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THE FLOKIST ANT) P0M0L0G1ST. 



it is in a rough state. I have two crops from the same land, and find the 

 Onions are quite big enough for use ; and I could just now mow my Parsley, 

 though I cut a barrowload in July. I have two beds each 30 feet long by 

 4 broad of it, which are admired by all who see them. I could not grow 

 many things here if I did not use soot in one form or another. 



Grohy Lodge, Ashton-under-Lyne. John Hague. 



BERGAMOTTE ESPEREN PEAR AND OTHER HARDY 

 KINDS ON QUINCE STOCKS. 



This excellent variety of Pear deserves to be more generally cultivated as 

 a standard, for it is hardy in the midland and northern districts, and a good 

 bearer. Last year it fruited with me for the first time on some small pyramids 

 on quince stocks, and produced abundantly, and it has done the same this 

 year. It is likewise a first-rate Pear as regards flavour. I find the following 

 varieties do well here on quince stocks, and trained as pyramids — namely, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, Beurre Langelier, Beurre d'Amanlis panache, Marie 

 Louise, "Williams' Bon Chretien, Citron des Carmes, Susette de Bavay, and 

 Beurre Diel. The soil here is very stiff and adhesive, but the Pears on quince 

 stocks grow well in it. The following varieties have been tried as pyramids, 

 but do not bear well : — Glou Morceau, Forelle, Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Beurre Bosc, Van Mons Leon Le Clerc, and Beurre Bretonneau. 



The thermometer denoted 8° of frost here on the morning of the 1st of 

 May, and the Pears on pyramid bushes were either in flower or had just set 

 their fruit. Some spruce branches had been placed round them before the 

 frosty mornings occurred, and saved them from any injury. 



Welheck Gardens. Wi. Tileery. 



FRO GM ORE LATE PINE STRAWBERRY. 



WITH AN IELTTSTEATION. 



It is now nearly forty years since the best of all the late Strawberries was 

 raised, and for all that period the Elton has held the ground against all comers. 

 Notwithstanding the merits of this variety, and the. universal popularity it 

 enjoyed, it had also its demerits, and one of the greatest, perhaps, was its 

 excessive acidity. However desirable it may be to get a late Strawberry, still 

 one of its requirements is that it be palateable, and a fruit that has too great a 

 preponderance of acidity certainly cannot be said to have unqualified merit. 

 In the Frogmore Late Pine we have what the Elton lacks ; and the richness of 

 its flavour, coupled with its late and productive bearing, are its great recom- 

 mendations. 



The Frogmore Late Pine was raised by that indefatigable hybridiser of 

 fruits, Mr. Thomas Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore. It was 

 first introduced to notice in 1860, by Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, and since 

 then it has steadily taken a prominent position in the best gardens. 



The fruit is large, varying from conical to cockscomb-shaped, and having 

 the glossy neck of the old Pine, which shows its parentage. The skin is 

 glossy, bright red, with a scarlet shade in it, and the seeds are not deeply 

 imbedded. The flesh is tender, red throughout, and of a fine rich pine flavour. 



This variety comes in at the same season as the Elton, but is far superior 

 to it both in flavour and productiveness. 



