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nfl ,f"i° ther . pkai ?*' s that are rarely shaded. By reason of these 
failer? fVn'c. S 1 t n ^1 r ^ r ln ' van *' cr > and too much sun in summer—we 
now hnwpvl ° flowcrin g P ot of Eucharis in August. I am 
most i)mmkinJ ery report that our Eucharis plants are looking 
thev at nrp«o a i’ tbo ?S k they were rather short of foliage until now, 
certain imlfoJr Sb °'J £ ne Wealthy young leafage, which is an almost 
ra^r cWnW T °r Rowing ofi disease. Such a condition as this is 
Sr!oS g ' 1 feel no doubt but the P lants wil1 1x5 in their usual 
vigour again very soon. 
SDonden^M^tf “i® mory > 1 think your frequent and ingenious corre- 
E^chSdkL 0 B o ard u% ° nce beld the idea that he could Produce the 
sa ocvimTnT and ben Cure iL 1 belicve : too, personally he held the 
has mo!l,'fip,l V!? nVerS: i0n W | th m J’ sclf - Latterly I think Mr. Bardney 
his first viVur opinion, and my present impression is somewhat like 
it about i tba Xt lxl , ay h 0 produced ; that circumstances will bring 
Eucharis mifo°oJL k tbe plants are ke P* in good health, I think the 
in coo) lions .o ° n . be ove rcome ; but the unnatural drying and storing 
I do not rlronR TV? 7 Soon rumthe plants. From my own experience now 
free from it <, S0 ', Ca ^ m ite, as I think I can say that we are now 
leaves with n, 8 ° Ur pan , ts are throwing up such a profusion of young 
^ £ umerous white roots on the surface of many of the pots. 
METHODS OF PRUNING VINES. 
as a mnacnJ E f fTIA D0 ?. E ? ” advocated a practice—to wit, long pruning, 
not under oo f°T ^satisfactory cropping Vines, the roots of which were 
formation ,n ‘ ?is favourite course seems to be in supplying in- 
“ mnriL lc, respect of pruning Vines to the best bud terming it the 
and ? hen asked t0 P° int that bud out he declines, 
fail ” t0 ,“ W ° rk f0r tbe Week >” September 1st, page 193. I 
do not affori’ *'0. dlsc P ver an y mention of long pruning for Vines that 
which moci fi i tl6fa . Ctor ^ crops of Gra P es > but instead find a system ip 
wund won 1 r CXt ,TT is included—that is, pruning to a plump, 
docet ” mlL l Ure< ( Ud ° n thoroughly ripened wood. “ Experientia 
the W P r.»! ^ hfymg s ‘ aternent tba t he did not write “ Work for 
viewRnnn’ ; tbc 6am e, the paragraph expresses very concisely his 
indebtedness fnf Y-rf 8 ’ . wblcb I s tbo first acknowledgment of whence his 
? bd \ ty *0 teach originates. That he has proved an apt 
Offers to mvI aS ^ d ^° 1 belleve , in that be considers himself able, at least 
until tbo™ - G , ob { e< d lessons ’ for which he does not intend to charge 
Sh tbo^bi, bCtter Crop ° f Grapes - He now intimates he has done 
to nmotie J e ct on paper at present,” therefore we hope he is going 
mean white’w f “ rther “experience” may be forthcoming. In thf 
as like som e of Tennyson’s brooks this 
rS P l lu “Work” gets fresher and fuller every week of 
credit tbo 4 ? tivators seeking a supply of Grapes that will do them 
credit at the dessert as well as on the exhibition table. 
arrested w^ S ^ W A h buds tbis autumn, the hot summer has 
such abnn,^; f0r T d fruit —, embryo. How was it there were 
Is there unf * P ® °J I™ 1 * m the year succeeding the last hot one ? 
thankfulness^?-G. Abbe^' repetiti0n to l0 ° k f ° IWard to witb hope and 
CRYSTAL PALACE HARDY FRUIT SHOW. 
Octobeb 6th, 7th, and 8th. 
BatiBf“to^ i oni° n a ^ Apple8 a ? dPeara at Sydenham last week was a most 
been ^onTn Tloa d Ver J rarely has \° extensive a display of fine samples 
seasonTbl Pfndou- . Many expected that owing to the remarkably dry 
thought that tW r l rm m IT ! haT f been much undersize, audit was Hso 
an aeroMhbl« • T* bav , e beea fewer competitors. It was consequently 
held 8 ^the 1 nor r th nSe fi R d T 86 antici P ations unfulfilled. The Show was 
werelrl^ ^i 6 ’ wbe , re fourte en stages, each 30 feet long by 9 wide, 
end tables fevotod To rows d ° wn the centre, besides a number of side and 
verv o™m,v ? t d t0 Te & et ables and miscellaneous non-competing exhibits 
is p M.s e " s v,srr6±“ h wa * ,he ^ •< vss 
tbe 7°‘* “‘‘'“‘ir 0 t< ’' Uo “ 0< tt « Show, Horn a deco- 
varildCdnVh WaS l Jy the T ple classes, the colours being so 
chief class was tb^ d (T® of „ the , fruits . ® ho " n were of unusual size. The 
Bnpui'fiA /1 *-^ aS •{° r . a collection of Apples, the number of dishes not 
peti ors ’ t r Z T e3 H beia ^i 0 ’ £(! ’-/ 4 ’ and ’ f3 - There were seven com* 
relatfvo’no T- th Jud ,?l 8 had considerable difficulty in determining their 
and thf n P eou 10n -’ 38 dlfferent numbers of varieties and fruits were staged 
tated^ ’ver^caref C °i nJUa0tl0 “ Wlth dl ® erene ss in size and qualitv, necessi- 
Messre O RnT a comparison of the several collections. Ultimately 
beautifuPdis^Tav of * C °:- Ma idstone, were adjudged first honours for a 
lughly C olomod y frT f iti 5 f d n h !u’ c ? m P n81n g a . lar ge number of handsome 
fruits 7 of S f . rul te of all the leading varieties in cultivation. Grand 
amongst th^m afS 1 Pl PPm and Peasgood’s Nonesuch were prominent 
^trafhL h FroT3 f V- °- h V° n A°^ lng varleties : —Annie Elizabeth, Bed 
Twlntv Onooo g w ir Pl Ppm, Lord Grosvenor, Malakovna, Melon Apple. 
TTwe^ nPr?^’ R 1 i 1 ^ 0n ’.? 0ary Morning, Lord Suffield, Lady Henniker, 
ittlT finpf p R»d Hawthornden (very handsome), Washington (simi- 
Tvler’s nLo^ w Se ^. lmg U R e? 1 Jubilee (a yellow Apple of good size), 
Annie Po^fib ^ ealth y> Mabbott’s Pearmain, Beauty of Kent, Stone’s 
Codlin S n A K r0m n 1C ’, R lbstoa PiPPm- Emperor Alexander, Manx 
Stirling ^o D6 p rb ,T> • C0 ,’1 8 Po “ ona > Scarlet Nonpareil, Warner’s King, 
Pintfin 8 Sw ii CC r’ Duchess s Favourite (brilliant colour), Downton 
p'O J ?= w Hawthornden, Goscoigne’s Scarlet Seedling, The Q leen 
0 ? TJo I aUgha ?; Queeu Larohne, Golden Noble, Norfolk Beefing, 
AlfriltTn 1l ^ Pm ii? de A I '5 de m 6n |. g ?’ . Tibbet t’s Pearmain, Crimson Queening, 
AIfnston, Small s Admirable, Ecklmviile, and Belle Dubois. The Kentish 
Apples were very strong all through the Show, but the credit of Hereford 
3 “ A &?-?u®° U ? ty was a,so wel1 maintained by Mr. John Watkins, Pomona 
Farm, Withmgton, Hereford, who was placed second in the large class, 
ills collection comprised about the same number of dishes, the fruits even 
re “ arkab . le th !‘ r hi S b colour, and representing more local varie¬ 
ties than the first. Notable amongst the best sorts were Bull’s Eye, Tom 
w!,;’ ;L 0 1 and Pl PPm, Cal9file Rouge, Striped Beefing, Nelson’s Codlin, 
Warner s King, Green Costard, Stoke Edith Pippin, Hambledon Deux Ans, 
S"! r 3 Nonesuch Cox’s Orange Pippin, Orange Goff, Lord Derby, 
Nobif^ • ft j r ’S'? 8 P °^°? a ’ Crimson Costard (verv handsome), Golden 
oble, Mere de Mdnage, Tylers Kernel, Devonshire Quarrenden, Catshead, 
Blenheim Pippm, Duchess of Oldenburgh, Worcester Pearmain, Emperor 
Alexander, Gloria Mundi, Pott’s Seedling, Ten Commandments, Hall Door, 
Tower of Giamis, and Lady Henniker. Mr. H. Berwick, Sid mouth, Devon 
was third with good even fruits, and Mr. C. G. Sclater, Birchy Barton, 
Heavitree, was a close fourth. ’ 
A j°^j 88 t° r twenty-four dishes of kitcheu and dessert Apples were also 
provided, in which the prizes of £3, £2, and £1 brought five competitors, 
Mr. J. McKenzie, Linton Gardens, Maidstone, winning first honours with 
some of the finest Apples in the Show. They were remarkable alike for 
tneir great size and high quality, the respective characters of the 
varieties being finely developed, and were all, we understand, from bush 
trees. The varieties were Loddington, Winter Hawthornden, Fearn’s 
Pi pp in Mere de Menage, Ribston Pippin, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Ameri- 
can Mother, Cox s Pomona, Gloria Mundi, Lady Henniker, Ecklin- 
o of Wmk, Warner’s King. Gascoigne’s Scarlet Seedling, Lord 
Suffield, King Pippin, Peasgood’s Nonesuch, Frogmore Prolific, Summer 
Fippm, Worcester Pearmain, Emperor Alexander, and Lord Derby. Mr. 
Waterman, Preston Hall Gardens, Aylesford, being a good second, also with 
large fruits of Gloria Mundi, The Queen, Blenheim Pippin, Tower of 
Grlamis, and Emperor Alexander. Mr. G. Ford, Leohardslee Gardens, Hor¬ 
sham, was placed third for clean even fruits of Lady Henniker, Peasgood’s 
Nonesuch, Warner’s King, and Blenheim Pippin amongst others of good 
quality. With twelve dishes of Apples, kitchen and dessert, the competi- 
tion was exceedingly keen, no less than nine exhibitors entering. Mr. 
Fred. Smith, Loddington, Maidstone, secured the first place with handsome 
fruits of Tower of Glamis, Scarlet Admirable, Golden Noble, Gascoigne’s 
Seedling, Ross Nonpareil, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Ribston Pippin, Lodding¬ 
ton, Warner’s King, The Queen, Mabbot’s Pearmain, and an unknown 
variety much like an enlarged form of the last-named variety. Mr. W. 
Jones, gardener to J. R. Brougham, Esq., Carshalton, won the second prize, 
his best fruits being Hollandbury, Emperor Alexander, American Mother, 
Gloria Mundi, and Ribston Pippin. The third place was taken by Mr. C. J. 
Goldsmith, gardener to Mrs. Howe, Kelsey Manor, Beckenham, who had 
some capital examples of Blenheim Pippin, Warner’s King, Cellini, Ribston 
Pippin, Peasgood’s Nonesuch, Emperor Alexander, Hawthornden, and King 
Pippin. b 
Pears. Similar classes were provided for Pears, and in the large c’ass 
there were eight competitors showing eighty to 120 dishes, which occupied 
considerable space on the tables. Mr. F. Butler, gardener to A. J. Thomas, 
Esq., Orchard Lane, Sittingbourne, was easily first with ninety dishes of 
large handsome fruits, comprising remarkable examples of the following:— 
Beurrd Clairgeau, Doyenne Boussocb, Louise Bonne of Jersey (highly 
coloured), Pitmaston Duchess, Duchesse d’Angouieme, Durondeau, Beurrc 
Diel, General Todleben, Triomphe de Yienne, Catillac, Beurre Ranee, 
Marie Louise, Fondante d’Automne, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Beurre Hardy, 
Marechal de Cour, Marie Louise d’Uccle, and the Black Worcester. Messrs. 
Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, were second with about 120 dishes, includ- 
ing many fine fruits, but one or two of the earliest sorts were past their 
best, and the large size of Mr. Butler’s Pears won him the first prize. 
Notable amongst the numerous varieties were Triomphe de Jodoigne, 
Catillac, Durondeau, General Todleben, Uvedale’s St. Germain, Marie Louise 
d’Uccle, Duchesse d’Angoul6me, Gansel’s Bergamot (unusally fine), Glon 
Moreau, Pitmaston Duchess, Doyenni du Comice, Doyenne Boussoch, 
Magnate, Marie Benoist, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Fertility, Beurre Bose, 
and Rivers’ Princess. Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., followed with eighty 
dishes of good fruits, some like Grosse Calebasse being of great size. Some 
of the best of the others were Beurrd Diel, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Marie 
Louise, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Pitmaston Duchess, Souvenir du Congrds, 
Beurre Clairgeau, Triomphe de Vienne, Doyennd Boussoch, Marie Louise 
d’Uccle, Vicar of Winkfield, Durondeau, Brockwortk Park, and Beurre 
de Capiaumont. Mr. C. J. Goldsmith was third with a large and good 
collection buch as few private gardens could surpass. About seventy-two 
varieties were represented, and though some of the fruits were smaller than 
in the preceding numbers o' fine fruits were observable of the best varieties. 
The class for twelve dishes of Pears was extremely well filled, fourteen 
competitors staging, and the task of judging was a considerable one. Mr. 
C. J. Goldsmith won first honours with a most creditable collection of fine 
even fruits, clean, and well grown. The varieties were Uvedale’s St. 
Germain, Doyennd Boussocb, Beurrd Superfin, Doyenne du Comice, Beurrd 
Bachelier, Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre Clairgeau, Williams’ Bon Chretien, 
Louise Bonne of Jersey, Durondeau, Chaumontel, and Baurre Diel. Mr. 
W. Chisholm, Oxon Houth Gardens, Tonbridge, followed, Mr. S. Ford 
taking the third place, both exhibiting well. 
Vegetables. —Two classes were devoted to vegetables besides one for 
cottagers, and the numerous colle ctions entered made an excellent display. 
In the large class for the best collection, number of dishes not stipulated, 
Mr. H. Waterman, Pres’on Hall Gardens, won the leading position for a 
tastefully arranged exhibit comprising over forty varieties of vegetables all 
in admirable condition. Mr. J. Neighbour, gardener to E. J. Wythes, Esq., 
Bickley, Kent, was second with a slightly smaller collection of good quality, 
and Mr. W. Must, Ightham, Sevenoaks, was third with a exhibit of even 
merit. Ten competitors with twelve dishes of vegetables entered, and Mr. 
Neighbour secured the first place with fresh well-developed samples of 
Leicester Red Celery, Scarlet Runner Beans, Vicar of Laleham Potatoes, 
Rider's Tomatoes, Hollow Crown Parsnip, Veitch’s Autumn Protecting 
Broccoli, Culverwell’s Prolifio Marrow Peas, Sutton’s New Intermediate 
Carrots, White Globe Onions, Mushrooms, and Pragnell’s Exhibition Beet. 
Mr. A. Waterman was a close second, Mr. C. J. Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, 
Esher, being third. Messrs. Wood & Son, Wood Green, alBO offered a 
