OcToBER 31, 1874.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
(View of Mr. Monro’s Flat Cucumber-houses, from a Photograph.) 
MONRO’S DUKE OF EDINBURGH» CUCUMBER 
_ September 3, 1873. 
First-class Certificate, Royal Horticultural Society, 
August 21, 1873, of 
fleeting. 
ived from Mr. J. ro, Little 
very handsome AE e (Improved 
Report in JOURNAL 
Br 
ʻA Cucumber was re 
He ath, mera Bar. A 
ORTICULTURE, 
ett: 
Rabley), a foot long, of dark-green colour, and with a small 
white spine. It highly approved, and, as Mr. Monro 
intends “a itt i the September meeting, a decision was 
left for fi her info: Tille 
R cia of Fruit Committee of cs Royal Helier 
a mage August 23, 873. —GARDENERS’ CHR 
Mr. 
ation. 
of a new ce, with b 
indica Karo of a a chowlade: The "Committee were muct pleased 
with it, and will see it again at the next meetin 
ie in ee of Royal Horticultural Society, 
573. 
“A e Cuc A Monro, Potter’s Bar, 
ripe aie Doke of Edinburg k = chief peculiar cos its 
extremely short neck, and if it is a pre life bearer it will, doubt- 
less, be aluable for market t purpose: 
{on re ——_ Seton! Soctety, 
..—GARDENERS’ CHRONICL 
Editors’ remarks in eE CHRONICLE, Fan. 10, 1874, 
Set ac to Mr. "Morro for the Duke 
one of por finest Cucumbers, a free 
deep green colour and spiny, 
“Ta Gucumbers y we z 
of aF This 
ium lengi th, fine 
with s selbicey any neck,” 
Osborne Park, October 20, 1874 
“In May last I saw Mr. Monro’s new Cuc Mohir, the Duke 
of Edinburgh, and certainly it is the h samanapi fruit I have 
n, and will, I feel assured, ave demand when 
“ FRED, G Pae? 
Joticë to Correspondents, GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
Fanuary 17, 1874. 
by “ Cucumber Duke of Edinburgh: C. M. & Co. You will see 
y advertisement in anot kr colin that Monro’s Duke oi 
oon £ i usat P. 48) 1 is not Loge same 
riety as t d | wo te the sam me in our last. 
“I have 
e this day seen the house of Sic 
Edi Duke of 
nee aargh, and consider it to be a first-rate pepe in ev es 
oe very prolific and handsome.—F. H. Fitt, Gr. # 
j 
i 
Rej asd, 4 Ree re euin tee, Roye icultural Society, 
74 —GARDENERS’ Conan 
“To uitfulness of the -e of Edi nburgh 
Cicino Ie shee of Potter’s Bar exhibited cut branches 
off aw ca they had p red over 1300 fruits since m a last ; 
ther € 200 n the house. 
Park, September 11, 
prih 18 
“Th ines morning had an opportunity re thet ing a house of 
Mr. Mon acts iz ke of Edinburgh Cucumber, grown at his 
nursery, Potte s Bar. Such a sight He have not tae before ; 
looking from the eye is soon arrested by a solid mass 
of fruit—one p any distance in the hous 
It is, indeed, a first-rate C ; “ D. BUCHANAN.” 
F 
’ CH 17, 1874 
TA asana s Duket of Edinburgh Cucumber, ot, ane A class Certifi- 
cate, September 3, 1873.—The er of the above ers’ 
begs to inform the numerous applica ants for s that it ca 
be sent out before January, 1875, and that the "Cucumber called 
Duke of Edi gees advertis ed in f day s 
See Editors’ n m o-da c 
ve ahit of 1873, E Pa tter's Bar, N., January 10, 1874.” 
Loegine artist coca Nisei February 7, 1874. 
“ Our attenti a has been ated to n infraction of the rules ti 
the Cucu ed Duke of Edinburg] 
Cucumb t name; some time subsequently 
Messrs. iels ages AS adverti a differen 
Cucumber the name ; unless this latter firm 
ünder f 
show that they ‘published Ais name previously to Mr. Monro, 
1 
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as one of the 
a sights 
orm 
TA and 24 feet wide 
ave wt Witiiatiad any- 
to see you: r house of 
“ The Gardens, Hatfield Park, Herts, September 21, 187 
“To Mr. Monro.—Dear Sir,— look upon ir house 
Cucumbers—the Duke of Edinburgh, now hanging for seed— 
most novel, and certainly one of the most extra- 
the 
ha anging in it is aly: extraordinary. I 
thir oe called 
Little ‘Heath: Melons two years s 
the day you were ee y ges ‘Cucumbers, and ae ves 
th d I feel cea omer the Horticultural 
hey awarded it a 
em 
istice when t 
clier Ciis Many of th e fruit now hanging are mh at 
perfection pesn you r oe the wor rld with a treatise on 
g soa avoi -z = disease so much talked 
< tal < 
a teak in yo ur esta- 
C ut 
, September r 26, „I 874. 
een } 
er ; it is worth going to see. 
Suc Adare of e excellent fa frit T. I shout —— like ve have missed. 
for it; is the best I have think oa ée capital 
satisfaction ever it 
ae 
ma’ wn. Wishing you y 
TMe. Morno. 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, Septembe 
i Monro’s Dune of Bent riage Seyra “Rien gained 
use of the agrestis Cucumber 
WhiGtraw the Daihe aito- 
ng sania or so to modify it that no risk of-misapprehension may 
ed.” 
“ Dear Sir,—Accept my best thanks for noe great SE he 
given to me by the view of your Cucumber-hou paw e Isa 
it I had Bo idis of the perfection to which "this fruit can “al 
brought, nor of the grandeur of the aspect of such culture, The 
hous alor orth a long journey to see.—You a 
Dr. YSANDER, Be rf, near Hambur, 
Joun Monro, Potte: 
‘ To Mr. 
“ There i is no doubt about your ‘ Duke of “Eaiaburgh’ pre. 
a saleable Cucumber. It has every a n of a- good 
market one. I càn ny Se in any Poa a hav sold, as you 
know, over 1200 in tm ore $ o'clock. 
gro RGE Monro, Fruit Salins. Croa Gard en, October 20, 
74. 
have seen the Cucumber at Mr. Monro’ S, Potter’s „Bar, for 
E ast five years, but never have seen i 
ario ` Duke of Edinburgh, saved for seed. They have now been 
bearing for six months, and never had the least bottom- bet 
E Parker, Esq. 
Parkfield, Pe 
CW wW Wilshere, Esq., The Frythe, Welwyn, SAT. F WEGERE CE 
74 September 17, 1874- 
TO 4 Y¥.—Seeds of the above Cucumber will only be 
received, till stock is exhausted—Carriage paid. Orders must be accompanied by Cheq 
1000 Seeds, £9 show that t rey Cucum 
aval for seed (150 feet long, 24 ge t wide) m: 
F- piik s S Forcing Gardens, Potter’s Bar. Thi 
no fire, no water any AE for the 
J. Mon: "for mirit- year 
fruit, and he will be glad to show the a 
two weeks to any one that may favou 
upwards 
se e for the next 
m nay 
r 
g 
6 
mg ce 
n writi as 
ive, most handso the market 
ber in cultivatic Asa ase: roe: es at eng 
s I 
ation. 
n, lam—as I know many more are—very ort at Mr. 
Monro has had the at fortun 1e to save s an arty so that 
I! riiai s in his monopoly Ge at present). 
i ope ý 
RE. KA. Nursery, Finchley. 
Joun Monro, Potter’ Bar. 
eee me of May and 
hat wonder was 
‘ To Mr. 
—I aa your crop of Cucum! 
nmp onderful, z 
aT saw t 
se gT “mae 
List Ponciaa 
NRO, POTTER'S S BAR, N. 
