THE 
OCTOBER 10, 1874.] 
GARDENERS GHRONICLE. 
471 
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Variorum. 
CALIFORNIAN FRUITS. 
Any intelligent observer who will take the trouble 
to walk through the fruit market at this season of the 
>il : 
claim to be “er ge r foremost among the 
of the world. For size 
colouring te fruit bears away the palm, not only doe 
that which i wn in temperate regions, but for 
many products of the tropi In Grap 
ae ae iii: Isabella, the Tair 
: Muscatel, the firm-meat and the r 
‘Tokay and Cataw To an artistic eye, aesthetically 
~ cultivated, these are among the oe beautiful produc - 
tions of Nature. The rich glow see i 
t nsferr the sunset sky to the glossy skin of 
these delicious fruits, which appear to be bursting with 
sweets within—jus miniatur 
ig the la seially, bel tye d 
tempting, the iter especi y being o rge size, an 
Haon ; perior to those of the East ern and 
SMALL ha er re ee 
Strawberries were shipped to this 
consignmen 
June "a eer e of 
a very r~ 
“res present they a very scarce. It 
Raspberries of ear 
— 
public, man conceived a violent prejudic 
against the fruit, and looked upon it ever after wit 
distrustful and suspi glances. The objection has 
not been re d this season, in spite of all assertions 
to the contrary: for the writer of this article, after 
having eaten half a pound last week, displayed con- 
siderable c d st hic anxiety upon discover- 
ing a dozen of the little bugs trotting a race against 
time up the sides of ages ey can 
life, no alarm 
them and ascertain the disagreeable fact afterward. 
are selling ( aspberries: the bugs) 
wholesale, at 5 cts to 6 cents per and, when 
y cleansed, se addition to the 
umber of Str: vines and 
R pih miasa Currant, and Goosebe Dery ba ushes, has been 
éstimated at 40,000,000 oe the value of the yearly 
crop at nearly 2,000, 
Gooseberri 
other countries, 
W. N. “ai mei of Gilroy, O 
Papi vari season, ra measure 3 inches 
a= en inch long. 
: prre Fruits,—The Apricot is a healthier 
: than the P and has an advantage ov over it in the 
e 
ter than pricot, but has 
vour. . It pes also, under the 
being so prolific, io nese it is 
ti ado trees in 
ied and here 
ter part of the year, also for th 
ince jelly is not so much in demand as it is in 
colder climates, where the snows lie upon the ground 
for or four mont every winter. Cutting & Co., 
C une of William & Co., and oiner rt: kro 
large quantities of this jelly and fruit in 
-sealed cans and boxes, and thus ‘ad Ait 
found it it to be a very profitable branch of bus 
Prums AND CHERRIES. — The different BEE of 
the 530,000 trees, of 
The fruit, 
Lately vast 
in Europe, 
t fruit have been pitted pe 
which- ; 
and Bead at 4 tS 
any y information on the state of that country at the pre- 
000 dol 
gon are as dered inferior to those of 
idly i 
e loss is much less than would be-emisineg by the 
ther to vege 
e 
è air. p this season is large and excellent. 
In N evada County 2 tons of Cherries will be sent this 
Th ne Cherry 
culture is a very profitable one. One hundred trees 
will stand on an acre of ground, at 21 feet rt, and 
an acre of the red land of the foot-hills ield a 
op worth 1 otl Tbe Prune is repre- 
by 7 Se comp: ve gone 
into the business of ng this popular article of 
dessert, with great success, the dried fruit being equal 
s he best imported, in fact, some ofit is palme 
S the rman Pru S. F, Call, in 
a ie 
fferent plants, t 
being a black: copal “(Rhizo zomorpha): st grows in 
SW: ose W are from the 
e finest mats are 
latter. Occasionally neat j 
introducing of the 
whilst the ig 
wea) eet long. Zs 
and pointed wi ith the sting of the ray-fish. Girdles 
of ibiscus ss 6 inches ay th ‘and dyed black, 
Sieh are worn omen, Z. L. 
Scarmovits; in nr we we of px Seka x 
Enquiries. 
[MANY enduistel a reach us would ai =s kaitabiy 
by those of our correspondents whose ex 
rience or requirement are, or e~ 
those of the question These w 
her together for facility bE. refere and as 
i ondrous kind, an Swe would 
nd. 8 ‘ood-will between 
spanien d be the means of ‘eliciting 
cheatin eR ] 
12. NEW ZEALAND FOR GARDENERS, — = A. Biel 
gardener, bel going next spring 
are the prospects 
ae Te as. ‘wishes to 
at will give him 
Can any of our correspondents help him? 
LIGHTS.—I remember, forty years ago, when 
an they are now, that 
ppo 
any one liging among Rushes say whether t this is so or 
not? 
14. MOLES AS VEGETARI — Can any of your 
readers tell me akaltiet the mole i is ever known to eat the 
aay 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Horse Mowinc MACHINES (Q. 11, p. 439): G.B 
See page 466. 
W. G. should apply to the 
ze of French er 
BELGIAN momens ; 
nt a 
applicant süf- 
ori i i ; 
himself of the 
BOOKS: F. S. S. Mushrooms and rand To oadstools 
of two sheets of col figures, wi Saathane Olt text 
Hard ); Cook's British Fungi (Hardwicke) ; 
ham’s Esculent Fungi (Reeve & “ra! 
CycLAMENS: L. Æ. Sow the n as ripe (or 
failing that, now) i ina moatte sania pats grow on the 
termediate —that is, a cool 
stove temperature—till the established and 
egin to show flower, tote a light, but not too cold, 
h 
f = Sano ge 
lants, your only resource will be the 
Giant Puff-ball (Lycoperdon on giganteum). See fig. 
457A Hamptonian, Agaricus procerus—perhaps 
the best of all the edible species. 
NAMES OF FRUITS ; H. Moòbbs. 1, Golden Reinette ; > 
Rouge ; 5, Sturmer in. 
‘ 3, Alfristor Nn; 4 Nons O 
i Beauty of Kent I0, Blenheim 
' Pippin ; oh Cockle ippin ; 13, Fearn’s 
otten ; 
Catillac ; 2, Swan's Ege; LR 
Cockle Pippin.— —C. and M., 
loro de Malines ; 2, Beurr é d'Am: 
4, Eyewood ; Si i 
' 6, ereen ioeina 
Mère de Ménage. pE EEE AE without enised mums 
on Lilium agers abels: 7, Not kno , Old 
9, wes Non pareil; 10, Mathes theim 
Pippin ; it, Cate 
NAMES OF PLANTS : 5 Ponit ile poema (Erio- 
trya japo 
bo nica), ghk ao Snr 
ae, s2 a ET re specimen elia vitis 
De te (0) kin na i. 
culosa; 2, ee nata (cæsi g 48 oa 
S. Martensii; 6, Nephele abertos: The 
green climber, : mosa prostra Ww. 
Fumaria capreolata.—C. . Erigeron acr 
PELAR IUM fe > There are several pink- 
flowered sorts with zonate leaves, an s does not 
appear to be any i vement on t 
WOODLICE IN M M BEDS: An Old son 
ng hot water 8 their runs and round the 
epeat this at intervals until you 
A ave a good lean 
* «* Correspondents ae ea e requested to address 
communications ed for publication to the 
sonally. 
communications as early in 
possible. Letters relating to Advertisements should be 4 
addressed to the Publisher. sg 
CATALOGUES ss ReceveD.—John ‘Mont (6 
arwick), Catalogue of Select R 
[zeree 
Wo a esc A Desbois & Co. (Mont St. “Amand, 
Ghent, Belgium), Price List for the penne of 1874. 
s Recervep.—E. B. S 
UNICATION . (we will endeavour to 
froma oy ).— RR H P.W. h 
(please send ms me, eromean he) —P. H. G.—W. Muir.—E. 
F.—R. W. Beasley. N.—W. T. A 
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Markets, 
COVENT GARDEN, October 8. 
So little change has taken Ler during the week, "= 
it hardly agr ie rei a reign G 
mis fre pec and other places. 
Taylor, Wioimale zee Market 
Cur RNS 
TAN 
Thos. 
oor, p. doz. 
— Outdoor, do... 
go Spiræa, per 12 sprays 
o4-10 
Gudok aes! T ceo) Stephens weet tie 
us, ys Io-20 is, 12 o 
ee re doz. Tuberoses, p. mig 53 a o 
sprays SENS 6 | Violets, p. doz. bun. o 6-1 o 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
Sud, sd. $5: Aig. 
= per dozen .. 4 o~ 8 o | Fuchsia, per rang 4 o-12 o 
Balsams, p. doz. .. 30-90 Feats hs wi do. tes 
Ba ‘do. .. 6 O12 0 „in War’, each ¥ Ae Oe 
Bonvardias sie 9 0-18 o Mignonette, = doz. 4 o- 
Coleus, p. doz +30 o 3 
90 
omme} per dozen 6 o-a 0 
Draczna terminalis 
— viridis, per doz. HOAN 
