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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Leicestershire.—This county is not largely represented, only one collection 
being staged by Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Leicester—100 varieties, of good 
colour, even, and of moderate size. The standard varieties are all included, 
and the large sorts such as Warner’s King, Gloria Mundi, Lordy Derby, and 
others are fairly good. 
WALES. 
Mr. G. Griffin, The Gardens, Slebeck.Park, Haverfordwest, has the chief 
<collection of Apples grown in Wales, eighty varieties being represented. 
Although, however, the majority of these are distinguished by excellent 
colour they are rather under the average size, and in some cases very small. 
There are no unusually large samples. Blenheim Pippin is fairly good, with 
particularly richly coloured fruits; Cox’s Pomona is of fair moderate 
size, other good varieties being Winter Hawthorden, Kentish Fillbasket. 
Beauty of Kent, Reinette du Canada, King’s Sauce, Alfriston, Royal Russet, 
King of Pippins, and Rymer. This and the next collection occupy a portion 
of the stage in the old orchard house, where the American Vines are now 
being grown. General Benson, Fairy Hill, Swansea, has sixty varieties, 
including the Forest of Dean Apple, which somewhat resembles Hoary 
Morning ; also a seedling from it, which was named Bevan’s Seedling. This 
somewhat resembles the old Nonesuch, but minus the open eye of that 
variety. 
SCOTLAND. 
One of the span-roof houses usually devoted to Tuberous Begonias during 
the summer months is appropriated to exhibits from Scotland, and a fine 
display is afforded by these, for though colour is wanting the specimens 
are mostly distinguished by good size and evenness. By far the most 
notable are the collections of Tweedside Apples exhibited by Messrs. 
Ormiston & Renwick of Melrose, by which they have 
rendered most valuable aid to the Exhibition. Two 
hundred and seventy-nine varieties are represented 
from the following :—Mr. John Cairns, gardener to the 
Earl of Home, Hirsel; Thomas Hogg, Esq., Hope Park, 
Coldstream ; Mr. James Fairbairn, gardener to Miss 
Scott Makdougall, Makerstoun ; Mr. W. Fowler, gar¬ 
dener to Lord Polwarth, Mertoun ; the Rev. M. H. 
Graham, Maxton House ; M-. George Grey, gardener 
to Mrs. Merklam, Gladswood ; Mr. J. Thomson, gar¬ 
dener to the. Earl of Dalkeith, Eildonhall ; Mr. W. 
Sharpe, gardener to Alexander Carle, Esq., Prior wood ; 
Mr. W. Rollo, gardener to James Carle, Esq., Hurley- 
burn ; Mr. H. Scott, gardener to the Hon. J. C. Maxwell 
Scott, Abbotsford ; Mr. J. Jardine, gardener to Lady 
Brewster, Allerby; A. Ormiston, Esq., Mayfield, Gatton- 
side ; Mr. W. Deck, gardener to Lieut.-General Henry, 
C.B., Pavilion ; Mr. E. Farquhar, gardener to Mrs. Dal- 
rymple, Langlee ; and Mr. M. McIntyre, gardener to 
C. Tennant, Esq, The, Glen, Innerleithen. Messrs. 
Ormiston A Renwick have displayed much energy in 
forming such a representative collection as this, and 
to still further increase the advantage pamphlets 
•describing the soil, situation, and other matters in 
connection with the culture of the trees are fur¬ 
nished to the visitors. The varieties most dis¬ 
tinguished by their size and general merit are the 
following:—Lord Suffield, Alfriston, Kentish Fill- 
basket, Mere de Menage, Warner's King, Emperor 
Alexander, Waltham Abbey, Manx Codlin, Gloria 
Mundi, Stirling Castle, Striped Beefing, Ecklinville, 
Dumelow’s Seedling, Annie Elizabeth, Cox’s Po¬ 
mona, Cellini, Blenheim Pippin, Betty Geeson, 
Yorkshire Greening, Dutch Mignonne, Lord Grosvenor, 
Hawthornden, Golden Noble, Calville Blanche, 
Keswick Codlin, Claygate Pearmain, Irish Peach, 
Kerry Pippin, Braddick’s Nonpareil, Devonshire Quar- 
renden, Ribston Pippin, King of the Pippins, 
Fearn’s Pippin, Hollandbury, Syke House Russet, 
Reinette de Canada., Cockle’s, Margil, Queen of the 
Pippins, Cox’s Orange Pippin, and Sturmer Pippin. 
Mr. P. W. Fairgrove, gardener to the Dowager 
Duchess of Athol, Dunkeld, Perthshire, has a collec¬ 
tion of forty-six varieties, amongst which Ecklinville, Warner’s King, 
Lady Suffield, and North Briton are the best, the others being small. 
Mr. J. Clark, The Gardens, Brodie Castle, has fifty varieties also rather 
small, Emperor Alexander and Gloria Mundi being by far the finest. 
Mr. R. P. Brotherston, The Gardens, Tyningham, Prestonkirk, N.B., has 
100 varieties of fair size. Ecklinville, Warner’s King, Irish Peach, Hoary 
Morning, Gloria Mundi, Northern Greening, and Blenheim Pippin being 
the most noteworthy. Mr. King, gardener to J. G. C. Hamlin, Esq., 
Dalzell House, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, shows seventy varieties, and a few 
ef these are the best coloured amongst the northern Apples, some of the 
Winter Calville being particularly fine. The curious Lady’s Finger is also 
notable in this collection. 
Dr. Robertson, Errol, N.B., has thirty-two dishes, comprising about sixty 
varieties, only one or two fruit3 being shown of each. Few of these are 
remarkable for their size, but Dumelow’s Seedling, Winter Strawberry, Blood 
Red, and Lass o’Gowrie are fine, especially as regards colour. Mr. Reid, 
Ballindean, N.B., has twelve dishes; Mr. D. Doig, Rossie Priory, Inchture, 
M.B., about forty varieties; Mr. J. Cameron, The Gardens, Auchterarder 
House, Perthshire, has thirty varieties for naming ; and Mr. J. Brunton, 
Drem, N.B., has eighty-one varieties, large and good, Lord Suffield, Warner’s 
King, Emperor Alexander, East Lothian Pippin, Ecklinville, Gloria Mundi, 
and several local varieties being very well shown. Mr. Dunn, The Gardens, 
Dalkeith, contributes a large collection, comprising about 200 varieties, 
the fruits being of average size but very green. The best examples are Mac¬ 
donald’s Apple, Golden Noble, Warner’s King, Alfriston, Winter Russet, 
Paradise Pippin, Oslin, and Worcester Pearmain. The Scottish Horticul¬ 
tural Association, Edinburgh, sent seven varieties, amongst which Northern 
Dumpling is fairly good, the others are poor. One contribution has been 
received from the Orkney Islands—viz., a dozen varieties from Mr. T. 
McDonald, The Gardens, Balfour Castle, Kirkwall Orkney. They are grown 
in a strong clay soil, and are mostly very small and dull-coloured. Stirling 
Castle, Brabant Belief!ear, and Gloria Mundi are the only varieties of average 
merit. 
JERSEY. 
Mr. C. B. Saunders, The Saviours, Jersey, is the only exhibitor of Channel 
Island produce, staging sixty varieties of Apples, some of which are very 
large and handsome, while others are very small compared with specimens 
from the English counties. Emperor Alexander is beautifully represented. 
Cox’s Pomona is similarly handsome in all points, other fairly good fruits 
being Lord Lennox, Downton Pippin, Dumelow’s Seedling, Tower of Glamis, 
Golden Noble, Peach Apple, King of the Pippins, Lady Henniker, and 
Grenadier. A more extensive and imposing display might have been 
reasonably expected from these favoured Islands. 
SWEDEN. 
Foreign-grown Apples, excluding those from the Channel Islands, are 
represented by only one collection—namely, that from Mr. J. Loney, 
gardener to J. Dickson, Esq., Gottenburg, Sweden, who has about thirty 
varieties of Pears and fifty of Apples. The fruits in both cases are fine, but 
have been grown under glass ; and, therefore, though very interesting, have 
not the same practical value as those from the open air. They are certainly 
examples of good culture, and in that respect are highly satisfactory. The 
Pears include Souvenir du Congres, Josephine de Malines, Beurre d’Anjon, 
Paternoster, Duchess, Marechal de Cour, Doyennd du Comice, Beurre 
Bachelier, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Marie Louise, Passe Colmar, Beurre Diel, 
Bonne d’Ezee, and Doyennb Boussoch. The Apples comprise many bearing 
local names, and amongst them is one said to be a great favourite in Sweden 
and known as the Akero ; it is a pretty variety, of moderate size, wax-like 
or semi-transparent in appearance, tinted with a peculiarly soft crimson hue. 
It possesses a firm flesh and distinct pleasing flavour. Other noteworthy 
varieties are Margil, Forge Apple, Cox’s Pomona, Citron Apple, Emperor 
Alexander, King of Pippins, Jolly Beggar, Stirling Castle, Calville Blanche, 
Lord Grosvenor, Court Pendu Plat, Cellini, and Newtown Pippin. 
CONGRESS APPLES. 
Supplementary to our report of the great Exhibition at Chiswick, 
we shall from time to time refer more particularly to some of the 
fruit of special interest, with the object of affording matter for in¬ 
struction relative to some of the varieties that are not widely known, 
or which are known under different names on the one hand, or for 
showing the distinctness of varieties that are considered identical on 
the other. 
The fruits now figured fairly represent two of the finest varieties at 
the Congress—namely, fig. 60, Lord Derby, and fig. 61, Grenadier. 
These are considered by some cultivators as synonymous, and it is not 
unlikely that one has been sold for the other. They are, however, 
perfectly distinct, as may be seen by the engravings. Lord Derby, one 
of the very finest of culinary Apples, is somewhat conical and of a dark 
shining green colour; Grenadier, inclining to oblate, and more sym- 
