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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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difference in their respective productions can therefore only 

 be attributed to the influence of the stock upon the graft. 

 The other Black Grapes were also well represented in Frank- 

 enthal and other Hamburgh kinds, Muscat Hamburgh, Lady 

 Downes', Oldaker's West's St. Peter's, Burchardt's Prince 

 (another first-rate late kind), Black Monukka (which is 

 seedless), Muscat Noir de Jura, Siderites Smyrna, Black 

 Prince, Black Morocco, Esperione, and Morocco Prince. Of 

 White kinds there were Canon Hall, Muscat of Alexandria 

 (well-coloured), Raisin de Calabre (a good late-hanging 

 kind), Blussard Blanc, Golden Hamburgh, Royal Musca- 

 dine, White Nice, White Frontignan, Royal Muscadine, and 

 Reeves' Muscadine. Of Reds there were only three — viz., 

 Ahbee, pale yellow, with a higher tinge of rose than usual, 

 very beautiful but not very good ; Chasselas de Falloux, 

 purplish red, and Tokay des Jardins. Two excellent bunches 

 with good-sized berries cut from the large Vine at Cumber- 

 land Lodge, and exhibited by Mr. Ingram, completed the 

 list of notabilities in the Grape classes. 



Apples, both for dessert and kitchen vise, were well and 

 numerously shown, but owing to the peculiar character of 

 the season many of the varieties of these, as well as of Pears, 

 were much out of character. For six dishes of dessert 

 Apples, Mr.Pord, gardener to W.E. Hubbard, Esq., Horsham, 

 was firs t with Cornish Gilltflower, which is known to be at once 

 one of the best and in general one of the ugliest of Apples, 

 but in this case large and well coloured ; Adams's Pearmain 

 very fine, Red Pearmain, Scarlet Pearmain, Blenheim and 

 Ribston Pippins, all of which were large and well coloured. 

 Messrs. G. & J. Lane, St. Mary's Cray, and Mr. T. Ingram 

 were second, the former with excellent examples of Ribston 

 and Blenheim Pippins, Bull's Golden Reinette, Cornish Gil- 

 liflower, Summer Nonpareil, and King of the Pippins; the 

 latter with Cox's Orange Pippin, Court-Pendu-Plat very 

 highly coloured, Scarlet Nonpareil, Feara's Pippin, and two 

 seedlings. One of them called Ingram's Frogmore Nonpa- 

 reil is stated to be an excellent long-keeping Apple, in use 

 from October to March ; in shape it is roundish, rather 

 flattened ; in colour greenish yellow, with russet markings. 

 The other, Gipsy King, is much more attractive in appear- 

 ance, resembling Court-Pendu-Plat in size and colour, and 

 having au eye like the Blenheim. It has, we are informed, 

 a firm yellow flesh, and will keep till June. Mr. Buster, 

 Goring, near Worthing, was third. 



In three dishes Mi-. Ford was first with remarkably large 

 and fine fruit of King of the Pippins, Golden Reinette (?), 

 and Blenheim Pippin ; Mr. Hall, gardener to Capt. Tyrrell, 

 R.N., Ealing, second with Blenheim and Cox's Orange, both 

 very fine, and Ribston Pippin. Gravenstein, from Mr. Lee, 

 Clevedon, was large and fine ; and Fearn's Pippin, from Mr. 

 Kaile, large and very highly coloured. 



Kitchen Apples, though notgenerally so large as we have 

 seen them, were large for the season. Mr. Seryrnger, Reading, 

 stood first with Emperor Alexander, splendid, Blenheim and 

 Yorkshire Greening, both very large and fine. Next came 

 Mr. Lee, gardener to Viscount Cornbermere, Whitchurch, 

 with Mere de Menage, of a fine red all over, the six weighing 

 6 lbs. 10 ozs., Blenheim, and Flower of Kent ; and Messrs. 

 Lane, St. Mary's Cray, with Waltham Abbey Seedling, 

 Blenheim, and Gloria Mundi. Third-class certificates were 

 awarded to Messrs. Moffat and Sayers. 



In addition to several collections of Apples for competition 

 from Messrs. Potts, Bentley, Drewett, Beasley, Hall, Mobbs, 

 Tivey, and others, there was a rich and varied display of 

 122 sorts from the Society's Garden at Chiswiok. 



Peaks were likewise numerously shown. The best six 

 dishes were those from Mr. T. Ingram, gardener to Her 

 Majesty, consisting of Beurre Diel, Beurre 1 Clairgeau highly 

 coloured, Glou Morceau, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, and Chau- 

 montel, the whole of which were very fine ; and British 

 Queen, a richly-flavoured cinnamon-coloured Pear of his own 

 raising, and which has been already described in these pages 

 as being of first-rate excellence. Mr. Seryrnger was second 

 with Glou Morceau, Marie Louise, Beurre Diel, Beurre Ranee, 

 Vicar of Winkfield, and Beurre Bosc ; and Mr. A. Ingram, 

 also of Reading, third with the first three kinds, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, and Beurre Bosc. 



In three dishes Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow. 

 Ashridge, was first with Beurre Ranee, Glou Morceau, and 

 Duohesse d'Angouleme ; Mr. Ford second with Glou Mor- 



ceau, Thompson's, and Marie Louise ; Mr. Lee and Mr, 

 Willcoeks third. 



Kitchen Pears chiefly consisted of Uvedale's St. Germain, 

 Catillac, and Beurre Ranee, but none of them were remark- 

 able for size. The first-prize lot from Mr. Bentley, gardener 

 to Lord St. Leonards, Thames Ditton, consisted of the last 

 two and Beurre Langelier. A collection of seventy-two 

 dishes of Pears, comprising many interesting kinds, came 

 from the Chiswick Gardens. 



Miscellaneous. — From Mr. Ingram, Frogmore, and Mr. 

 Ward, Headington Hill, came excellent Salway Peaches, the 

 former taking the first place ; and of Plums, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, and Iekworth Imperatrice, were shown by Mr. Mobbs, 

 and Mr. Sayers. Raby Castle Currants from Sir. Tivey, the 

 Hyde, St. Albans, were remarkably fine, even at this late 

 season ; and White Dutch from the same, and Mr. Ford, 

 were also very good. Mr. Williams, gardener to the Hon. 

 Mrs. Ives, showed good Morello Cherries, Dutch Medlars, 

 and a basket of well-grown Citrons ; Mr. Potts, a fine basket 

 of Oranges and good Morellos; Mr. A. Ingram, Eugenia 

 Ugni; Mr. Mobbs, Black Prince Strawberry, very good for 

 the second crop; Mr. Ford, Quinces ; and Mr. Whiting, the 

 Deepdene, Meredith's Hybrid Melon. For the above objects 

 numerous certificates were awarded, for which we must 

 refer to the prize list. 



Vegetables and Roots. — The exhibition of these was 

 meagre, with the exception of the Potatoes, of which a col- 

 lection of fifty-six was sent from the Society's Garden at 

 Chiswick, and to these we may take occasion to refer here- 

 after. The only exhibitor of Kidney Potatoes was Mr. A. 

 Moffatt, who had Imperial, an excellent kind, Royal Ashleaf; 

 Pink Fluke, Flesh-skin Kidney, Prince of Wales, and Lemon 

 Kidney, a large and clean tuber, all of which were free 

 from disease, and otherwise excellent. The same may be 

 said of the Round kinds exhibited by Mr. Moffat, among 

 which were Daintree's, very sound and clean. Fortyfolds 

 and Regents were shown in good condition by Mr. Ford ; 

 and a seedling called Hands' Freedom, said to be very good 

 and productive, by Mr. Hands, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Chardon, 

 a large knobby continental variety, stated to be very pro- 

 ductive and useful for feeding cattle, by Mr. Veitch, Chelsea ; 

 and Lemon Kidneys, large and fine, by Mr. Bentley. Good 

 Onions, Carrots, Beet, Incomparable Celery, Scorzonera, 

 and Walcheren Broccoli, beautifully white and close in the 

 curl, were shown by Mr. Whiting ; White Belgian Carrots, 

 Batavian and Curled Endive, by Mr. Veitch; excellent 

 Salsafy, Scorzonera, Beet, and Turnips, by Mr. Drewett ; 

 Mushrooms, Beet, a Mammoth Gourd, weighing 123 lbs., 

 and Dwarf Curled Savoys, by Mr. Young, Highgate ; and. 

 White Stone Turnips, Endive, Early York Cabbages, and 

 Walcheren Broccoli, by Mr. Ford. Tomatoes came from 

 Mr. Morris, and Mr. Salter, those from the latter being called 

 the Cherry kind, but in reality Pear-shaped; Aubergines 

 from Mr. Potts ; excellent Endive from Mr. Masters ; Mush- 

 rooms from Mr. Rogerson; Peas from Mr. Tivey; and 

 Brussels Sprouts, closely set with large sprouts, from Mr. 

 Seryrnger. For the certificates awarded, we must again 

 refer our readers to the official list. 



The Aberdeen Stbawbekkt Teade. — As most people 

 who are acquainted with our city know, the Aberdeen 

 market-gardeners have for long been highly successful culti- 

 vators of the Strawberry. In respect to bulk and flavour 

 the varieties of this excellent fruit grown by them will 

 hardly be exceeded. Few people, however, we believe, have 

 any very tangible notions of the actual extent to which the 

 cultivation of the Strawberry has grown. We usuaUy think 

 of Strawberries in pints or quarts, not in hundredweights 

 and tons ; yet Strawberries by the ton have become an actual 

 item of export, and during the present season the quantity 

 brought into the market and sent southward, chiefly to 

 London, to be manufactured into preserves, amounted to 

 about 35 tons. This is independent of considerable quantities 

 used at home for the manufacture of preserves on the 

 wholesale principle, and for ordinary domestic use, &c., which 

 must have brought up the total quantity to something like 

 50 tons ; and if we take into account that a ton of Straw- 

 berries is worth from ,£25 to ,£30 (probably only smaller 



