112 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ADDENDA. 



Amateurs, who would like to have some of the more promising of the 

 newer or less known fruits than those before mentioned, are advised to try 

 the following : 



APPLES. 



Langley Pippin. September. A nice-flavoured soft fleshed variety. 

 American Mother. October. Of very fine flavour. 

 Norfolk Beauty. October. A good grower and bearer. Large, and 

 cooks well. 



St. Edmund's Russet. October and November. A large and very 

 fine Russet. 



Christmas Pearmain. December and January. A great bearer of 

 brisk flavour. 



Ross Nonpareil. December and January. A good winter Apple too 

 little known. Said to be both of better flavour and a better bearer than 

 Scarlet Nonpareil. 



Baumann's Red Reinette. January and February. Of wonderful 

 colour. 



PEARS. 



Triomphe de Vienne. October. Very large and very good. 

 Beurre d'Avalon. October. Very like Beurre Hardy, but brisker in 

 flavour. 



Marguerite Marillat. October. Very large. 

 Thompson. October. Of superb flavour. 



Belle Julie. October and November. Medium grower. A small, 

 delicious and free-bearing Pear, but quickly decays. 



Beurre Alexander Lucas. October and November. Fruit large, with 

 a Bon Chretien flavour. 



Beurre d'Anjou. November. Of fine flavour and quality. 



Fondante de Thiriot. November. Wonderful bearer. 



Beurre Dumont. November. Of very fine flavour and quality. 



Charles Ernest. November. Resembles Pitmaston Duchess, but of 

 superior flavour. 



General Wauchope. December. A new Pear of first-class flavour. 

 President Barabe. December. A new Pear of fine flavour, but a weak 

 grower. 



Le Lectier. December. Large, and of good flavour. 



Duchesse de Bordeaux. January and February. Compact grower. 



STRAWBERRIES. 

 Countess. Magnificent perfume and flavour. 



Auguste Boisselot. Large round soft berries with brisk flavour, which 

 melt away in the mouth. 



Louis Gauthier. A white Strawberry ; an enormous bearer and of fine 

 flavour. 



Fillbasket. A great bearer of good flavour. 



Dr. Hogg. The finest flavour, but, like British Queen, is useless unless 

 the soil be heavy and the cultivation very rich. 



