OCTOBER U l8 9 8. 



GA RDENERS' MA GAZI NE. 



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Apple Crop 



Apples are tSj^S^\SSA £3B. g£ 



Mere de Manage, Peasgood's 



we 



H , The Sandringham, Small's Admirable, 

 2fSS5 which carry full crops, but the 



Arfmrhan. Devonshire Quarrenden, 

 ^cb'and I Ri Son Pippin. -W. Hunter, Azaw/ ZrW Gimft»r, Beaumaris. 



*T C < ,' 1 Ln« i hire.— Apples are below the average this year in this district, 

 i5 J loo? sampled are to be met with. Codlins, which were so p ent,- 

 ffiSi « almost a^ailure this. The varieties that have done the best this 

 tt ^ } wwr's Kine. Lord Derby, Alfriston, Dumelow's Seedling, Blenheim 

 ^ocXr?^n, Kil * ° f the Pippins, Cox's Orange Pippin, Irish 

 Hf ' New Hawthornden, Mere de Menage, Koyal Russet, and American 



These have all an average crop, very clean, and with the fine weather 

 «l now having promise to colour up well. That fine cooking apple, Lord 

 JSd which as a rule, is one of the very best in this district, is very scarce this 

 ^Ik. E. Williams, Cross-wood Park Gardens, Aberystwith. 



Countv Down.— Apples are in some instances a good crop. A number of 

 * toer cooking varieties such as Warner's King, Ecklinville, Bramley's Seed- 

 Peasgood's Nonsuch, The Queen, Blenheim Pippin, Lane's Prince Albert, 

 Sdington or Stones, Cox's Pomona, Hawthornden, &c, are up to the standard, 

 curat, pe rha P s > a trifle smaller than previous years, while none of the higher 



£t varieties carry anything like a crop, and the fruit is very small. Cox's 



Onnge, Ribston Pippin, Worcester Pearmain, Irish Peach, Kerry Pippin, and 

 ill the late russets are a very poor crop indeed, and along with the codlins they 

 seem to have suffered terribly from blight, which in some cases has quite stripped 

 the trees of all foliage ; fortunately it has confined itself mostly to old trees and 

 fat on walls or trellises.— Thomas Br adsh aw, Hillsborough Castle. 



— Apples are a very poor crop here, except on trees of Red Holland- 

 buy, which are very heavily laden ; Northern Greening, Pott's Seedling, Norfolk 

 Beefing, Royal Russet, London Pippin, and a few local varieties are fairly well 

 yen. There was a grand show of bloom on nearly all the trees. I have seldom 

 seen a better promise of a crop, but it was soon dispelled, as most of the standard 

 ad old-bush trees lost most of their foliage early in June through blight. Red 

 fider is very plentiful on some trees. The soil is poor and gravelly, and water 

 hi very scarce this summer in these gardens. — J. LEICESTER, Seaforde Gardens^ 



Dublin.— The apple crop here is considerably above the average, and of good 

 quKt) ; indeed, the best we have had for some years. The following are some 

 m. cropping sorts this season : Blenheim Pippin, Kerry Pippin, Emperor 

 lander, Ix>rd Suffield, Warner's King, Ecklinville Seedling, Golden Spire, 

 h Peach, Red Juneating, Hawthornden, Betty Geeson, and Dumelow's Seed- 

 tag. -G. Smith, Vice-Regal Gardens, Phcenix Park. 



Dumfries.— All the apples here are on walls and espaliers ; the varieties 

 novo are the following : Duchess of Oldenburgh, Lord Suffield, Pott's Seedling, 

 DjUmi, Ecklinville Seedling, Bismarck, Lord Grosvenor, Hawthornden (new and 

 M\ Stirling Castle, Peasgood's Nonesuch, Golden Noble, Warner's King, 

 jgjW gft Cta lfa Brtmley'i Seedling, Beauty of Kent, Lane's Prince Albert, 

 ~* "PP*n> Cox s Orange Pippin, Gascoigne's Scarlet, Ribston, Barton Free- 

 ■wer, and Scarlet Leadington. All of them with a good degree of success, but 



Ttf !J 0St sui , tab,e t00 < for this garden, are Ecklinville, Warner's King, 

 oenburgh, I easgood, and Barton Freebearer. Espalier trees on crab; wall 



Xffi nl ° r T S T ? ffield ' and Lord Gr °svenor bear well, but canker bad 



"K»k unhealthy.-]. Urquhart, Hoddom Castle Gardens. 



Durham. 



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The following apples have done well with us this year : Ribston 



Fillbasket 



Albert i miuaMcei, vueen Caroline, Lane's Frince 



BC ft ^ u « n . Krogmors Prolific, Golden Reinette, Ecklinville 



BismS n ^ ' n ' , B i en ^ e . im Pi PP in ' Northern Greening Wormsley 



8K ShL, D S, 7 S bCedl ng> G ° lden Spire ' Kin S Harr y> ^rd Suffield, 

 3 S I Ch K° Rmger ' Herefordshire Beefing, Sandringham, 



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East 



• *Wi r^" 1 w c p™ ost P^uctive varieties of apples in this district I find 



"*P S mciiv * ° f 01denbl "g- The c °dHn type are all under the 



*uy a very poor crop.— George Taylor, Broxmouth Park. 

 '-ssex.— The. rmn «r ■ ........ 



ge. In the early 



«ucr. 



^ SfcilKf °J blossom ' and > after se "ing — ^ ^ 



**nrieties [hat ^rirrLW^. almos t some trees to become leafless 



"e as foil 

 £S*.Ecklii 



Adams 



«Ppfau, K 'BS ^ r' H 0l L an ^ Ury V Iris , h Peach K «»y PiPP^. ^ng 

 W roor , K£h J S u de H' Lane S Prince Albe *. Lord Derby, 

 2P»?«N BeS WarW S ™> Reinette <*u Canada, Ribston 



' l^u RBB D ^.V ar . ne I s .Ki°g. Wadhurst Pippin, and Worcester Pear- 



)rfarsh EMBER ' Afield Hall. 



casual 



Some young trees of 

 Codlin are carrying 



***here 



SON, Glawis Castle Gardens. 



Pippin, Bismarck, Wellington, Ribston Pippin, Cellini Pippin, Anna Elizabeth, 

 Margil, and Bramley's Seedling.-A. Pettigrew, Cardiff- Castle Gardens. 



have a very fair crop. The trees bloomed well, 

 but the ate spring frosts and cold winds were unfavourable to the setting of fruit. 

 Caterpillars have not been so troublesome this season, but all fruit trees have and 

 are now suffering very much indeed from the long spell of hot and dry weather. I 

 have seen several apple trees lately that have lost all their leaves as the result of 

 the drought. There is a good crop of Blenheim Pippin, but the fruit is small ; 

 Kibston, Cox s Orange, and King of the Pippins are also good ; Beauty of Bath 

 and Worcester Pearmain have carried fair crops ; Lord Suffield has done pretty 

 well, but the fruit has been rather small. I saw the other day a grand bush tree 

 of Lox s, the fruit of good size and of splendid colour. I have no doubt that this 

 is the best way to grow choice fruit, as trees like this one can be covered with a 

 net.— John Aplin, Hasfield Court Gardens. 



o £! n 8fs County.— The apples bearing a good crop here are : Ecklinville 

 Seedling, Domino, Warner's King, Blenheim Pippin, Ribston Pippin, Cox's O. 

 Pippin, Greenup's Pippin, Bishop's Hero, Lady Henniker, Dumelow's Seedling, 

 Lane s Prince Albert, Dutch Mignonne, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Hoary Morning, 

 Cox s Pomona, Lord Derby, and one that is " locally " called Blood of the Boyne ; 

 it is a variety that I have never met with but here, and is a grand bearer every 

 season ; keeps until the spring, is of a deep blood-red colour all round, medium 

 size, but only fit for the kitchen.— R. McKenna, Charleville Gardens, Tullamore. 



Lanarkshire.— Apples are, generally speaking, below average crop 

 varieties are much below the average, but kitchen varieties are bearing a 



crop.— W. Sutherland, Bothwell Bank. 



Dessert 

 medium 



Monmouth. 



Although apples generally blossomed freely, the crops are not 

 usually satisfactory, the result probably of the low state of the temperature during 

 the flowering period. The following varieties carry the best crops upon pyramid 

 and bush trees : Frogmore Prolific, Bismarck, Newton Wonder, Lord Derby, 

 Grenadier, Lord Suffield, Sandringham, Golden Spire, The Queen, Wellington, 

 Seaton House, Worcester Pearmain, Betty Geeson, and King of the Pippins. The 

 first named is the most certain cropper that we possess, and it commences to bear 

 heavily when the trees are very young. It is an invaluable second early variety, 

 we have fruit of it at the present time, 15 inches in circumference, and this upon 

 heavily cropped trees. Sandringham is another grand apple that does remarkably 

 well here. The most shy bearers that we possess are Bramley's Seedling, Gloria 

 Mundi, Gascoigne s Seedlirg, and Tyler's Kernel. The last named invariably 

 blossoms freely, but is a bad setter. Insect pests have been troublesome, but 

 have been kept under by spraying. The trees are very healthy and have made 

 good growths. — T. Coomher, The Hendre Gardens. 



Montgomery.— Apples are a light crop and our best bearers this year are 

 Annie Elizabeth, Potts' Seedling, Gascoyne's Scarlet, Hawthornden (winter), 

 Bramley's Seedling, Small's Admirable, Bismarck, Lane's Prince Albert, Warner's 

 King, Stirling Castle, Lord Derby, Cox's Pomona, Kentish Filllasket, 

 Beitigheimer Red, Tom Putt, Grenadier, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Beauty of Kent, 

 Lady Henniker, Lord Grosvenor, Ecklinville Seedling, Striped Beau fin, Worcester 

 Pearman, Mrs. Barron, Rosemary Russet, Golden Pippin, and Melon Apple.— 

 J. Lambert, Perns Castle Gardens. 



Shropshire.— Apples are under the average as regards crop, but of fine 

 quality. Warner's King, Lord Derby, Small's Admirable, Stirling Castle, Tower 

 of Glamis, Lord Suffield, Schoolmaster, Saltmarsh's Queen, and Gloria Mundi are 

 all carrying splendid crops, while others are very light. On the whole they are 

 under average, a good many are falling owing to the long spell of dry weather.— 

 J. Louden, The Quinta Ganhns, Ruabon. 



Surrey —The following varieties have a good crop here this season : Stirling 

 Castle, Bedfordshire Foundling, Kentish Fillbasket, Warner's King, London 

 Pippin, Keswick Codlin, New Hawthornden, Han well Souring, Winter I each. 

 Lord Derby, Lane's Prince Albert, Sturmer Pippin, and Fearn s Pippin. Stirling 



Castle is the best cropper I have 

 season, and it is a good kitchen apple 



I can almost rely on this for a good crop every 



W. HlGGS, Petcham Park Gardens. 



Worcestershlre.-Apples are a good average crop with us the trees healthy 

 and clean. I find that trees fruit the more freely when allowed a fairly free growth, 

 with the main branches kept thin. Except where necessary to maintain a balanced 

 b^S^ZZ growth should not be shortened, twtoe U* fatact_ fra t buds 



form\he whole length. The varieties which are carrying the best crops are The 

 Quee^ 



trees), Cox's Orange Pippin, Devon 



— . a - . m « . ■ , « . m ^ — I J a m 



gy^^^Jr^rSTR^:,, Russet, Kerry Vi'ppin, Margil , 



, B r"y^Tih P ?t« ttnherms and Kib..o„,-A. Yo«„ » */,, C,.r, 

 Gardens. 



cropping how 



^ *k ' a* — Pnssiblv I am somewhat pessimistic in the matter, but 



Our Native Flora.-Po« nwyi & nfafctevou* and evil can 



in any case I have long WdAttOO^™ everywherc t0 children to gather 

 come out of the encouragemen jnmjJV J ^ donCi How oflcn 



fl<w ^ f8 1 f W P^'SS^iS^KSr of exniuuion. "We have a wonderful 

 the remark been made to me ; witn ^ themselves what is likely 



show of wild flowers ^ and t^ Jg^rf flowers ffom woods fields, and hedge- 

 to be the ultimate effect of thu £ep conscientous person, gardener or amateur 

 rows on our native flora, in » J to thex ^ flowef cxh ,biU, if 

 who has ever been at any tm - ™ ^ chUdren aD d showing them has 



they can tell me what earthly g ^ anything( are the y any wimt. 



been accomplished ? Have knowledge concerning them or 



have they acquired My}°^.™™ m ' m \ n ^ jd J ng at all ? Sotnet.m. 



stimulated to take any in the arrangement of baskets and nosegays, 

 have seen pleasing evidence of tt*e ^ - ^ work ^ hnd | In 



h, how seldom ; and ^ n , ^ ^ 



manv cases have ; . , i;f ^it„ f t, on 



l)cen 

 mes we 



The 



/biggest bunch, literally 



flowers being thus plu 



mX ^ ^ e have had here for some flowerS bein g J th / S pl ? in Jui hours, then to decay and die, leaving behind no 



mailer than usual. The trees bloomed profujely, thus displayed for a toj^£f* laied \hax instead of encouraging these wholesale 



; person in each district should form the little ones 



• Sft** jSSSa^liES; Jt be .^^uk for me to say 



season 



varieties 



iii^S 1 h ^. to f ^ ported to 1 



iollowine varieties 



*" season 



Warne 



massacres of wMfloTO*^^ CQnduct them round the ^ and woods, 

 into classes, and during thej ^ namcs ofeach flow , then offering 



instructing them in ^^SedUm* of small bunches of twelve or twenty forms 

 prizes at the local shows for cou ^ ^ ^ ^ q{ ^ flowerSf ^ 



to be most correctly namea. i 



