gh Hall, Wigan, was = 
BLACK GRAPES were a fair ov six competitors 
putting appearance. For Ist me ge com- 
petition lay at last between a 
Coleman’s Black h and a strikingly hina 
Hambu 
some dish of Madresfield Court, shown by otts 
gr. to Sam à anle ey Het, Manchester. 
The Black ien 5 A ‘were good i nch and 
could be desired as to poral oor per- 
in fact, that the 
priz 
W. D. McIntosh, Esq., 
Havering Park, one iraid bunches and good 
berri not over well finished. For the three 
prizes ny for a „dish of white | Grapes there were 
esSSIs, 
H. Lane & Son, of Great Berkhamstead, with Muscat of 
Alexandria, of the usual superb quality. The centre 
in raer and 12 inches across the shoulders., Second 
came oleman with smaller, but still good-sized 
bunches of well-coloured berries; and 3 
gr., Ealin "i Park, with the same varie 
bunch w. composed of two bunches k 
barghs | fon one stalk, weighing 531b., and this took 
the Ist prize ; the ad. going . “Nir Bann ile m 
had Barbarossa, weighing 5 lb. I oz., a very co 
bunc. uch better miktar than the y a 
named. 
EARS also were well shown both as to 
qui val For three page varieties, twelve 
each, Mr. ivey, gr. osset, 
Saviour’ S, Jersey, was I E sple 
oq (? 
sel’s oe ve 
s placed Ist, Louise Bo 
Jersey; Mr, see Ashridge, 2d, with a 
and Mr, J. Lane 3d, with William on 
This ni a very heavy c Boer ve 
in pots were shown by Messrs 
took a Ist prize. 
prize was awarded to 
third 
First-class Certificate from the Royal Horti 
Society in 1 72. 
JOTTAGERS’ PRODUCE, —A series of as offered 
ii si aa an good. Of Basbas o dishes 
were stage and out of these pe Bs had no dif- 
ficulty in putting Mr. Coleman Ist, Mr. Bannerman 
) - Norris, Castle 
almerston, u 
great size. wn by Mr. Proa Melbo 
oe Shooter’s pit Road. utiful 
Pitmaston Ora m Mr. O. Gold 
ve d ou! 
Pansbenlt Ban Can 
3 and Pitmaston Orange, $ 
named, from Mr, Coleman, 
tate of nineteen green- ‘fleshed MELONS there were 
N 
e, Wi don 
analia than the a- 
as 3d. 
few possessing any claims to be considered 
an and the same may be said of ihe scarlet-fleshed 
class, of which twenty-six alba oes e staged. Golde 
n, ove b x G as » gr. i BT. 
Lambert, me Sand ill, Bletchingly, was the best of 
pha fle he vats let Gem stood 
well amongst ets, Figs were spare sho = 
best dish—a fine o e of Brunswick —c sf ming from M 
W. Chisholm, gr. to R. C. Taylor, Tar 3 Boughton 
Place, tigi tere "OF ag ate dishes of Cherri 
nearly per the TA paip taken Bigi Mr 
ta yo of D atiri w ood B 
Napoléo ; the next best yat “being of Morelia, 
and comin an 8 
r. O, Goldsmith and Mr. James 
Holder, Cainer Nor epee, Readin: 
PLUMS were a good fe ero being both prezzo 
and good. Three dishes were asked for and t 
four groups were er Out of hies, the pat t un- 
lean lar; 
doubtedly came from Mr. Coleman—c ge fruit 
of L um, Washington m. Mr, 
Rote acta Moe Mips, -Kiyirdale, g, W: 
fr. F. Deauxberry 3d. i 
esented were Pond’s 
Diamond, Green Gage, Guthrie’s Late Rony and 
APPLES — a show in themselves, spray the 
inary sorts, which suog nearly all of very fine 
Mr. R. Webb, of Calcot, R: , Was Ist for T 
dishes of dessert sae with excellent — of 
Cox’s Orange ss Ribston, Astrachan, and Red 
r. 
nanpi of of f 
r d 
T Wt Cer ae, Fae 
(6) 
were the ui so good as are seen at many loc: alex- 4 
eless this is a beginning, and in 
pe sam 
Lighton, Frampton, B 
The GLADIOLUS competition w: 
scale, the only exhibitor er: Mansi "Kel 
. Douglas, H. H. Domb 
deep scarlet, and blood-crimson throat. 
H. H. Dombrain, for La Vésuve, flamed s 
very fine. 
rs. Dow Lai 
choice collection “ot Palm: 
pl ection of A Phloxes; ; 
Mr, = ae a ame a larg 
fine collection of Dahlias, Tekung a few 
certificati a 
Dundee al Aad td 
Dundee horticul 
British Afacan meeting E in that 
the b 
Arai how al ay considerably a m 
way of comparison, Buti 
there was not the fine quality, gar speaking, 
the same picturesque effect ; but 
entri e 
that the north-east divisi 
‘orticulture into notice, and that it 
ry and ity to 
few in pam 3 
greatly due to the weal 
who band ves t 
dency of the senior member 
a portion valua! 
