AugUBk 21, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
166 
members of the Seedling Fruit Committee of the Horticultural 
Society when this Apple was named. I enclose a copy of a form 
that is forwarded to raisers of seedling fruits, which they are 
requested to fill in and return, when it is again entered into a 
permanent book, and open to anyone interested in the raising of 
seedlings. The form will show all the details in connection with 
this Apple. 
I have taken this plan to prevent any further claims being 
made by any of the other colonies, as I observe in the “ Fruit 
Manual ’’ edition 1884, page 181, it is stated that it was raised in 
the province of Canterbury, Xew Zealand, and was sent home to 
Mr. Mclndoe, gardener to Sir Joseph Pease, Bart., Hutton Hall, 
Guisborough, and again in the Gardener s Chronicle, February 18th, 
1893, where a notice, also a figure of the Apple, appears as grown 
by Messrs. Bunyard & Co., of Maidstone, who say it is of Tasmanian 
origin ; whilst Messrs. Rivers & Son attribute it to New 
Zealand. As both statements are incorrect, which can be testified 
by the Register, I would feel extremely grateful if you can set the 
matter at rest when an opportunity occurs to give the correct 
history of this Apple. I also enclose herewith a photograph of 
Apple “ Prince Bismarck,” taken by one of the students at the 
gardens from a fair sized specimen. —Geo. Neilson, Curator, Royal 
Horticultural Gardens, Richmond Park, Burnley, Melbourne, Victoria, 
Australia, July 10th, 1893. 
[copy AS TAKEN FROM THE REGISTER KEPT AT THE GARDENS.] 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA.-REGISTER OF SEEDLING FEUIT3 RAISED IN VICTORIA. 
Ayple, exhibited by B. Clarkson, Carisbrook, Victoria, June Meeting, 1873. 
Kind of Fruit, for example, Apple, Pear, iSrc. 
Name of Raiser. ... ... 
Locality where raised ... . 
Date of Sowing. . 
If artificially crossed (or chance seedling) 
Parentage (if known) . 
Date of fruiting, first time . 
Season of Ripening 
Size (small, medium, or large)... . 
Shape (description must depend upon kind of fruit) 
Skin (whether rough or smooth, ribbed, <fcc.) 
Colour of Skin . .. 
Core (characteristics of—large or small, ic.) 
Flesh (colour, consistency, &c., <fec.) ... 
Quality (first, second, or third class). 
Use (dessert, cooking, cider, drying, &c.) . 
Stalk (short, long, stout, or slender, bent or straight, how insetted) 
Stalk Basin (large or small, deep or shallow) . 
Eye Basin (large or small, plain or plaited, broad or narrow) . 
Segments (long or short, closed or open, reflexed, pointed, &c., &c 
Pips (large or small) . 
Stone (large or sma'l). 
Kernel (bitter or sweet) . 
Suture (term applies to Plums, Peaches, &c.) 
Flowers (particulars as to size, colour, &c.) 
Habit of Tree (whether spreading or upright, &c.) 
Constitution of Tree (robust or otherwise)... 
Foliage (large or small, and of what colour, &c.) 
Date when and where first fruited 
By whom named (if at all) . 
To what 'disease liable (if any) 
Particulars. 
Apple. 
Carisbrook, Victoria. 
Uncertain. 
Chance seedling. 
Not known. 
18G4. 
Late autumn. 
Large. 
Oblate, ribbed towards the crown. 
Smooth. 
Yellow striped with crimson, often in some localities covered all 
Small, [over with deep crimson. 
White, juicy. 
First. 
Cooking. 
About 1 inch, slender. 
Deep, wide, lined with russet. 
Deep, angular basin. 
Closed, flat. 
Medium. 
Spreading. 
Robust. 
Large light green. 
1864, Park Farm, Carisbrook. 
Named by the Seedling Fruit Committee of the Horticultural 
Woolly aphis. [Society of Victoria, 1873. 
Remarks. 
The name given to this 
Apple by the Seed¬ 
ling Fruit Committee 
of the Horticultural 
Society of Victoria 
in June, 1873, was 
Prince Bismarck. 
A chance seedling 
found growing on 
Harrison’s Hill dig¬ 
gings, amongst the 
mullock heaps; it 
was one of a dozen 
found growing, and 
was transplanted 
into my garden by 
Messrs. Walters and 
Shulty, my prede¬ 
cessors. I was on 
the place at the time 
in 1862. Mr. B. 
Clarkson, of Smoky 
Gully, got grafts 
from me. 
(Signed) 
Fredk. Fricke. 
Witness to Signature, 
Henry Beilby. 
The above is a true and correct copy of what appears in the permanent register of seedling fruits kept at the Royal Horticultural Gardens. 
Geo. Neilson, Curator. 
SULPHATE OF COPPER AND PARIS GREEN MIXTURES AS FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES. 
{Concluded from page 143.) 
Now, assuming that we can procure pure sulphate of copper, 
and prepare with it a one-sixth strength of Bordeaux mixture or 
bouillie Bordelaise, there is an end henceforth to all cavils over the 
copper treatment, for the quantity required is so small as not likely 
to poison the soil, nor in any way prove detrimental to the welfare 
of animals or mankind. Remember the solution of copper sulphate 
must be a pure celestial blue, the lime lily white and good. When 
mixed—the sulphate of copper solution and the limewash—the 
mixture should abide beautifully blue after a few drops of ferro- 
cyanide of potassium solution are added. The Bordeaux mixture, 
prepared according to the formula given on page 173 of the Journal 
of Horticulture, March 2nd, has proved perfectly safe to apply to 
Vines and a preventive of black rot caused by the fungus Laestadia 
Bidwelli (Ell.). It may, therefore, be concluded that it is equally safe 
to apply to all fruit trees or plants subject to fungoid diseases, and as 
likely to prove as efficacious as a preventive and curative of blight, 
mould, and rusts peculiar to other plants as to those of Vines. For 
convenience the formula for the minim Bordeaux mixture may be 
repeated :—1, for small growers, or indoor operations ; 2, for large 
growers, or for using over vegetable crops in the garden, allotment, 
or field. 
1.—Minim Bordeaux Mixture. 
Sulphate of copper ... . 
• • » • • • 
4 ounces 
Lime (freshly burned) unslaked 
• • • • •» 
4 ounces 
Water. 
. 
7^ gallons 
2.— Minim Bordeaux 
Sulphate of copper . 
Mixture. 
1 lb. 
Lime (freshly burned) unslaked 
••• ••• 
1 lb. 
Water . 
... ... 
CO gallons 
Dissolve the copper sulphate in one vessel—crystals may be 
placed in a bag, but powdered soonest dissolves—and slake the 
lime in another, forming into a thin whitewash ; when cool pour 
into the copper solution slowly through a hair sieve ; stir well, 
test, and if all right the mixture is ready for use. Note.—The 
mixture must be used without delay ; it will not do to prepare it 
overnight, or keep it a day or two. This applies to all Bordeaux 
mixtures, for the neutralising effect of the lime only lasts a few 
hours, after which the mixture will blacken the foliage of plants, 
being as disastrous as simple sulphate of copper solution, that not 
being safe to use over tender foliage and fruit at a greater strength 
than 1 lb. of sulphate of copper to 800 gallons of water. 
The Bordeaux mixtures above given should always be used 
when the foliage is dry, preferably in the afternoon, but always so 
early as to become dry before the dew descends, and invariably by 
means of a spraying machine. A handy sprayer, on similar 
principles to the Malbec bellows, is a desiderata for amateurs. 
Every garden ought to have a M. Yermorel Knapsack pump 
“ Eclair.” Allotment holders may club together and purchase one 
—in fact, there ought to be one or more in every village let out at 
a reasonable charge. Any intelligent labourer can use it. 
The uses to which the Bordeaux mixture may be put are pre¬ 
vention and cure of all fungal infestations on crops. Three 
examples must suffice. 
1, Onion crops.—There is money in this crop, only keep it from 
the Onion mildew (Peronospora Schleideniana). The plants for 
seed should be sprayed about the third week in May, and again 
early in June. Plants for bulbing must be sprayed just as the 
bulbs begin to form, and repeat three weeks afterwards. 
