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crimson colour streaked with a darker colour, and is a good bearer. 
The Ribston Pippin will continue to be grown on account of its 
agreeable flavour ; but where the Cox’s Orange will fruit I have not 
the least doubt it will supersede it, as the texture of the flesh is not 
so firm, and therefore easier of mastication. The same remarks will 
apply to that old favourite the Margil. 
Two comparatively new Apples, the Melon and Mother, if they 
will generally succeed out of doors, are sure to be favourites, but I 
fancy they are more suited for pot cultivation. This applies also to 
Calville Blanche, which will only obtain quality in a house or on a 
wall. Another good Apple but doubtful bearer in ordinary culti¬ 
vation, the Reinette de Canada, is suitable for all purposes. Mr. 
Haycock grows them well on the cordon system, and says they 
require to be grown in the open to obtain the benefit of the sun. 
There are many large orchard trees of the Wyken (Warwickshire) 
in cultivation, and when well grown it is a beautiful dessert Apple. 
I have found it succeed well as a bush. I suppose it will be long 
ere the Blenheim Pippin goes out of cultivation, as it is a favourite 
with all ; but the number of years it must be grown before it repays 
by fruiting will prevent its being extensively planted now that we 
have so many early bearers. 
There are many good dessert Apples that I shall only casually 
allude to now, as it will be impossible in this letter to enumerate them 
all, and there will be many opportunities during the autumn, espe¬ 
cially after the proposed show at Chiswick, to discuss their merits 
with a better knowledge of their respective values. The Aromatic 
Russet, Braddick’s Nonpareil, A dam’s Pearmain and Man nington are 
all of the highest quality, and will be appreciated by the grower. 
Later on we have the Sturmer and the Baddow (Spring Ribston or 
D’Arcy Spice). Both of these are good, and should be grown by 
everyone. There is another which is a favouiite with many, and 
justly so, although its size is not in its favour. This is Sam Young, 
a highly flavoured Apple of Irish origin. Pearson’s Plate and 
Cornish Gilliflower are also of good quality, but the latter is a very 
shy bearer. Many of the Russets are worthy of cultivation, and 
Brownlee’s will become more popular as it is better known. I think, 
also, that Beauman’s Red Winter Reinette is worthy of trial. There 
are many other good dessert Apples which I will allude to another 
time. 
In kitchen Apples there is not the necessity to name so many 
sorts. With the addition of the New Hawthornden and Grenadier 
to those I have already named there will be a sufficient variety up 
till Christmas. The Grenadier is a fine useful Apple. Some two or 
three years since I asked your readers whether they could inform me 
of the origin of Grenadier or Lord Derby, and I am still in ignorance. 
I believe at that time in some nurseries they were mixed, but there 
is no doubt now of the difference. Lord Derby is much greener than 
the other, and in shape like the old Catshead. Grenadier can now 
be seen in perfection at Messrs. Bunyard’s nursery. 
With Lord Derby in the winter months must be associated one of 
the most prolific and valuable late Apples we have, that is Lane’s 
Prince Albert. It is a handsome compact Apple, and a good keeper. 
The tree will require space, as it is of a free growing nature, and 
might be altercated with some Apple of upright growth, such as 
Worcester Pearmain. It is worth a visit to Berkhampstead to see 
the numerous trees there in full bearing. The Wellington (Dumelow’s 
Seedling) still remains popular on account of the delicacy of its flesh. 
Peasgood’s Nonesuch is the handsomest Apple in cultivation, and 
this year is remarkably fine ; but I do not think it is a sufficiently 
good bearer for general cultivation. One of the best late Apples, 
but which would precede Prince Albert, is Tower of Glamis. It 
will grow in any form, but its lengthened shoots make it especially 
suitable as an espalier. Dr. Harvey is also a favourite in the London 
markets. In the varieties I have mentioned a sufficient selection 
could be made for succession.—L. A. K., Maidstone. 
P.S.—Since writing the above notes on the Yorkshire Beauty, I have 
found true types of the Red Hawthornden (as described by Dr. Hogg) 
on the trees. As I find the Apple is known in Covent Garden Market 
under the name of Red Hawthornden, although but few fruits are 
typical of the class, it will be better to continue it. As the Apple is 
so worthy of cultivation, it will no doubt be cleared up.—L. A. K. 
ACACIA GRANDIS. 
The vast genus Acacia stands pre-eminent among the plants of the 
Leguminous family, if not for its utility to mankind, at least for the 
considerable number of species included within its limits. A large 
proportion of them are natives of Australia, and numbers are exceedingly 
beautiful when in flower ; from these we select one of the neatest 
and dwarfest species, more especially adapted for window or frame 
culture. 
The Acacia grandis is a native of Western Australia. It forms a 
shrub of moderate size, and flowers freely while small. The stems are 
angular, grooved, and usually, but not invariably, quite glabrous. The 
leaves consist of two pinnae articulated at their base, each pinna being 
being about an inch long, and composed of from eight to ten pairs of 
linear, alternate, smooth leaflets, the rachis or stalk to which they are 
attached being flattened, and terminated by a small leafy point. 
A. grandis is a most charming window plant for spriog flowering, 
being at that season loaded with its golden yellow balls; and at all 
periods of the year its elegant foliage gives it an ornamental character. 
Its propagation is effected either by seeds or cuttings, usually by the 
latter method ; they should be inserted in white sand, or very sandy soil, 
and covered with a bellglass or tumbler. As they are impatient of damp, 
they require a little more care during the rooting process than those of 
the leafless species. The inside of the glass should be wiped daily, and as 
soon as the cuttings are fairly struck they must be potted-off into sandy 
peat, and eventually into good fibrous peat containing less sand. 
Though accorded specific rank when first introduced, Acacia grandis 
is now universally regarded by botanists as but a variety of the poly¬ 
morphous A. pulchella, and it differs chiefly from the type in having 
more numerous and longer leaflets. Several other desirable forms of 
Fig. 40.—Acacia grandi'. 
A. pulchella are in cultivation, one of which—A. hispidissima of cata¬ 
logues—is specially deserving of mention on account of the long spread¬ 
ing hairs with which the branches are clothed. This variety is also 
cultivated under the name of A. lasiocarpa. As a companion plant to 
A. grandis may be recommended A. Drummondii, a plant of more recent 
introduction, and perhaps somewhat more delicate in habit. Many other 
desirable species occur in catalogues, but a large proportion of these 
flower only when the plants have attained an inconvenient sizes. —W. T. 
CHANGE OF CUTTINGS AND FRUITS. 
A change of cuttings of bedding plants is often very desirable. It 
is not only in bedding plants that a change is desirable, but it is the 
same in fruits. Strawberries, for instance, are very much benefited by a 
change. I know a garden where Keens’ Seedling would not grow at all 
well, though formerly it had succeeded admirably ; but plants from 
another district grew, and fruited with their former vigour. It is the same 
with Apples and Pears. I have seen varieties that have been propagated 
on the place refuse to grow well, and eventually die ; whilst when the 
same varieties have been obtained from a distance they have been most 
satisfactory, and even grafts from a distance have been beneficial. I 
read with pleasure in the Journal of the success of the Woolhope Club in 
their endeavour to prove that the old Herefordshire orchard Apples and 
Pears would not die out, which a few years ago they were in danger of 
doing. In many fine old orchards the trees were in different stages of 
decay, and no means were taken to preserve the varieties : and I often 
