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that the Royal George and Royal Charlotte Peaches had invariably 
the mildew upon them, whilst other kinds, such as the Buckingham 
Mignonne and Late Admirable, growing immediately in contact with 
them, were perfectly clean—a proof that it is peculiar to some varieties. 
Of favourite kinds of Peaches there were the Bellegarde, Buckingham 
Mignonne, Grosse Mignonne, Noblesse, Violet, Chancellor, Late 
Admirable, and Walberton ; the last-named is an excellent variety, 
ripening at the same time as the Late Admirable, very much 
resembling the Noblesse, and equal to it in every point. The north¬ 
west wall is a continuation of Currants. 
The garden following is devoted entirely to Cherries, and in them 
we saw the same vigour and beauty which we had noticed in every¬ 
thing else we had seen. The general crop was over, but there were 
still some excellent late kinds hanging—the Florence, Bigarreau 
Napoleon (far superior to the old Bigarreau, being larger, better 
flavoured, and not liable to crack), and Late Duke, a very useful late 
Cherry. We then came to the last of these gardens, the Plum one, 
where we saw a splendid collection, upon the south-west wall, the sorts 
being chiefly Coe’s Golden Drop, Green Gage, and Reine Claude Violette 
(or the Purple Gage), a delicious shrivelling kind, almost equal to the 
Green Gage. We saw some beautiful crops of the following upon the 
north-east wall:—the Washington, Goliath, Early Orleans, Kirk’s 
Hative, Coe’s Late Red, and Fotheringham; the north-west is all 
Imperatrice. Besides this garden, the north-west and north-east walls 
in the large square are filled with Plums. On the former there were 
splendid crops of the Victoria; the latter is chiefly occupied by late 
hanging crops of the Blue Imperatrice, Ickworth Imperatrice, Coe’s 
Golden Drop, and Switzen, all very excellent for late purposes. 
We then passed into the back garden or forcing ground, a strip about 
150 feet wide. The full length of the gardens is divided from the main 
square by the principal range ; at its back is a fine open south-east 
wall, one half of Apricots, the other of Peaches and Nectarines. Here 
they are trained in the fan form, and in the same thrifty state as the 
others we have spoken of. The Nectarines most esteemed by Mr. 
Ingram for out-door culture are the following:—Elruge, Violet Hative, 
Murrey, Downton, and Vermash. 
We were then shown into the centre square, a large space, containing 
about eight acres. On the upper side runs a terrace walk (in front of 
the long range of forcing houses) 20 feet in width, with another narrow 
walk going three parts round, with two across (the centre is the same 
width as the terrace walk), meeting in the centre of the square, and 
forming a circle wherein a fountain continually plays. On each side of 
the cross walks there are curved trellises, one covered with Pears and 
the other with Apples, giving the garden a beautiful appearance. 
The Pears, we were told, that were found to do best upon such trellises 
are the Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, Beurre de Capiaumont, Marie 
Louise, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Hacon’s Incomparable, Vicar of 
Winkfield, Forelle or Trout Pear, Ne Plus Meuris, Beurre Bose, and 
Moor Fowl Egg; many of the specimens were equal to those grown on 
wall trees. This kind of trellis appears just adapted to the Apple, for 
