520 SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



Objects for New varieties of the gooseberry, which might supply th* 



Jeiy'lmendTo niarkets with § reen fruit at earlier periods, and mature fruit 

 present premi- at earlier and later periods than those now cultivated. 

 urns and me- nj ew varieties of pears, similar to those which have been 

 introduced from France; but sufficiently hardy to grow and 

 ripen on standard trees, and calculated to supply the mar- 

 kets at a moderate price during winter and spring. 



A good and early new variety of grape, better adapted to 

 the climate oi' Great Britain, in the open air, than any now 

 known. 



Better and more productive varieties of the apple, and 

 capable of being longer preserved in perfection, than most 

 hitherto known. 



A good early nectarine; a variety of the strawberry 

 earlier than the common scarlet ; and of the cherry, which 

 would ripen before the early may. 



More early and hardier varieties of the peach, which might 

 succeed better, at least, than any now known, on standard 

 or espalier trees. 



Several native varieties of the plum afford blossoms so 

 hardy, that they are rarely injured by frost. Might not 

 rich varieties be obtained by introducing the farina of the 

 fine but tender kinds into the prepared blossoms of these? 

 It is stated, in the Pomona Herefordiensis, that very rich 

 and very hardy varieties of the apple have been thus ob- 

 tained immediately from the seeds of the Siberian Crab. 



In pointing out the preceding objects, as deserving the 

 attention of gardeners, it te not the intention of the society 

 to limit its patronage to those solely: on the contrary, it is 

 their wish, to promote and encourage successful experiments, 

 in every branch of useful and ornamental horticulture. 



To Correspondents. 



The communications from Mrs. Ibbetson and E. G. shall ht 

 inserted the earliest opportunity. 



