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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 11. 
be new and superior, tliat have been published in the 
" Journal of the Loudon Horticultural Society.” The 
e.vperiinents were conducted, and are reported, by IMr. 
R. Thompson. 
Hartli/’s ShuUul Onion. —Strong flavoured; probably good 
keeper; ii'regular in size and form ; “ by a judicious selection 
of bulbs for seed, a useful .sound-keeping viuiety may very 
pi'obably be obtained.” 
Florcnliner Vjiuckcrhse Pea, from Germany, proved to be 
our Earhj Frame. 
Paradise Pea. —Sown ilay i Tth, fit for use .July 2flrd ; four 
feet high ; good quality; abundant bearer; allied to the 
Early Charlton. 
Fore de Filz-.Tamcs Pea. —Sown Blay 17th, fit for use July 
20th ; four feet higli; A’ery good, but a curious degeneration, 
probably, from the Cliarlton, the jtods and peas being yellow. 
SuHon's Early Goliath Pea. —Sown Blay 17th, lit for use 
July 18th; four feet high; “a very good, early, productive 
pea.” 
Snllon’.s Snperh Marrou'fat. —Same as Woodford Green 
Blarrow. 
Early Prince of IVales Pea. —Sown February Kith, fit for 
use June 25th. “ A well-selected Early Frame.” 
Ppyai Alfred Pea. —Sown Februaiy 1 Oth, fit for use July 
14th; three to four feet high; large and good; “a sort of 
Blarrow, but ]int so sugary as Knight’s.” 
Trial of Plarly Pea.s. —The following are the residts of 
sowing of ditferent kinds of Early Peas, made with the view 
of ascertaining their comparative merits in point of earli¬ 
ness ;— 
1. Early Frame 
sown 
November 15; 
fit June 4. 
2. Early Kent 
do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
4. 
Early Emperor . 
do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
4. 
4. Sanyster's No. 1. 
do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
4. 
.5. Early Charlton 
do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
24. 
(i. Early Long-podded 
Bishop’s Dwarf 
1 do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
24. 
7. Early Surprise 
do. 
do. 
15; 
do. 
24. 
The first four of tlie above may be considered identical. 
Sangster’s No. 1 was admitted to have been sent out in 
mistake. Slight differences will take place in the Early 
Frame, and other sorts, in cojisequence of the mode of 
saving, lienee the Early Kent <and Early Emperor; but 
they are certainly not decidedly different permanently. They 
were exactly alike in the above trial. 
llaricol de Prayue jaspl. —A tall running Kidney Bean ; 
not good in its green state ; dried seeds said to be excellent. 
ITaricot de Belyic. —A running Kidney Bean ; pods five 
inches long, and still tender; tolerable bearer, Imt not very 
early ; very good, but must have support. 
Bash Haricot {Haricot solitaire). —Fifteen inches high, 
and branchy close to the ground like a bush ; pods abundant, 
five inches long, crisp, tr.ansparent, and excellent; commence 
forming early, and continue long in be.aring; dry seeds, 
speckled rod and white ; must be grown two feet apart each 
way. “ Foi-ms a valuable succession to the earlier sorts, 
especially during hot dry weather.” 
Sniatl IVliitc-seeded Haricot. —A variety of the Haricot riz., 
but earlier, more productive and hardier. •* Not so good us 
various others.” 
Neu'inyton fTo?ider French Bean. —Excellent; one foot 
high; early and productive; i)ods very fleshy, and seeds 
form slowly ; grown in rows eighteen inches apart. 
Black Belyian Kidney Bean. —Best both for early and 
late sowing. Dwarf; sown in pots and planted out when 
earth warm enough; and late in summer will produce a crop 
until cut dQwn by frost. “ This and the Heicinglon Wonder 
are considered the best varieties of Dwarf Kidney Beans.” 
Tarkische Bohne. —This Kidney Bean is the same as the 
Sahre. 
“ Dachessc de Treuise Strairhcrry-^Vvo^onioA to the Society 
by BI. Jamin, Bourg la-Reiire, near Paris, September (1, 
1851.—Fruit middle-sized, ovate, deep red; seeds small, 
rather deeply embedded ; flesh pale red, juicy, w ith a brisk 
rich flavour. Leaves lai’ge, roundish, widely and rather 
obtusely serrated. Leaf-stalks moderately tall, very hairy, 
tho hairs on these spreading horizontally, but those on the 
scapes and runners are adpressed. Appears to be a good 
bearer, ripening quite as early as Keens’ Seedling. It w ill ' 
require to be planted as widely apart as the sort just men- ; 
tioned. As far as can be judged of it in the present season 
it seems deserving of cultivation, or, at all events, certainly 
of further trial. j 
“Balter’s VersaiUaise Strawberry —Presented to the Society j 
by Blr. John Salter, Nurseryman. Hammersmith, Oct. 24, ' 
18.52.-—-Fruit lai'ge ovate, sometimes flattened or cockscomb- 
shaped; dark red; seeds rather deeply embedded; flesh | 
pale, juicy and lich. Leaves middle-sized, roundish oval, 
widely serrated. Lc,af-stalks, scapes and runners hairy, the 
hairs spreading almost horizontally. A good bearer, ripen¬ 
ing abmit tho same time as Keens’ Seedling, to which it will 
doubtless be prefciTed by those who like a brisker flavour 
than is possessed by Keens’ Seedling. On the whole, it is 
worthy of recommendation, being large and a good bearer; 
many of the new sorts have these i)rop)erties only, but this I 
has also good flavour. i 
“ BeadneU's Seedling Pear —This wms raised by .Tolm Bead- i 
nell. Esq., BVest Green Boad, Tottenham, and cuttings of | 
it wore presented by him to the Society.—The fruit is nemly | 
middle-sized, turbinate, stalk short; eye a little open ; skin 
pale yellowish-green on the shaded side, red next the sun, 
much speckled with whitish-grey dots. Flesh melting, ex¬ 
ceedingly juicy, and rich. It is not buttery, but so melting, 
when used in its full perfection, that one can scarcely say 
whether he is not rather drinking than eating. Its period 
of ri])ening varies between tho middle of Septenrber and 
that of October. It does not keep lorig after being ripe. 
The tree is vigorous, and bears very abundantly. Shoots 
long, bright chesnut coloured where well exposed, much 
spotted with wdiitish spots. Loaves moderately large, 
cordate on the young shoots, somewhat conc.avo and acumi¬ 
nate, serrated; those on the spurs are elliptic. Stipidcs 
linear, rather more than half the length of the pefioles. 
This variety cannot fail to be very acceptable on account of 
its rich, abundant, and highly refreshing juice. 
“ Shanghae This variety was sent to the Society 
Blr. Fortune, who found it growing to a very large size in 
the North of China.—Along with a plant of it in a pot, he 
sent some of the peach stones. These were sown and came 
up abundantly ; but they had a very unpromising appear¬ 
ance for fruit, then’ foliage being narrow, and altogether un¬ 
like that of a cultivated sort. They were, however, potted, 
and when fit, used as stocks for the original. Sev(u-al trees 
on these stocks were planted against a south w'all, where 
they grew rapidly. The trees have produced better fruit this 
year than formerly, probably owing to unusually high tem¬ 
perature in July. The flowers aio large ; the leaves of the 
pet.als deeply coloured. Leaves crenated, with reniform 
glands. Fruit very large, ten inches or more in circum¬ 
ference, roundish, and very handsome; pale yellow where 
shaded, and delicate crimson red next the sun. The flesh 
is jialo yellow next the skin, but veiy deep red at the stone, 
to w'bich it is attached by strong fibres, yet it is not every¬ 
where adherent like the flesh of the cling-stone peaches. It 
is juicy and rich, but it requires to be gathered a day or two 
before it is used. In this state some gentlemen ])referred 
it to old esteemed sorts. It ripens about tlie same time as 
the Bellcgarde. The tree is a good bearer. Buds of this 
sort have been distributed to the various nursery-men or 
other ]*>llows of the Society who applied for them. It 
must, how'evei’, be observed, tiiat it requires a good aspect, 
and warm situation. It would probably answer for forcing, 
with plenty of he.at. Some buds of it were sent to I’aris, 
and there its fruit is said to be splendid. Like all large 
fruited varieties it ought to be well thinned.” 
Tho follow'ing is a list of the liorticulturnl (tml 
Poultry Shows of which we are at jn-csent aware. BVe 
shall he obliged by any of our readers sending us ad¬ 
ditions to the list, and giving the address of the Se¬ 
cretaries. 
nORTICUr.TURAI, SHOWS. 
Bury St. Edmunds, Nov. 2ti (Chrysanthemums). (Sec. 
G. B. Clay, Esq.) 
