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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 8, 1898. 



Peaches. 



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• • • 



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• t a 



Yaiif ties. 



Princess of Wales 



Sea Eagle ... 



Harrington... .~ 



Nectarine 

 Walburton Admirable 



Gladstone 



Late Admirable... 



Prince of Wales.., .~ 

 Alexandra Noblesse ... 

 Bellegarde ... 

 Golden Eagle 



1898 1 

 21 



18 



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13 



9 

 6 



4 



4 



3 

 2 



2 



Dishes 

 So7 .1896 i3$5 



9 * 4 



21 6 17 



2 0 II 



4 



7 

 2 



5 



3 



o 



2 

 1 

 o 

 I 

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 o 

 I 



10 



4 



5 



7 

 o 



• • • 



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4 0 4 



Varieties, 



Lord Palmerston 

 A iolet Hative . 

 Admirable ... 

 Dr. Hogg 

 Dymond 

 Goshawk 

 Gregory's Late ... 

 Lady Palmerston 

 Sal way ... 



Thames Bank ... 



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• • t 



• • • 



• » • 



1898 

 2 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



Dishes 

 1897 1896 



3 2 

 o o 

 o o 



1895 



5 

 o 



o 



o o 



o 

 o 



5 



4 



o 



o 



o 



3 

 1 



o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 



Plums. 



Coe's Golden Drop 

 Jefferson's 

 Monarch 



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Pond's Seedling 

 Victoria 

 Kirke's 



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White Magnun 

 Diamond ... 

 Grand Duke 

 Reine Claude de Bavay 

 Bryanston Green Gage 

 Red Magnum Bonum 

 Late Transparent Gage 

 Transparent Gage ... 

 Brahy's Green Gage... 

 Archduke ... 



• • • 



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Belle de Septembre ... 

 Golden Eagle 

 Guthrie's Late Gag 

 Imperial de Milan 

 Kentish Bush 

 Prince Engelrx 



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57 



26 

 22 

 22 



14 

 10 



10 



5 

 7 

 7 



6 

 6 



5 



5 



3 

 2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



34 



4 



9 



9 



3 

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3 

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5 



7 



5 



3 

 2 



2 



2 



2 



1 



o 



o 



I 



o 

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10 



3 

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1 



o 



1 

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2 



4 

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o 

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2 

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o 

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32 



2 



6 

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4 



o 



8 

 7 



4 



4 



o 



2 



I 



2 



7 

 o 



o 



I 



o 



o 



Autumn Compote 

 Bellegarde ... ... 



Blue Imperatrice 

 Bonne Bouche ... 

 Coe's Emperor ... 

 Coe's Violet 

 D'caisne 



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9*1 



Denbigh 



Denniston Superb 

 Golden 



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Goliath 



Ickworth Imperatrice 

 Late Black Orleans ... 

 Old Green Gage 

 Orleans 



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Prince of Wales... 

 Purple Gage . i . ... 

 Rivers' Golden Trans- 

 parent 

 Royal George 

 Sandall 

 Washington 



1 

 1 

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1 



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2 

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2 



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Quinces 



Pear-shaped 



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I 17 12 



Raspberries. 



Northumberland Fill- 

 basket 1 



October Red 



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1 



o 



Strawberries. 



Royal Sovereign 



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1 o o o 1 St. Joseph . 



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o 



TOMATOS. 



Palmer's Triumph 

 Chiswick Dessert 

 Conference . . . 



9 9ft 



9 ft ft 



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o 

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2 



o 

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3 



Royal Jubilee 

 The Cropper 



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999 



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1 

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o 



o 

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ANALYSIS OF THE R.H.S. FRUIT SHOWS. 

 Held in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1S98. 



• • * 



• 99 



• ft 9 



9 ft 9 



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ft • • 



Apples ... 

 Apricots ... 

 Bananas . . , 



Blackl>erries 

 Bullaces ... 

 Cherries 

 Currants 

 Damsons 

 Figs ... 



Gooseberries 

 Grapes 



Medlars ... 



Melons 

 Nectarines 



Nuts... 



Passiflora edulis 

 Peaches 

 Pears 



1898. 



Dishes. Var. 



1494 I5 ( > 

 I I 



1897. 

 Dishes. Var. 

 1485 201 



I 



1896. 

 Dishes. Var. 



IO83 168 

 I I 



l89S. 

 Dishes. Var. 



1838 201 

 I I 



1894. 

 Dishes. Var. 

 I027 172 



2 I 



9 • • 



• • ■ 



• 99 



9 9»« 



• • t 9 mm 



• • 9 



• 9ft 



• ft ft 



• 9 9 



• » ft 



• ft ft 



Pineapples 



Plums ... 



Quinces ... 



Raspberries 



Strawberries 

 Tomatos ... 



• • • 



• • • 



• 9 9 



9*9 



• • 9 



I 

 1 

 1 



2 



10 



2 



115 

 4 



5 

 29 



96 

 694 

 1 



214 

 2 

 2 

 2 



6 



1 

 1 

 1 



. 2 



9 

 2 



1 



.1 



5 

 9 

 3 



3 

 1 



3 

 1 



1 



6 



I 



2 



5 

 26 



5 

 7 



4 



7 



4 



3 



3 

 12 



18 

 9 



1 

 I 



7 

 6 



120 

 5 



8 

 11 

 10 



21 



88 



43 

 1 



2 



2 



5 



77 

 677 



3 



"5 

 1 



19 



4 



6 

 5 



4 

 I 



20 

 96 



2 



33 

 1 



135 



3 



> 7 



4 



19 

 I 



24 



795 

 5 



38 



. 17 



1 



6 



3 



8 



1 



12 

 116 



3 



16 



97 

 2 



10 



IS 



26 



80 

 779 



18 



5 

 7 



6 



4 



1 



105 



2 

 1 



4 

 I 



1 



21 



7 



6 



8 



15 



8 



101 



16 



19 

 98 



28 

 3 



5i 



829 



12 

 106 



90 

 6 



21 

 1 



3 



67 



26 



Totals.. .2711 376 2552 411 2152 370 3 J 7S 433 2148 351 



Lifting and Planting Fruit Trees.— At this period of the year 



it is usual to commence lifting any trees that are too gross in growth and 

 unfruitful, and if the soil is in a moist condition I think the earlier the 

 work is done with such trees as peaches and nectarines the better ; and I also 

 like to lift apricots early, as these trees bloom early. Unless moisture is 

 given, however, the ground is far too diy at this date, and to avoid delay we are 

 removing the surface soil and well watering several times before commencing the 

 work. There is no gain in leaving these trees till the leaves have fallen ; indeed, 

 tne reverse, as by lifting in October the trees make new roots at once, and it is 



EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS. 



UNITED HORTICULTURAL ^BENEFIT AND PROVIDENT 



was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Wedn^ v nlJz!l i ™ ^oilturi*,, 



Bunyaid 



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Dean, &c. 



Weeks, T. Baker, G. G< 

 ight, T. G. Ingram, G. W 



ma friends, those presen 

 oherwood. T. H v^%-l 



^w^i^^3S^"" 10,11 tMSB ™ - 



_ propose 



Provident 

 one from the Rev. W. Wilks 



The 



Chairman, m referring to a tew facts relative to the society, stated that there 

 seven hundred and twenty-eight benefit members. There was no neecTT 

 thought, to prove the need of such a society, for they all knew a* gardener's work 

 was not of the easiest, and he was greatly at the mercy of the weather • in 

 addition to this, some employers do not care to pay their gardener when he is ill 

 or incapacitated He urged all those present to do their level best to secure a 

 new member, either benefit or honorary, each year, for they must remember that 

 members are continually growing old, and so new ones must be obtained. As an 

 investment, as an old age fund, and as a benefit society, he knew of nothing 

 better than the United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society ; this beingscL 

 he asked all to do their best to increase its prestige, and obtain instead of sixty-four 

 new members, as in 1898, six hundred and forty new ones in 18991 

 Mr. J. Hudson, the treasurer, responded, and having thanked the chairman 

 for his advocacy of the society, showed that the invested money per member wis 

 greater in the U.B. and P.S. than in any other benefit society he knew. He also 

 showed that the society was worked at a minimum of cost, and a great deal of 

 labour was given to it gratuitously. He urged that the society encouraged 

 frugality and thrift, and this being so, he hoped a very large number of the 

 young gardeners would join, and so enable them to soon register the thow" J,u 

 ber. , 



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The toast of " The Honorary and Life Members " was proposed by the 

 venerable Mr. Nathan Cole, who heartily thanked all those who had helped the 

 society as honorary members, and remarked that nurserymen were such good sup 

 porters of the society. He also expressed the society's deep thanks to the three 

 lady patrons, who had done a great deal to assist, and to one of whom the Cot 

 valescent Fund was largely due. Mr. James H. Veitch, who was well received, suit 

 ably responded, and expressed his regret that Mr. Sherwood had had to leave 

 early. He suggested that all the foi emen gardeners in the country should be 

 approached on behalf of the society, and he felt sure that all these would be pet 

 suaded to join if the benefits of the institution were placed before them. 



Mr. T. Winter proposed "-The Visitors " ; he trusted all such had thoroughly 

 enjoyed themselves, and that they would do their best to assist the society by 

 becoming members, and inducing others to join also. Mr. S. T. Wright, 

 superintendent of the R.H.S. Gardens, suitably responded to this toast. 



Mr. H. B. May, in a few brief, eulogistic remarks, proposed the health ot 

 "The Chairman," a toast that was received with enthusiasm, and drunk to the 

 accompaniment of musical honours. Mr. Bunyard responded in a very feeling 

 manner, thanking all for their kindness in drinking his health. A list of donauoos- 

 was then read, this beings-Mr. Garcia, £i is. ; Mr. G. Munro, £\ i is. . ; »». 

 J. Watkins, £i is. ; Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., £i is. ; Mr. J. H. V«W 

 £3 3s. ; an anonymous donor, is.; Mr. S. T. Wright, ioj. 6d ; Mr. K. 

 Dean, ios. 6d. ; N. N. Sherwood, Esq., £$ 5s- ; Mr. Cox, £i is. ; Mr. iincnes, 

 ios. 6d., to the Convalescent Fund. . w „. „ „ .-a 



The toast of "Kindred Institutions" was proposed by Mr. W. Koupeii aaa 

 ably responded to by Mr. J. G. Ingram, the secretary to the Gardeners ivjyw 

 Benevolent - Institution, who stated that his society was now aiding »hu nd, ea 

 and sixty-eight disabled gardeners or gardeners' wives annually, maaaioww 

 assisting in a smaller way the unsuccessful candidates for its pensions. ^ 



Mr. Richard Dean, V.M.H., gave "The Horticultural Press, ' i3 



the society was largely indebted to the gardening press for its Pf^f 1 ^"^?^. 

 and widespread success. He considered high honour and praise •lue to t^ ^ 

 cultural press for its outspoken remarks on behalf of all gardening cna 

 deserving institutions in connection with the profession. Mr. ueorge 



Gurd 



ucbciviug iniiuuuons in connection wiui ™. n jhc its one 

 V.M EL, in responding, alluded to'the fact that the U.B. and V.S. . »» * 

 chiefly to the inventive brain of a former editor of the Gardeners M^JJJJ 

 He was glad to find the society duly appreciated the power of the no rt ^ 

 press, not only as regards its printed matter but in having h ? r ^"" u ™ J ibk «y 

 upon its governing body. He urged the members to keep in every p> 

 the claims of the society before the gardening public. *£JLm r>f the eatbeJ&f 

 Mr. W. Collins (secretary of the society) presented the thanks "f ™^ A 

 to the donors of fruit and flowers, a toast responded to by »J. g( an ^ 

 very pleasant and highly successful meeting was brought to a . cone. ^ 

 hour with " Auld ling Syne." Songs, part-songs, and instrumental soios , 

 Lamb Brothers' Glee Club enlivened the proceedings. 



DEVON AND EXETER GARDENERS' ASS0C,A ^ ro °^; p g m 



The Devon and Exeter Gardeners' Association held ^""^fce Goiktt*. 

 other evening, under the presidency of the Sheriff of t ; x f:"^ ety had a*!* 

 Exeter. The executive stated in the annual report that of *»• 



justified its existence, and had shown it-elf not unworthy ot tne ^ h cgr ^t 

 L Qt !. r :^i n ho ^.re. Working on broad lines, the^papers .^.^JJ 



Heft* 



the reverse, as by lifting in October the trees make new roots at once, and it is their Cultivation and Use? » were smong the papers read j m*** 



r?JTf~ matte i r to 1 s y r,n B e oyeihead early in the day, to prevent flagging after the session, and in one or two cases they were made more 'nte ■ poirer 



2^«™? eW K y , P • Av ° id undue mutilation of the roots, and where it is demonstrations. The last item on the syllabus ^ Folio*!**; 



l 5 n stron 8 roots should be done with care, but in all cases keep F oliage Begonias," which was much appreciated by the members. 



lC5 ^ >unaoie ai stance from t h» K^t^ _r ^ -~ ^.^^.^ t^. " 



m the bole of the tree, so as to preserve the roots 



•S 'date in No 'A ap P Ie trecs [t "ay be well to defer lifting to an 



the soil U n rnZ ? ' ^ 1 am «vour of doing the work as soon as 



moisture to SuSeThe^ 7^}^ tre€S * - an ~* ™ ttCr t0 givC SUffidCnt 



Where to*K£ m, /' ^ am P ,e su PP lies after Ae Work S «*»P^' 



iop.<wes S1 ngs may be of service, a richer compost may be employed to 



r °° tS lt wheth « planting, lifting, or top-dressing make 



. -• """uouenarons, Dy a 



i that rather out-of-the-way subject. 

 Orchid Growing." « Four Years' 



1 f H Qf\/i ll'lf VirM«4> f~*\ • m mv mt 



encourage new surface 



with 

 and 



t he new soil as firm as pos^bte 1? iv P lantin g' Il ' tin B/ 01 



^JssiDie.— (_ y . \\v XHES> Syon Gardens. 



i\n essay on - 

 Moorman, and 



In 



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lowed snowea irn» w r --r- vlo Wer W'!" 1 ' 

 j a member, " N'ar.e.y 



Beddicg 



broof^ 



