November 10, 1860.] 
THE eoadanialtl CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
eurs it is very nice to be 
which ipa nDe managomont aan A a crop | t 
the firs b s of plan nting, 
+h 
3 Were 
his 
, Pears, Apple, and Plum | bee 
producing | tradistinction to those in w 
of 2 The 
The choicer kinds í in the co ogopa mung under | 
head, bel t which on A OOM. 
en called by the seedsmen “ Eak NA in Two kinds r fruit- -rooms should always | be provided, 
f inter fruits; 
‘to 
which the 1 blossoms are or 
| ee would be suitable mi the Pear would not ar answer 
ERMA AN Y FRUIT R 
t crops; but th e large pyramidal trees 
n 
years or more ee had failed. These are we genes on | we 
re ith a 
retentive clay w 
most desirable of the kinds 
the Strawberry; the former must be kept in a dry, 
Dwarf White” (Carter), k room, where the air ts but little ta a “bat the 
depressed basi 
receive manur' ich i d 
water to such an extent that the trees o 
a assuring as to the crop for another 
however are fine trees, and for some yon rs ; past hav e 
to the best 
sent into Covent Garden Market. Of. large nine 
ar 
bs a brown ” “Carte >, ‘dal deep ere | Strawberry should be laid in a place like a larder, , cool 
white 
m chocolate ui Aea e Dwarf” (Carte ak pad and air 
colour; “Dark Violet” (Carter), deep violet- pup le; T 
x pnt Bien » (Carter), p alot coppe ses ‘pinks; “Flesh The winter fruit room requires greater care in its 
dwarf” (Carter), pale blus construction, and is much more expensive than the 
(0) Flowers above average size.— k Blue ” (Carter), a kind | Summer or The cost of erecting and fittin ing up a 
of reddish-purple ; “ ‘ight Blue” —— pale purple | winter fruit room in as complete a ner as might be 
r bluish-lilac; ‘Carmine ” (Carter), | a as g 
“Rose” (Carter), de a raypink o: idad irable would cost about eri 3 b ry good one 
a ee. may be constructed for less m on the 
tolerably pure; ney. A roo 
than the sort called Nitshe or on the first floor sig be eliit 4 with only 
a doo ‘Itis 
Plum trees, Mr. Rivers, to make room fo ral eu (Carter), rather deeper rose 
house, had been ol aria to remove some at raid eae oor and window to the south or east. impor- 
they were com ming into bloom, but the crop oi were § 2. Dwarf 1 intro —This. group has t t the fruit 
carrying when I saw mt l Hepa the plants are dare, | Slee Prope r]; wå laid out; and that it should he free from - 
the branche bei Rec abn smothered with ‘fruit. | averaging about n height, and they also | damp, a t liable to aak and sudden changes of — 
rees were some 8 or 10 feet in height, and ibe | more branched. Thee virial sent as “Dwarf oia” temperature; the latter should be maintained as 
These tree 
branches 6 feet through at the base; so 
emt 3 pecks, or aey teen 
nearer to; my, idea of what or chard- 
o | Was considered. to be one of the finest and most useful |as le between 41° oa 48° Babies, 
me of them 
more, of fruit, yamane in the whole 
ere 
d its shutter gon sa — ie sua fit t portectly 
varieties | window and 
New 
thes 
ioe pout ‘ought to to 
come agai 
fruit does not exhaust the crop. 
i d 
Some o 
not ne! 
e 
xes for the whi es aa 
flower buds, and though they were 
i uite e 
dal Aw 
panded, aik in the varieties referred to Sii aif are 
“ Dwarf Crimson” (Carter), the same as. “ close, in order that neithe air 
warf Crimson” (Turner), bright rosy-crimson, dwarf, If bis room is “square pery ‘suficiently wide, fruit fruit 
ree-blooming ; “ Bese ybrid” (Carter), pale rosy | shelve: nay | 
hybrid” (Carter), French white; series ein round “turning stages, 2% feet in diameter, 
ght Aaa ? (Carter), pale bluish-lilac; “ Flesh; supported above each other at a foot apart. The 
ae % be Fa r), pale blush ; “ Cham as for the shelves must be sound, dry, and 
'aned smooth. When put up they mu ust be furnished 
Th 
Brane 7g my ‘ie 
constr ructing one of these turning  pyrami 
several yielded very satisfac crops. er than those in § 1; they attain pire height | prt takeo, a piece of square timber about 4 inches on 
e Vineries in the sand banks several of them | Of a foot anda half, and they are re diffusely | the side, but rounded at each. end, and pointed 
contained siren wis crops, and from ey the fruit | bran Among the annual Stocks they are at once | iron. To the four sides . this upright post let hori- 
had bee e arrangement of the se hou uses is of | distinguishable by their height and more loosely | zontal pieces be fixed about a foot apart, for the 
the nk Swimitive and novel character, hey | branched appearance. It is to this group that the|sapport of the Sal "sabe which should be 
answer the pur and produce excellent crops. term “ intermediate,” applied to several distinct forms, with tin oi When are secured 
course the bunches are not large, but the berries are | Seems properly long. ariet led “ White the upright j. “the d resembles an 
good and the produce such as most peo hing tas to be kably fine; vt upright bate or axle with n 
satisfied with. The curate’s Vinery contained ty | one of the in the collection. The orthy | wheels. The pivot ends of the shaft are so fitted into 
of fruit, ‘but I fear the season has been too cold an lof notes in ats gro piaga es or there is also a ar rge- a — which are fixed in the floor and 
it of the shaft with 
wet for ‘it to attain full maturity. 
the ais my | fow 
ad 
the admit of 
TE R attached being turned round with t 
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Q, 
i. as 
Qo me 
On 
a to a was oe th and as I h (a) Flowers of usua size. — ‘Victoria Scarlet” he slightes 
been there for nearly 16 yea ae ws cnn pcre ba A higa ooloured r rosy-earmine. “it is sug- | tom consequence of the facility which thi 
poe lty and improvem nai as present Sisona tr dea ibing. this elass, of golom, and arrangement affords of turning round the shelves, 
Since writing the DrSc I find I was in e HA, “ crimson” ee: dented. “Bright Crimson | there is no necessity for going up and a ladder in 
in stating that Mr. Rivers’s lange house cost “1800. ‘this Bra ” (Carter), bri rosy crimson; “ White a to shift it from place to place when inspecting the 
was the amount paid by Mr. ti. to the, bui Ider, bu of See or ate : ot Pe, eee By means of two hooks which air t 
in addition he provided the and assisted with | (6) Flowers erage size.—“New Pyramidal Scarlet” | an iron stay at top, the ladder is secured in a position 
the nursery —— rs in the erection of the eee the (Turner), he ‘ame as “Light Carmine Branching” | a enables a of the fruit, 
H: of which expense would be covered by 20l., eres cabs FOR: whe turning round the shelves, without moving the 
aking the actual cos 1501. My gortcepon oe 4. h x Sada 
piet ran ; represeni Betor at ‘Chiswick ioe one eter wdc consists in Dofar the fruit is brought in, the w 
te dwarf habit of growth e| roo: e thoroughly ini 1 
t 9 inches Bhetves should t hen Mo covered with 
height, 
Plnnis form a a D 
ce Garden = everywhere branching repeatedly, and all | fectly Hy Moss or sawdust. ' 
night before an i ig yee the little branchlets sl ng flower-buds; there is The fruit should ie carefally s socal “That 
recollect too, they woul Aga quality, and | consequently a great number s undeveloped flowers, S, ripens first should be placed in front, cya the side of porel 
then no doubt- they w ould. ing home SAA, and this, ether with a of brilliancy in the | fruit whic r i to the s rays s should 
harvest. With the experience of the present season, | colour, the var base 6 less effective than | he Sores _nopernot in order that t Hid eheu hue 
searcely a ae in the en air fit to A samp others of inferior habit. as called “ Dwarf Crim- | may be re easily obs 
houses become son” (Turner), very free, the colour a rosy-crimson, ee the fruit is vad taken in, and placed on 
eco! addi tio 
know they can be ‘erected more T than a tick 
wall, there can be no doubt they must come into 
general use. W. P. A. 
somewhat dull, the undeveloped buds and 
being greenish. 
fs 
centres igi: it should b 
ect it from the 
STOCKS. pln 
[The following Report on Annual Stocks, grown for trial at 
Chiswick, is extracted from the last Number of the Horticul- 
tural Societ: ety’s Pri Sa 
5. Miniature. Arus section also was represented me, pen E a eS S is fine and d 
may not prove constant. Aho | given wo ho’ ours in the middle of { het. 
nts are very Phe not more than ches high, | After t 
ty dark. 
— the fruit become so covered with moisture as 
same its sound keeping, recourse sage 
of 
A this favourite flower av ered.—These were 5 “ Minia- | hed muria lime, which may be placed 
(Matthiola annua) was -con ekee for mana n at | tures » alo: long pb h the variety referred to $ 5. They | of the fr nit room. When, in consequence oF at a 
the mee by the ee ae S essrs. how: a different habit, being t , the muriate of lime becomes liquid, it may 
ne x & Co, Holborn; Mr. W. Thom nat, Teeth ; | about a foot. high; the stem is almost ice lied fom | | be dried rie ant and aed m. Sulphuric acid, in an 
i Ce Turner, r, Slo ough. Those ape by M Mr. Thomp- | branches being very short, setting close a the open jar, azal “Pi employed for the same purpose, and 
mixe oe i aga though of good quality, are stem, and | produ icin: ig a sp ike- like “inflorescen < This as as | lation the a d has attracted moisture to. the extent of 
t h 
saturat ion, 
not enumerated bel 
he best varieties were—* Dark Blue” (Cuter, deep 
trodue 
bloom | was obtained, nie was found, however, thst 0 80 | FALAI parsley 
“Carmine” (Carter), light rose, with | 
oe se 
whic 
been hitherto attained, that a detailed report would]  § 7. 
+} 
Js? —This oup has 
bs lasts a SAANS CLASSIFICATION OF PINE APPLES, 
usel eS: 
char: 
instead of se 
ut 
Therei is no othe material ewe: | 
ve 
apa ntion might be most use- sings (Continued a p- R 
hat Acai perar making an effor rt to remedy the The following were very handso arieties; indeed, | 19. MONTSERRAT PINE 
evils just referred to, by endeavouri ing to warf Crimson” was one of the earliest, bro a Coast, Bogwarp. 
t s into definite sections. The gro ups ti that | richest-eolouxed, and most enduring varieties in the 
have been adopted may, it is hoped, ya rapo and | whole collection.—* Dwarf Crimson” (Carter), bright | Kit 
x “> opli growers; and w. groups Pesan ne «Sulphur ” Carter), pale or pemaaf Frer 
e become o re a i ellow, being white; 
found possible tó apply Sal iaeees osn i ie mg eo ar o (Carter), ligh anhy, Setanta = (Cata f Ea 
varieties as/are of aioe Lendl: , in ord p “ Poppy-gray lilac. 
being | an a in with something| § 8. Branching Wallflower-leaved.—This has regula gn 1 
like certainty. "This, at. th. pre esent ti ime, it must be | the character of § 3; but with the leaves i top and narrowing pres ag 
erved a h tt § T. The only variety in the collection referable "fewer S middle sized and rather aed $ 
The seeds were in this case a5 i Oth i Per ERE ous Se was “Light Blue’ (reese one ha half the pips, of ‘fs 
rames. The plants were « Eaa out out R i rss ned | pale purple or uis! her lengthei 
oif in the oaa way, and a finally oa he § 9, Spike-flowered Wallflower wer-leaved.— a A ie a parent, oe 
owering on a prep south border. They were | narrow re rang or very shortly branch sp g . This falas “ig aie known in the a 
examined and reported on on during the first and second | inflor or other of the above nanies, bat but from the 
variety reese 
under 
3 A balòn wes. Aish md inns Aiaka ce of its being rather a saber pe i] 
| few nape ssi onan ye ni a, a very fo pants of 
weg < te m: in the height of their bloom. ane 
5 The classification proposed for the oneal hin s of | White Wallflower-leaved” (Carter), white, dmerfiah, 
nn which were onl: brought | and compact. `R 8 
under the notice of the Committee, is = fol Siew tae The — mentioned above under the n: of EE Cs spit abe ite ussar ; AA Sa . 
§ 1. Ten-weeks’ or German—tIn this oup, the Dwarf Ohim m: (§ 2); Victoria Scarlet, and “White | e Taaves rather long, fat and éesct, of a pale yellowish ined 
plants grow about a foot in height; the h cg ae 3); Dwarf Crimson, and Stocks of Ars colour, and mealy Suba unde r aie ee Spines 
rul 
eer en ofa sc esta ilo hp inflorescence | a jand Whit ‘Wallfower-anred k a ina be ra papa tigi ag rather ig when 
