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Mr . B. Simonite; 3rd, Seedling, Mr. B. Simonite; 4th, Lord Milton, Mr. S. Hartley; 5th, 
Lord Milton, Mr. John Fletcher. Pinh and Purple Bizarres —1st, Janies Taylor, Mr. B. 
Simonite; 2nd, Seedling, Mr. B. Simonite; 3rd, James Taylor, Mr. B. Simonite; 4th, 
James Taylor, Mr. George Rudd; 5th, Falconbridge, Mr. George Rudd. Purple Plaices —• 
1st, Dr. Foster, Mr. R. Lord; 2nd, James Douglas, Mr. S. Simonite; 3rd and 4th, Squire 
Meynell, Mr. G. Rudd; 5th, Lady Peel, Mr. B. Simonite. Scarlet Flakes —1st, Sportsman, 
Mr. B. Simonite; 2nd, Clipper, Mr. Robert Lord; 3rd, Seedling, Mr. B. Simonite; 4th, 
Clipper, Mr. Thomas Bower; 5th, Sportsman, Mr. B. Simonite. Bose Flakes —1st, Seed¬ 
ling, Mr. B. Simonite; 2nd and 3rd, John Keet, Mr. Robert Lord; 4th, Seedling, Mr. B. 
Simonite; 5th, John Keet, Mr. R. Lord. 
PicoTEES. — Bed, heavy-edged —1st and 2nd, Master Norman, Mr. S. Hartley; 3rd, 
Mrs. Dodwell, Mr. B. Simonite; 4th and 5th, J. B. Bryant, Mr. B. Simonite. Bed, light- 
edged —1st, Miss Sharp (Simonite), Mr. B. Simonite; 2nd, Wm. Summers, Mr. John 
Fletcher; 3rd, Wm. Summers, Mr. George Rudd. Purple, heavy-edged —1st, Mrs. Slack, 
Mr. B. Simonite; 2nd, Alliance, Mr. B. Simonite; 3rd, Mrs. Slack, Mr. B. Simonite; 4th, 
Mrs. Niven, Mr. B. Simonite; 5th, Mrs. Douglas, Mr. B. Simonite. Purple, light-edged 
—1st, Rosalind, Mr. B. Simonite; 2nd and 3rd, Ann Lord, Mr. R. Lord; 4th, Seedling, 
Mr. B. Simonite; 5th, Seedling No. 28, Mr. R. Lord. Bose, heavy-edged —1st, Miss 
Horner, Mr. R. Lord; 2nd, Seedling, Mr. B. Simonite; 3rd, Miss Horner, Mr. R. Lord; 
4th, Flower of the Day, Mr. John Fletcher; 5th, Juliana, Mr. S. Hartley. Bose, light- 
edged —1st, Mrs. Allcroft, Mr. R. Lord; 2nd, Ethel, Mr. B. Simonite; 3rd, Fairy Queen, 
Mr. S. Hartley; 4th, Miss Wood, Mr. Jno. Fletcher; 5th, Miss Wood, Mr. G. Rudd. 
— E. S. Dodwell. 
THE CULTUEE OF WALL FEUITS. 
Chapter XI.— The Peach and Nectarine (continued). 
EFEREINGr again to tlie question of protection, there can be no doubt but 
that a covering of glass is the best medium to interpose between trees on 
walls, and the sudden changes in atmospherical conditions incidental to 
our springs. It may be most expensive at the first, but former experience 
convinces me that it is most economical in the long-run, and that under it more 
fruit may be produced within a given space than on double or even treble the 
space without such protection. I have proved that Peach blossoms in a 
thoroughly dry state will submit to several more degrees of frost without injury 
than when they are exposed to storms of rain in the spring, so often fol¬ 
lowed by severe frosty mornings. Now this dry condition is a very essential 
one in the setting of the fruit, and it is one of the best recommendations of a 
glass covering that it ensures this condition of dryness. 
The ways and means of applying these coverings are so various, that it would 
be invidious in me to recommend any one system more than another. I will 
therefore content myself with mentioning a few of the conditions which are 
indispensable for facility of working, and necessary for the attainment of the 
desired end in the production of fruit, this, after all, being the pivot upon which 
every other operation turns. 
In the first place, the structure should be a portable one, that is, easily 
put up and easily taken down. It is not desirable to give to trees on 
walls the same treatment as would be given to trees in an orchard-house, and 
therefore provision must be made for such facility in giving air as shall, when 
occasion requires, be equivalent to free exposure. In upright erections this may 
be attained by sliding lights one over the other, so as to leave every alternate 
