314 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. XIX. 



Trials made in a variety of gardens, apart from that by Mr. 

 Barron in the Eoyal Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick, have 

 proved all that- has been claimed for this stock. Among the most 

 important of the trials were those at Paxhill Park, in Sussex, in 

 the gardens of the late Mr. Northall Laurie ; in Mr. Eoger Leigh's 

 garden at Barham Court ; and in Mr. Dancer's fruit-garden at 

 Little Sutton, Chiswick; where very satisfactory results were 

 obtained. Trials were also made in the Duke of Portland's 

 garden at Welbeck by Mr. Tillery, and as in the cases pre- 

 viously mentioned, with complete success. 



Mr. Eoger Leigh, of Barham Court, showed at South Kensington 

 such a collection of dessert and culinary Apples grown on this 

 stock as one rarely has an opportunity of seeing. Among the 

 dessert varieties were King of the Pippins, Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 Eibston, and others, not only large but especially handsome, 

 owing to their fine colour ; while the culinary sorts, such as 

 Belle du Bois, White Calville, Eeinette du Canada, and others, 

 were remarkable for their great size. These fine Apples are 

 gathered from trees growing in bush or cordon form on the true 

 Paradise stock and in good soil. The fruit thus produced in a 

 Kentish garden is fully equal to the best samples grown on the 

 Continent — a noteworthy fact, and one well worth the attention 

 of cultivators, and especially of those who grow fruit for market. 



Preserving Grapes through the Winter mthout letting them hang on 



the Vines. 



The preservation of Grapes through the winter with the least 

 amount of trouble is one of the most important of all matters to 

 the British Grape-grower. Every cultivator knows to his cost 

 what a serious inconvenience it used to be to keep Grapes hanging 

 all the winter after they were ripe, especially in places where 

 there were a good many houses devoted to Vines. Books on the 

 Vine give directions for regulating the Vineries so as to preserve the 

 Grapes after they are ripe, and every calendar of operations tells 

 us how to manage them in that respect, though the directions are 

 not always intelligible. Here, for instance, is an extract from a 

 recent issue of a gardening-paper :— " Those who wish to keep 

 Grapes hanging as fresh and plump as possible to the longest 



