NEW GARDEN FRUITS. 
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it the horticultural world are indebted to J. 
Williams, of Pitmaston, well known as an 
experimental horticulturist. A more beauti- 
ful object amongst trees can scarcely be ima- 
gined than this variety of apple presents when 
laden with its produce, the branches being 
long, slender, and drooping, and densely 
crowded with fruit. The branches have much 
the character of those of the Siberian Crab, 
being long, slender, and not much branched, 
forming when laden with fruit a brilliant ex- 
hibition of pendent golden wreaths. The tree 
is quite hardy and very productive, but does 
not indicate the attainment of large size : it 
will be an excellent tree for miniature fruit 
gardens. The fruit is roundish, small, a fine 
yellow colour, with here and there a little 
russetty freckling, and a few red specks on the 
exposed side ; the segments of the calyx are 
long, and the eye somewhat furrowed ; the 
stalk long and thin, inserted in a narrow 
cavity ; the flesh is bright yellow, crisp, juicy, 
sweet, and pleasantly flavoured. The fruit 
should be gathered in September, and will 
keep for some time. 
Sjj'tcy Globe Apple. — A local variety, almost 
unknown beyond the neighbourhood where it 
originated — Chaddesley Corbett, in Worcester- 
shire. The fruit is handsome, rather below 
medium size, of an even depressed conical 
form, clear yellow green, deepened to an 
orange tint on the exposed side, and pencilled 
with deep red with a few russetty lines and 
touches, the eye small in a narrow basin, with 
a short connivent calyx ; the stem long, thin, 
and inserted in a narrow cavity. The flesh is 
yellowish white, mild, juicy, and moderately 
sweet, with a pleasant spicy clove-like fra- 
grance. It is suitable either for dessert or 
kitchen use, and is in perfection in November. 
The tree is of small growth, and suited for 
dwarf culture. It is figured in Maund's 
Fruitist. 
CHERRY. 
Sweet Montmorency. — This cherry was 
incidentally noticed at page 189 ; it is an 
American variety, valuable from its lateness, 
being in use from the middle of July till the 
early part of August. The tree is vigorous 
and erect growing ; the fruit il^mgjL nearly 
round, growing in pairs ; when ripe, of a light 
red colour, pale amber in the shade ; stone 
very small. ' When ripening it is very bitter, 
but this passes away, and when fully ripe it is 
rich, melting, sweet, and vinous, with yellow- 
ish coloured flesh. It was an accidental seed- 
ling, and is supposed to have originated from 
the Montmorency Cherry, an early acid fruit. 
STRAWBERRY. 
Austen's Scarlet. — This strawberry appears 
to have been raised some years ago by the 
Rev. J. Austen, of Chevening Rectory, in 
Kent, but is even now little known. It is 
one of the best in the class of scarlets, being 
very early and prolific, and — in its class — 
possessing a peculiar delicacy, both in the 
consistence of its flesh and in its flavour. It 
was raised from seeds of the Downton. The 
most certain produce of the finest fruit is ob- 
tained by annual planting on rich soil. It is 
figured in Maund's Fruitist. 
RASPBERRY. 
Large-fruited Monthly. — Mr. Rivers, of 
Sawbridgeworth, who has grown this new 
autumnal fruiting raspberry, thus speaks of 
it : — " The variety is, I think, one of the most 
valuable introductions we have lately been 
favoured with in this class of fruits. It is, I 
believe, of continental origin. It continues to 
bear from the end of August, all through 
September, October, and if the frost is not 
very severe (it does not mind a slight frost) 
till the end of November ; and is quite equal 
in flavour, as well as in size, to Raspberries in 
July. To ensure a very abundant crop in 
autumn, all the canes should be cut down in 
spring close to the ground ; but a good 
autumnal crop may be obtained, as well as a 
crop in summer, by leaving only one cane, cut 
in the usual manner, to each root, cutting the 
others down closely for the autumnal crop. 
My plants are now (October) covered with 
fruit in all its stages, and many lateral shoots 
are just coming into bloom, so that if grown 
in large pots and placed under glass, Rasp- 
berries may be gathered in December." This 
variety bears its autumnal crop from lateral 
shoots, which are put forth from every joint, 
forming a handsome pyramidal bush. In this 
respect, as well as in its superior size and 
flavour, it differs from the old variety known 
as the double-bearing raspberry. This will 
be quite an acquisition. 
CURRANT. 
Houghton Castle Red. — A large red currant 
which produces very handsome bunches, the 
racemes nearly six inches in length ; the berries 
large, of a darker colour than Wilmot's Red, 
but not so deep as the Red Dutch. The pulp 
contains more mucilage than is usual in red 
currants, and consequently the sharpness of 
the flavour is not so perceptible in the first 
instance ; it is indeed in this respect somewhat 
intermediate between that of the red and white 
currant. In size it is equal to Knight's Large 
Red ; but its principal merit is its late ripen- 
ing. Some of the fruit in excellent condition 
were communicated to Mr. Thompson in the 
beginning of September, from the garden of the 
Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle, Durham, 
whence it was named the Raby Castle Cur- 
rant: it is also known as May's Victoria. 
