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Worsley being very even in length, a sure sign of a good crop, 

 Gloucestershire Kidney and Jlona's Pride are the sorts most 

 esteemed. Next we come to some fine rows and beds of Celery, 

 and here again the appearance of the plants shows that care has 

 been exeroised in the selection of the stocks ; Major Clark's 

 Red and Incomparable White are the principal varieties. In 

 this dry corner of Essex it has been a great difficulty to obtain 

 Peas ; the hanlm has not been nearly so long as usual, but in 

 the deep Chat Moss soil Peas have grown amazingly, and were 

 at the hottest period of the year of that deep green colour which 

 is a sure sign of robust health. I rather fancy that, notwith- 

 standing the soil, skilful culture has something to do with the 

 results. There was plenty of room between the rows, and the 

 rows had been drawn in trenches about 3 inches deep and a foot 

 wide. A large portion of the rain that falls runs into the trenches , 

 and they are convenient when artificial watering is resorted to. 

 Williams' Early Prolific Dwarf Kidney Bean is considered to be 



the best variety for forcing and early crop3. There is also a 

 fine breadth of Beet ; the best seemed to be Dell's Crimson, a 

 fine highly- coloured sort, the foliage of a deep reddish purple 

 shade, the roots medium-sized, of a deep red colour and excel- 

 lent flavour. This variety has many synonyms, amongst 

 others Osborn'3 Red, Improved Black-leaved, Perfection of 

 Beets, Dwarf Waterloo, &a. Altogether this part of the garden 

 is in excellent order — the ground free from weeds, and the 

 crops in superior condition. 



As we enter the walled garden at the side furthest from the 

 gardener's house the first object that arrests attention is the 

 " Trentham Peach cases " for walls. This is an elaborate 

 structure, with high front upright sashes and a span-roof. It 

 requires only a glance to see that this is not nearly so well 

 adapted for ripening fruit on trees trained to the wall as a 

 light lean-to glass framework that could have been put up 

 neatly and substantially for a third of the expense ; indeed, 



Mr. Upjohn has found that the fruit does not ripen well on the 

 wall trees, and he has removed some of the trees from their 

 position against the wall and planted them about a foot or 

 more from the front wall plate, and trained them to a trellis 

 near the glasB. The best Peaches (and of them there are fine 

 examples) are Early Alfred, Royal George, Red Magdalen, 

 Stirling Castle, and Barrington. 



We next inspect the vineries, a range of wide roomy struc- 

 tures in four divisions, comprising early and late houses. Mr. 

 Upjohn was anxious to test the new Grape Vines that have 

 been sent out recently. He has tried nearly all of them, and 

 has some of the more recent now on trial, but none of them 

 are likely to shake his faith in the Black Hamburgh and Muscat 

 of Alexandria. These two sorts will be grown when most of 

 the recent varieties are forgotten ; not that many of the new 

 varieties are unworthy of culture, nearly all of them have 

 some quality or another that recommends their culture to con- 

 noisseurs ; but when a gardener has to keep up a continuous 

 supply of Grapes for a large family he will grow those sorts 

 that can be depended upon at all times and under any circum- 

 stances. The craving for something new in these recent times 

 has had much to do with flooding the country with novelties 

 that please for a little, but will not stand the test of time. 

 The earliest house is mostly planted with Black Hamburgh 

 and a few Snow's Muscat, with one Yine only of Madreefield 



Court Muscat. The next house in the range is a late one, and 

 contains some vigorous Vines, on which were hanging excellent 

 examples of Black Hamburgh Grapes ; Gros Colman, Alicante 

 and Lady Downe's are also grown. Passing on to the next 

 division we have Buckland Sweetwater and White Lady Downe's. 

 This variety has not come into extensive cultivation, but Mr. 

 Upjohn thinks highly of it as a late-keeping Grape. It is 

 quite as good in flavour as Lady Downe's, and keeps equally 

 well, this last quality being its best recommendation. Venn's 

 Black Muscat has also been planted, and Gros Colman is grow- 

 ing strongly, carrying large bunches and berries, but they do 

 not colour well, nor are they of good flavour. In the fourth 

 house Muscat of Alexandria is the principal sort, and Charles- 

 worth Tokay, which is only a form of Muscat of Alexandria. 

 Duchess of Bueclench — a rod of this sort should be grown 

 wherever there is a large range of vineries. It is a most ex- 

 quisitely flavoured variety, but it is, perhaps, surpassed by 

 Pearson's Dr. Hogg. There are also canes of Duke of Buc- 

 clouch and Waltham Cross. The fii-Bt-named sort had a 

 number of bunches ; the berries were very large, measuring 

 4J inches round the shortest way, but the berries are very 

 nearly round, differing in this respect from Golden Champion, 

 the berries of which are more elongated. The berrie3 have set 

 very well on the Waltham Cross, and have formed large com- 

 pact bunches. While the Vines were in flower the tempera- 



