September ?8, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
287 
The Late M. Guillot. 
In common with thousands of Rose cultivators, I mourn the death 
of M. Guillot of Lyons. He has, as your correspondent, " D., Beal" 
il[page 272), indicates, immortalised himself by his world-famous pro¬ 
ductions, such as La France, Catherine Mermet, and Ernest Metz, which 
have so many admirable attributes, such as those of form, of fragrance, 
and floriferousness, that they are not likely to be superseded or sur¬ 
passed. He was unquestionably the greatest of modern French rosa- 
rians. As Mr. Wm. I’aul of Waltham has been for a long period the 
intimate friend of these, I venture to express the hope that he will, ere 
long, contribute to Journal his personal reminiscences of M. Guillot. 
—David R. Williamson. 
A Large Mar£chal Niel Rose. 
In paying a recent visit to Knowsley Cottage, the residence of Thos. 
Pilkington, Esq., I found planted on the end and trained along a back 
wall of a vinery a fine Mar^chal Niel Rose tree. The Rose under notice 
was planted some ten years ago, and is on its own roots. Twelve wires 
9 inches asunder cover the back wall, and to each of these a shoot of the 
Rose has been trained, and the growths have reached a total length of 
24J yards. The tree is in perfect condition as regards foliage, but canker 
has shown itself upon the older of the two stems from which the shoots 
are taken, the other being quite young and vigorous. A difficulty to its 
blooming freely was the free access of the roots into the Vine border. 
This has been overcome by a brick chamber built so as to confine 
the roots. After growth is completed the plants can now be given a 
period of rest. Good loam and liquid manure when in growth are what 
the plant feeds upon, and no mildew is to be seen. The shoots trained 
across the end of the house yield blooms a fortnight earlier than those 
on the back wall —R. P. R. 
PEARS VERSUS PEACHES. 
I FOR one cannot agree that “ Pears are infinitely better and more 
profitable than Peaches ” grown out of doors, because here I have 
abundant proof that the latter are more profitable than the former, 
given equal conditions as to site and culture. I am well aware that 
Peaches on open walls in several gardens are a failure, but why is it in 
many cases ? Given a favourable locality I consider the Peach crop is 
the most certain of all hardy fruits when the trees are reasonably 
managed. I am ready to admit that in some districts where the 
situation is low there may be more difficulty in obtaining a full crop of 
fruit annually, but I am also well aware that in some of these gardens 
the trees are not managed in the proper way to secure the best results. 
When the soil is made rich enough by heavy manuring to grow full 
crops of vegetables over the roots of the trees, and when the foliage is 
permitted to be infested in the spring with black fly, to be followed 
with red spider in the summer, we may expect that outside Peach 
culture will be condemned. But is it fair ? 
Other mistakes besides those are continually being made, such as 
deferring the pruning of the trees until the spring, thus depriving them 
of a reasonable chance of maturing their wood. A lack of water at the 
roots is also another cause of failure with Peaches. Without sufficient 
moisture after the crop is gathered trees cannot prepare the fruit buds 
for the next year’s crop of fruit. So long as such cultural points 
are neglected it matters little what locality Peach trees are found, the 
crop will be light, and the argument of “ Pears being infinitely better” 
holds good. This, however, is not the right way to view the matter, and 
given equal conditions of situation I say that open air Peaches are by far 
the more remunerative crop. 
I will cite an example on the remunerative side of the argument for 
the two sorts of fruit. A tree of Peach Grosse Mignonne, covering 
30 feet of an 8 feet wall, this year ripened 300 good fruit early in the 
month of August. Every fruit could have been sold at the rate of Ss. 
per dozen, taking this as the minimum price. Growing against the same 
south wall are cordon Pear trees in really good condition. Fruit from 
the varieties Louise Bonne de Jersey and Duchesse d’Angouleme of the 
first quality would not fetch more than 2d. per lb. Now, who would say 
the same amount of wall space occupied with Pears would give the 
same return as the Peaches ? 
I do not stop at Peaches growing against south walls. I have this 
year gathered fruit of Late Admirable, weighed 10 ozs. each, from a tree 
facing east, and Royal George tree gave similar excellent fruit. Both 
these trees occupy a very much exposed site. Although these same trees 
seldom miss a crop of “ blister,” their healthy character otherwise 
seems to pull them through. We grow Peaches against west walls also, 
and with good results. Pears, I find, are much more difficult to sell 
than Peaches owing to the immense quantity that come from Jersey and 
France. When eighteen magnificent fruit of Williams’ Bon ChrStien 
can be bought in the market for Is. 9d., what chance is there for 
English grown fruit? My experience is that fruiterers care but little 
for Pitmaston Duchess Pears when they can obtain fine fruit of Duchesse 
d’Angouleme. So much as gardeners think of Jargonelle and Marie 
Louise Pears, there is a great difficulty to induce fruiterers to buy them. 
I am well aware that this has been an exceptional season for outside 
Peaches. We gathered our first fruit from an open wall June 24th, and 
have not been without Peaches since, and have still a few fruit. With 
such sorts as Alexander to commence with, followed by Early Louise, 
Waterloo, Hale’s Early, Bellegarde, Grosse Mignonne, Dymond, Royal 
George, Walburton Admirable, and Late Admirable, there need be no 
great difficulty in having an uninterrupted succession of fruit from the 
open walls. From the remarks of “ C,” (page 259), he would have us 
believe that when Peach trees are blistered during March and April it 
is useless to expect them to recover that year. This is not my experi¬ 
ence, and I have to contend with east winds. If the trees are otherwise 
healthy “ blister ” should not prevent their perfecting a full crop of 
fruit. 
As much as I like Pears it would never do to follow the suggestion of your 
correspondent and substitute Pears in all cases for Peaches. The great 
charm of a garden is the variety which it is made to produce, and this 
applies equally to hardy fruit. We must have proof positive that a fair 
trial has been given to the Peach trees before we dispense with them, 
especially when Pears will grow equally, or nearly as well, against other 
walls. Except in extreme cases I am hard to convince that Peaches are 
so difficult to cultivate on south walls. I know they have been con¬ 
demned in many cases, but the judgment was misplaced. — 
E. Molyneux, Sioanmore Park, Tlants. 
Salwey Peaches Ripe in September. 
We are now (September 23rd) gathering large, ripe, and beautifully 
coloured fruits of the Salwey Peach from a tree on a south wall, the 
crops borne by three trees of that excellent late Peach Sea Eagle, 
occupying space on the same wall having been finished a fortnight ago. 
The supply, in the meantime, had been maintained by Lord Palmerston 
on a west wall, and Violette Hative on a wall having an east aspect. 
The trees of the last mentioned variety produced equally fine fruits 
as were gathered some weeks earlier from trees of the same kind growing 
against a south wall. 
It is certainly an advantage to growers who have to maintain a 
regular supply of ripe Peaches from as early as possible and as late into 
autumn as they can be obtained, to have trees of early and midsummer 
varieties on walls having respectively south, east and west aspects. By 
planting, say, two trees of Alexander, one on a south and the other on 
a west wall, Amsden and Hale’s Early on a south wall, and another 
tree of the latter fine Peach on a west wall, a better succession of ripe 
Peaches is thereby secured than could otherwise be obtained. The 
succession to the supply yielded by trees of the above mentioned Peaches 
planted as indicated may be continued by such varieties as Dr. Hogg, 
Early Grosse Mignonne, Dymond, Royal George, Bellegarde, Violette 
Hdtive, Princess of Wales, Barrington, and Sea Eagle, planted all against 
south walls, or in the manner described above, a tree of Salwey being 
planted against a south wall to come in last, generally towards the 
middle or end of October. This is the first year in my experience for 
the fruit of the Salwey Peach to be ripe in September. 
This being the time for transplanting home-grown trees and obtain¬ 
ing fresh ones the above remarks may prove as useful as they are oppor¬ 
tune to intending planters generally, but more especially to amateurs, 
who may modify the plan recommended above to suit their own indi¬ 
vidual circumstances,—H. W. Ward. 
LIVERPOOL NOTES. 
The Autumn Show. 
As would be noticed by many of your readers from the advertisement 
in the Journal of Horticulture last week our autumn Show is to take 
place on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 7th and 8th, and not on 
the 15th and 16th, as previously arranged. According to the season this 
is a step in the right direction, for Chrysanthemums are rather early, 
and if bright frosty weather should come the former date will probably 
be more suitable for many good varieties. It has been a most trying 
summer, but there are certain to be some fine blooms. We are all look¬ 
ing forward to a wonderful display of fruit, which is of splendid quality 
in Lancashire, and the earlier date is without a doubt more suitable, for 
Pears and Apples are quite a fortnight or three weeks earlier than on 
former seasons. I may mention that liberal prizes are again offered. 
Successful Eucharis Culture. 
Owing to a breakdown of the heating apparatus in connection with 
the glass houses at Parkside, Huy ton, the residence of J. A. Willox, Esq., 
M.P., the magnificent Eucharis in 12 and 16-inch pots were completely 
frozen through last winter and the foliage killed. To many persons the 
bulbs appeared useless, and, indeed, advice to that effect was freely 
given, buD Mr. Wattie, the gardener, made an effort to save his plants. 
Some good loam (two parts) with the finer particles taken out, charcoal 
refuse, dried horse droppings passed through a sieve, and coarse silver 
sand were selected and mixed well together. Three or four hard bricks 
were heated and transferred to the centre of the compost. These heated 
bricks were used as a precaution against any danger from germs in the 
soil. Eight and 10-inch pots were scrubbed, drained, and half filled 
with the compost, on which some silver sand was placed, leaving all thus 
ready for the reception of the bulbs. The latter were not washed, nor 
does Mr, Wattie believe in washing with any solution unless the greatest 
