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JOURI^AL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



2.— Mr. H. Cakebread, Gardener to Sir T. P. Eose, Bart., 

 Baynefs Place, A^nersham. 



Exhibitor's BemarJcs. — Grown cliiefly on Busli trees on the 

 Paradise from 12 to 15 years of age, from which the finest fruit 

 is obtained. Situation, very exposed, Soil, a heavy clay. 

 Golden Spire is an Apple that ought to be noted as a thoroughly 

 good kitchen variety ; Ecklinville is a constant cropper in all 

 seasons ; Warner's King is also generally very fine. We are 

 very much exposed to wind, being, I suppose, situate on the 

 highest part of Buckinghamshire. 



3. — Mr. James Fletchee, Iver, Bucks. 



Exhibitor's BemarJcs. — Grown on tall Standard trees from 

 10 to 15 years old, grafted on the Crab. Situation, somewhat 

 sheltered. Soil, light and gravelly ; subsoil, sand and gravel. 

 We have a few young Pyramid Apples on the Paradise stock, 

 such as Manks' Codlin, Yellow Ingestrie, Cockle's Pippin, Cellini, 

 and Margil, that scarcely produce anything Hke a crop, and the 

 shoots canker very much. 



4. — Mr. John Fowler, Lee Manor, Great Missenden, Bucks. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — The village of Lee is on the summit 

 of the beech-clad Chiltern Hills, in Bucks. Soil, a stiff red clay, 

 mixed with large flints, resting on chalk. Apple No. 1 is locally 

 called " The Bazeley," or Lee Apple, and seems indigenous to 

 this district. 



5. Mr. G. T. Miles, Gardener to Lord Carington, Wycombe 



Abbey, High Wycombe. 



Observations. — Special interest was attached to this collection, 

 Mr. Miles having instructively arranged the varieties grown on 

 different stocks in distinct groups ; those stated to have 

 been grown on Cordons and Bush trees on the Paradise stock 

 being much larger. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Situation, in garden, sheltered. Soil, 

 a light dark loam ; subsoil of vegetable peat, and very moist. 

 The trees grown under the foregoing conditions produce fruit 

 abundantly, very clear and good, and above the ordinary size. 

 The old-fashioned table-topped trees are remarkably stiff and 

 make vigorous growth, therefore the fruit is never damaged by 

 wind on such trees. The trees which produce the finest fruit 

 are on Paradise stocks, but these have special attention in regard 

 to thinning the fruit, &c. 



