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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
be induced to do so, feeling confident’that such as do will find it one of tlie 
best, if not the best, late Broccoli in cultivation, and a most useful auxiliary 
where a large supply of vegetables is required. 
Stourton. M. Saul. 
FROGMORE EARLY BIGARREAU CHERRY. 
By the time these pages are in the hands of our readers, the Frogmore 
Early Bigarreau Cherry will be at its highest excellence, perfectly ripe, and 
waning towards its end, before any of tlie other Bigarreaus have yet made 
their appearance. It is comparatively a new variety, and is as yet not 
much known. It w^as raised by Mr. Thomas Ingram, of the Royal Gardens 
at Frogmore, and the original tree is 
growing against a north-east wall in 
the gardens there. 
Unlike the class to which it 
belongs, it has a tender 
flesh. In every respect it is a Big¬ 
arreau in habit, leaf, and appearance 
of the fruit, and must be classified 
along with these varieties ; but as if 
to set at nought all human arrange¬ 
ments, it persists in having a delicious 
melting flesh, instead of one that is 
hard and crackling. 
The fruit is large, obtusely heart- 
shaped, with a very shallow suture. 
Skin with a brilliant red cheek, dotted 
with minute yellow points, and of a 
remarkably pale almost pure white 
where shaded—so susceptible is it of 
shade, that the point of a leaf or the 
shadow of a twig would be photo¬ 
graphed on this brilliant red. Stalk 
2 inches long with a very small re¬ 
ceptacle, and set in a shallow and 
narrow cavity. Flesh very delicate 
and translucent, perfectly tender, 
melting, and very juicy, with a rich sweet flavour. Stone small. 
The tree is a great bearer, clusters of a dozen and a half to two dozen 
large handsome Cherries being produced on a small spray; and the fruit 
ripens in the middle of June. 
H. 
properly 
melting 
BEDDING PELARGONIUMS. 
Out of the great mass of Bedding Pelargoniums of 1866 I propose to 
select in the first instance from the Variegated kinds (which term is used in a 
very general sense), and next from the Zonal and Plain-leaved, those which 
have received certificates during the past year as indicating the possession of 
more than average claims to merit, though their value as bedding kinds is 
the standard by which their value must eventually be judged. In the Varie¬ 
gated section the following received first-class certificates :—Edward George 
