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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
{ September 19, 1878, 
For a collection of nine dishes in the gardeners’ section Mr. Iggul- | to be gathered when it parts readily from the trees by gently 
den was a good first, and Mr. C. Bishop had a similar award for | raising or inclining it so as to exert some little pressure upon the 
six dishes. For a collection of three dishes of kidney Potatoes 
Mx. Iggulden was first, and also for three dishes of rounds; for 
the former staging good examples of Lapstone, Prince Arthur, 
and Snowflake, and the latter Model, Carter’s Main Crop, and 
Schoolmaster. Celery was fairly good, but scarcely solid enough 
to be entitled to the awards. Mr. W. Harrington was first. Mr. 
Carver was first in the class for autumn-sown Onions with a very 
ugly lot, weight being the only recommendation. The spring- 
sown were very good, Banbury Improved being the favcurite. 
Mr. Walker, Shertield, was first. Mr. Quennell was first for 
Cucumbers with Tender-and-True. For Tomatoes Mr. Farrance, 
nurseryman, Chadwell Heath, was first with a remarkably fine 
dish of Trophy Improved, which was undoubtedly one of the 
best exhibits in the Show. This variety resembles that sometimes 
exhibited under the name of Stamfordian. 
Farmers’ produce was also well and largely shown, especially 
for the cups presented by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, and 
Messrs. Carter & Co., High Holborn. The Show was well arranged 
and highly creditable to Messrs. Earthy & Haws, the Secretaries, 
and it was also well attended. 
THE WARS OF THE ROSES. 
I HAVE waited a week to see whether anyone would answer 
Canon Hole’s letter under the above heading on page 183, 
complaining of the place to which I assigned him in the Rose 
contests. No one having done so, I think it is only fair to 
myself to say that I had good reason for giving him the third 
place, and that in doing so if I erred at all it was on the side 
of generosity. I have grown and shown Roses now for eight 
years, and have never missed a Crystal Palace, South Ken- 
sington, Alexandra Park, Hereford, or Exeter Show, and I 
never yet saw Mr. Hole win a first prize. It is true I have 
not been so far north as Manchester, where Mr. Hole has won 
first prizes ; but as one swallow does not make a summer, 
sO gaining a prize at one show does not make Mr. Hole the 
premier exhibitor. 
It is not a very edifying occupation to blow one’s own 
trumpet, but when anyone does so it is as well to have good 
cause for doing it. 
If necessary I can quote the number of prizes Mr. Baker has 
won in the eight years I mention; but I may merely say now 
that in two years he swept the board at the Crystal Palace— 
1.€., took every first prize, and that he has repeated the same 
feat at Exeter and Hereford. 
Tf it comes to a matter of first prizes at grand shows during | 
the last ten years, I could name other amateurs who are far 
before Mr. Hole; but in placing him where J did I was treat- 
ing of the metropolitan shows of the National Rose Society, 
at which he has twice secured, not the first, but the third 
prize.—WYLD SAVAGE. 
WORK FOR THE WEEK. 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
LITTLE requires to be done in this department at this time 
of year except attending carefully to the ripening fruit. Wall 
trees should be examined every morning, and all Peaches, Necta- 
vines, and Plums should be removed as soon as ripe; they are im- 
proved in flavour by being kept for a few days on padded shelves 
in a well-ventilated fruit room. Figs ought to be allowed to 
-ripen fully upon the trees, unless they have to be sent a distance, 
when they should be gathered before becoming over-ripe. Early 
Apples and Pears are deteriorated by remaining too long upon the 
trees, they having a tendency to become mealy and deficient in 
flayour, while if gathered too soon the fruit will shrivel ; they, as 
a rule, should be left upon the trees until indications of ripening 
set in, and should then be gathered and placed in an airy fruit 
room to ripen. A few fruits gathered daily, weather permitting, 
will tend to prolong the supply. Nothing tends so much to 
prolong the season of early Pears as haying a tree or two of the 
same kind upon different aspects. Jargonelle, for instance, upon 
a south wall will be in a fortnight before those from trees in 
sheltered situations in the open, or a week or more before those 
from trees against an east or west wall, and those from trees 
against a north wall will follow. Similar remarks apply to 
Williams’ Bon Chrétien, Marie Louise, &c., that are not of long 
continuance. All kinds of fruit that it is found necessary to keep 
upon the trees for some time, either from not being ripe or to 
prolong the season, such as Morello Cherries, late Peaches, Coe’s 
Golden Drop and Blue Impératrice Plums, should be netted up; 
and if wasps are troublesome cover the trees with hexagon net- 
ting, and hang bottles in front of the netting half filled with 
sweetened beer. In gathering Apples and Pears some experience 
is necessary to do it at the proper time. As a rule, the fruit is fit | 
footstalk. Great care must also be taken in gathering the fruit so 
as not to bruise or injure it in the least degree, or it will not only 
not keep well, but will be spoiled in appearance. Any pecked or 
otherwise damaged fruit should be separated from the sound and 
employed for present use. Go over for the last time bush, pyra- 
mid, espalier, cordon, and wall trees, removing all unnecessary 
shoots so as to give the ripening fruit the full benefit of sun and 
air and to mature the buds for future bearing. Let the shoots of 
wall trees be securely nailed or tied-in, as they often suffer much 
injury from the autumn gales. 
Autumnal Raspberries are exceedingly useful for giving flavour 
to Red Currant tarts ; they also make a nice addition to the des- 
sert. Notwithstanding that there are plenty of worms, the birds 
are Just as fond of Raspberries in October as in July; therefore 
nets must be employed. Every garden should have a row or two 
of October Red and October Yellow planted in an open yet 
sheltered situation in soil moderately light and well enriched. 
Hints on cultivation will be given in due time. 
The Lawton Blackberry is worthy of more extended culture, 
giving, as it does, an abundance of fine fruit for tarts or jam in 
Jate summer and autumn. The old fruiting canes shouid be cut 
out so soon as the fruiting is over, and the growth of this year’s 
production moderately thinned out—i.e., the weakest and least 
unripe shoots, retaining the strongest for future bearing. 
ORCHARD HOUSE. 
Late Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines should be placed together, 
so that they may be syringed until the fruit commences ripening, 
when it must be discontinued until the fruit is all gathered, when 
the trees may be placed outdoors, and syringed every evening if 
the weather be dry. If the trees are infested with aphides, red 
spider, or other insects, apply some approved insecticide. Dryness 
at the roots must not be allowed, or the bloom buds will fall off. 
The ventilators should remain open day and night, with hexagon 
netting over them so as to exclude wasps and flies, but in windy 
weather the ventilators should be wholly or partially closed. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Roses ave seldom attended to in late summer with abundant 
supplies of liquid manure, hence they do not perfect good blooms, 
the leaves falling prematurely from poverty at the roots. If 
well attended to they will afford good blooms for some time to 
come, the weather being propitious. All long sappy growths 
should be cut back so as to prevent them being injured by the 
autumn gales, and if ripe shoots without the eyes started be in- 
serted under a north wall they will root freely, more especially if 
covered with handlights until a callus is formed. All climbing 
Roses should have the old weak wood cut ont and the young 
growths trained-in rather thinly, so as to expose them fully to 
light and air and insure their thorough ripening. Exceptions are 
the old Banksians, which for affording cut blooms in spring are 
very valuable, but it is rarely they are seen showing anything like 
the flowers they are capable of producing. They flower on the 
short medium-sized wood; therefore any shoots having a ten- 
dency to grow beyond a foot in length should be cut clean ont, 
leaving only sufficient of the medium-sized growths that can be 
fully exposed to sun and air with a view to their being well 
matured. 
Violas are very usefulfor bedding, particularly in wet seasons- 
Cuttings should now be inserted in rather light soil upon an east 
border, selecting the cuttings from the best of the plants, making 
the soil firm about them, and giving a good watering. Vestal, 
White Swan, Mrs. Henry Pease, and Lady Gertrude of whites ; 
Blue Bell, Royal Blue, Perfection, and Holyrood of blues; Crown 
Jewel, Corisande, and Lutea grandiflora of yellows ; Lilacina, The 
Lady, and Rubra lilacina of lilac, are all fine. They are very suit- 
able for cold moist localities. 
Bulbs for Outdoor Planting —Now is the time to secure them 
so as to have them in readiness to plant as soon as the beds are 
cleared of their summer occupants. In addition to Hyacinths, 
Tulips, &c., which are employed for grand displays, we will 
mention a few that should be found in every garden on account 
of their value for cutting. In Narcissuses, biflorus, poeticus 
single and double, Bulbocodium, Incomparable, and Sulphur 
Kroon, single Campernelle, and single sweet-scented Jonquils, 
Triteleia uniflora, English and Spanish Irises both in great 
variety ; Iris reticulata, Allium azureum, A. aureum, A. neapoli- 
tanum, A. triquetrum, Alstrémeria aurea, A. psittacina, Antheri- 
cum Liliago, A. Liliastrum, Scilla nutans and vars. alba, rosea, 
and rubra, which though only varieties of the Wood Hyacinth are 
very desirable; Anomatheca cruenta, Gladioluses blandus, com- 
munis albus, Byzantinus, cardinalis, communis roseus, insignis, 
Colvilli and var. albus, all of which should be planted forthwith 
4 to 6 inches deep, and they will go increasing in size and beauty 
from year to year. 
PLANT HOUSES. 
Grecnhouse.—All hardwooded plants must at once be placed in 
their winter quarters. Boronias, Phoenocomas, Tremandras, Pi- 
meleas, and Gompholobiums should have the lightest positions, 
which with Leschenaultias should have a night temperature of 
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