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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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mot perceived in eating, and the flavour is unique. All who have 
tried it pronounce it the best flavoured Tomato they ever tasted. 
Yellow Tomatoes being not readily saleable I only grew three 
plants, but I find it in so much demand that I could more easily 
■sell it than the scarlet varieties. It has one drawback, for it is not 
;a good setter and bearer. Volunteer, not so flat but deeper in the 
’fruit than Perfection, is a very handsome bright scarlet Tomato— 
good bearer, early, and also succeeds out of doors. I prefer it to 
Perfection in all ways, and strongly recommend it for general 
■cultivation. Lorillard bears a very large good-looking fruit, is a 
■very strong grower, but I did not find it a good bearer, so I shall 
.discard it. 
Yorkshire Wonder, sent out as a scarlet variety, turns out to be 
of the Acme colour. It is of the egg-shaped race, and is of good 
flavour, a good bearer and setter, and to those who favour this kind 
■of Tomato It will no doubt prove acceptable. It is really no 
novelty, however, for last year our Rector had the identical variety 
growing, which he said he had received from friends in York¬ 
shire, and I told him I should not care to grow it on account 
•of its colour, little thinking I should buy it as a novelty under the 
name of Yorkshire Wonder, and described as a scarlet-fruited 
'kind. 
Laxton’s Open Air and Hooper’s Conqueror are bearing very 
iheavily, and ripening their fruit outside, and can be recommended 
highly for such purposes. 
Cladisporium has been very troublesome to my plants, and as I 
mever had it before I have come to the conclusion that I brought 
*the disease from Somersetshire, for shortly after paying a visit 
’there, where the disease was bad, my plants were attacked. Perhaps 
■some reader of this can inform me whether this is possible and 
probable.—H. S. Easty. 
GLADIOLI AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 
To those who, like myself, highly estimate the beauty of this 
grand autumnal flower, and have persistently brought it forward 
in the hope of inducing many to cultivate and exhibit a flower 
"which, despite its drawbacks, is one so well calculated to please the 
■cultivator, the falling off in the exhibitors of the Crystal Palace Ex¬ 
hibition is a matter of very sincere regret. Tt is true that there was 
more competition amongst amateurs, and that at any rate oue good 
exhibitor has been added to the list of the few who show there, 
drut it is in the large collections that the great falling off is to be 
•traced. Not only was there no collection from Messrs. Kelway of 
Langport, who have always set up a grand collection of blooms, 
but the north was absolutely unrepresented. Mr. Campbell of 
'dourock did not put in an appearance, neither did Messrs. Harkness 
and Son of Bedale,and the collections of both of these firms always 
formed a large and beautiful feature of the Show. What is the 
reason of this ? I am told that Mr. Kelway is exhibiting at Paris, 
and that all his energies are devoted to making a display at the 
world’s fair there, and I presume that the northern men do not 
find it pay. Nor is it to be wondered at. There is but one class 
in which they can exhibit, and should they miss the first prize the 
others would not pay the expense, unless they were prizewinners in 
other classes, of a two or three days sojourn in London, and 
travelling expenses for such a journey. Nor in a business point of 
view is it likely to be very profitable to exhibit even for advertis¬ 
ing sake. It is not worth taking all the trouble of coming up so 
tfar. Amateurs have little to encourage them ; they can only 
•exhibit in one class—at least, that is the rule, though perhaps 
•there are ways of evading it, hence to amateurs at a distance it 
■does not offer many temptations, and the exhibitors of other years, 
Mr. Whitton of Bedale and Mr. Catley of Bath, &c., no longer put 
an an appearance. And yet what flowers attracted so large a 
number of visitors as these did ? They equal in variety and 
•brilliancy of colour the Dahlia itself, and are certainly far more 
graceful in habit, shape of flower and spike. They range in colour 
■from pure white to the most brilliant scarlet, and are admirably 
•suited for cutting. 
Mr. Burrell’s collection of ninety-eight spikes was perhaps not 
■equal to that of last year, and one missed especially the splendid 
spike of Snowdon, the pure white seedling he exhibited last year, 
■nor do I think he had any seedlings to equal it, although 
Avalanche, a pure white, and Doris were exceedingly good. 
Amongst the best of his flowers were— 
Abricote .—A lovely flower, pure apricot colour, without any 
•shading of any other tint; the flowers are large, and the spike 
compact. 
Africain .—Dark slaty red on a scarlet ground, a very remarkable 
looking flower. 
Anna .—Brilliant cerise, striped deep carmine. 
Atlas. —Large flowers, transparent white slightly shaded with 
lilac, a fine spike. 
Baroness Burdett Contis —Very large flowers of a rosy lilac 
colour flamed with carmine on the lower petals. 
Bicolore. — Clear rosy salmon with large white lower petals ; a 
remarkable flower. 
Cameleon. —Lilac with dark centre, white blotch, very pretty 
and compact. 
Cervantes. — Rose slightly coloured with lilac, and largely 
flamed and shaded with carmine, with white lines. 
Ainitie. —A fine flower, rosy colour with white. 
Dalila .—Fresh rose, shaded and striped with clear carmine, a 
beautiful flower with compact spike. 
Crepuscule. —Magnificent spike of large flowers, rosy lilac, with 
carmine red flakes. 
Enchanter esse. —A magnificent spike of nearly white flowers ; 
the flowers are enormously large, and seem to indicate a fresh start 
in the flowers. 
Grande Rouge. —Brilliant red with large violet spots, an im¬ 
provement on that fine old flower Meyerbeer, which it strongly 
resembles, but is larger and blooms earlier. 
M. Adolphe Brongniart. —Very old, but still in its style and 
colour almost unrivalled ; the flowers are large, of a beautiful 
satin rose, with deeper coloured stripes. 
Avalanche. —A pure white seedling of Mr. Burrell’s, already 
alluded to ; the spike is long, and although the flower is surpassed 
by Snowdon, it is still a most desirable and effective flower. 
Cormie. —Rosy carmine and bordered with cerise, lined with 
pure white. There were also several of his own seedlings, and 
altogether the stand was a very effective one. 
I do not see why I should write of the amateurs in the third 
person, and so will at once say that I do not think my stand was 
quite equal to that of last year, although I had some very fine 
blooms amongst them, and besides those already mentioned in Mr. 
Burrell’s stand, of which I had several in my own, I had also 
Arriere Garde. —Large rosy salmon flowers, strongly flamed with 
violet, and with yellow blotch. Minos. —Large salmon rose flower, 
flamed and margined with cerise red, with amaranth in the centre. 
Sceptre de Flore. —Large flowers, white throat, carmine red blotch 
in the centre, dotted with clear red ; this flower was finer this year 
than I have ever had it. My friend Mr. Lindsell, who is so well 
known as a Rose exhibitor, came forward for the first time and 
exhibited an admirable stand of flowers, one spike of Baroness 
Burdett Coutts being especially fine. The stand which obtained 
the third prize had not a single name to any of the flowers, 
a proceeding which I think ought to be discontinued. What 
is the use of making rules stating that flowers must be correctly 
named if it is so flagrantly violated ? Moreover, it leaves the 
door open for exhibiting duplicates, and I think ought to entail 
disqualification. 
Some persons may think that my notes a^e somewhat coloured 
by the grievous loss 0 that will make this Show one to be wel 
remembered, but as this is written nearly a fortnight afterwards 
when I have become reconciled to my loss I think that this 
notion may be dismissed, and I only wish that I could write 
more cheerily of one of my favourite flowers than I am in 
justice constrained to do.—D., Deal. 
IN THE MIDLANDS. 
Only a small amount of space is at my disposal this week, and there¬ 
fore all that can be done is to record what was noteworthy in three 
gardens visited, and what was seen between them. Pears and Plums 
at Impney, barren orchards in a great fruit growing district of 
Worcestershire, excellent Vine, Orchid, Peach and Melon culture at 
Abberley, and a beautiful flower garden scene at Witley, are a few of 
the objects worth dwelling on, as a little that is instructive can be 
gathered from the cursory examination. 
IMPNEY IN SUMMER. 
My former visits to Impney have been in the spring, when fruit 
trees were in blossom outdoors, and forcing operations going on under 
glass. It is a good garden, at all times interesting, but in summer the 
fruits of the gardener’s work are seen, and the beauty of the surround¬ 
ings of the splendid mansion appreciated. What the fruits under glass 
were the excellent competitors at the Crystal Palace shows are aware. 
In a splendid contest there, with collections of twelve dishes, the Impney 
fruit bore the palm. I did not think the fine Pine, which was jutt 
changing on my visit, could have made such an advance, but the weather 
was favourable, and though not quite ripe at the show it displayed 
superior culture. There was no mistaking the high finish of the Muscat 
Grapes that were hanging on the Vines, and in that respect there was 
* The loss referred to, wh’eh must be generally regretted, was of a favourite gold 
watch, value forty guin as.—Ell. 
