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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
To this we may add that the typical form is also the Zinnia aurea of Dr. 
Lindley ( Gard. Citron ., 1861, 1114); and that the novelty now introduced 
appears to be worth trial as a dwarf orange-yellow bedding plant, especially for 
late summer flowering.—T. M. 
PBOFITABLE FKUIT-GAKDENING. 
JOU have published at page 181, from Mr. Bivers’ fruit catalogue, some very 
sensible remarks on profitable fruit-growing. Those who wish to get profit 
as well as pleasure in the cultivation of fruit will do well to add the 
following kinds to their collection, in addition to those named by Mr. Bivers. 
I am rather surprised that certain of the varieties I shall name, being of some 
years’ standing, should be so little known in many parts of the country. 
Among Apples, on reviewing the crops for the last ten years—a period which 
includes several unfavourable seasons—I find that Cox's Pomona produced a full 
crop every year. The Pomona is a firm, large, handsome apple, in use from October 
till Christmas, and is one of the best soft-fleshed kinds I know. Scar'let Pusset 
is an excellent winter apple, and will keep till April; this also produces heavy 
crops every year. Rosemary Russet is one of the most useful winter apples, and 
suitable for all culinary purposes—mincemeat, sauce, and pastry, besides being 
an excellent table apple, in use from November till May. For nine years it had a 
heavy crop, one season but a moderate one. Frogmore Prolific is a fine, large, 
useful kitchen variety ; it bore heavily in eight of the years, and in the other two 
years produced a moderate crop. Flower of Herts produced a crop every season ; 
this is a useful culinary apple, and will keep till April. The White Paradise 
also bore heavy crops every year. In comparison, I may mention that the 
following varieties, recognized as first-rate kinds, produced from four to five good 
crops during the ten years :— Blenheim , Braddicles Nonpareil , King of the 
Pippins , Cox s Orange Pippin , Small’s Golden Pippin, Caraway Russet , Ribston 
Pippin , Claygate Pearmain , and Wellington. 
Among Pears I can fully endorse what Mr. Bivers says in regard to Beurre 
Clairgeau , Louise Bonne (of Jersey), &c., and the following may with advantage 
be added to the list as first-rate hardy varieties :— Ananas , a good autumn pear, 
and suitable for market purposes ; every year it bore a good crop. Ne Plus 
Meuris , a good late variety ; bore well eight years, in the other two failed. Epine 
Dumas , produced a good crop every year ; it is a useful pear, in use from Novem¬ 
ber till Christmas. Fladberg , a very hardy kind of the old Swan-Egg class ; 
failed but one crop in ten years. 
Among Plums, the Victoria is, I think, the most profitable. Wilmot’s 
Orleans and Kirke’s are also pretty sure bearers. 
In reference to the foregoing varieties of fruits, it must be understood that 
the notes were taken from Standard, Bush, and Pyramidal trees. Of course, all 
kinds of Pears and Plums yield a pretty sure crop when the trees are trained to 
