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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
April 24. 
Class 49 .—'To the Cottager, rent not more than ^8, who exhibits the 
best lot in any of the above classes,—214. First prize, Henry Surtees, 
Riding Mill. (Class 22.) 140. Second prize, John Graham, West 
Jesmond. (Class 13.) 239 . Third prize, G. Dixon, Riding. (Class 26 .) 
Class 50 .—Pea Fowl.—B est Peacock.—364. First prize, Wm. Trotter, 
By well, 363. Second prize, Mrs. Tweddle, Penny Hill, Ponteland. 
ClassSl.—P igeons.—B est pair of Carriers.—First prize, Wm. Ken¬ 
nedy, Cramlington, Newcastle. Second prize, J. Perccvall, Clent Villa, 
Birmingham. 
Class 52.—Best pair of Almond Tumblers.—First prize, Geo. Fawdon, 
Gateshead. Second prize, Geo. Fawdon, Gateshead. 
Class 53.—Best Balds or Beards.—First prize, Geo. Fawdon. Second 
prize, J. Percivall. 
Class 54.—Best Nuns.—First prize, Wm. Kennedy. Second prize, J. 
Percivall. 
Class 55.—Best Turbits.—First prize, Wm. Kennedy. Second prize, 
George Cooper, 52, Clayton-street, Newcastle. 
Class 57 .—Best pair of Jacobines.—First prize, Wm, Kennedy. Second 
prize, Geo. Cooper. 
Class 58.—Best pair of Fantails.—First prize, George Fawdon. Second 
prize, J. Percivall. 
Class 59 .—Best pair of Trumpeters.—First prize, Mr. Irwin, Gates¬ 
head. Second prize, Wm. Kennedy. 
Class 60 .— Best pair of Pouters or Croppers.—First prize, George 
Fawdon. Second prize,', William Dunn, Millfield Byers, Bishopwear- 
mouth. 
Class 61.—Best pair of Barbs.—First prize, J. Percivall, Birmingham 
Second prize, Wm. Kennedy, Cramlington. 
Class 62. —Best pair of Runts.— First prize, Thomas Bridges, Croydon, 
Surrey. 
Class 63.—Best pair of Dragons.—First prize, G. Fawdon. Second 
prize, Cuth. Burnump, jun., Newcastle, 
, Class 64.—Best pair of Swallows.—First prize, Wm. Kennedy. 
Class 65.—Best pair of Turtle Doves.—First prize, J. S. Challoner, 
Newcastle. 
Class 66.— Rabbits. —Best Long-eared.—First prize, John Wisdom, 
Marton Hall, Middlesborough, Yorkshire. 
Class 68.— Eggs. —Best twelve Hen Eggs.—First prize, Henry Wil¬ 
liams, Sunderland Road (Spanish). Second prize, Mrs. VV. T. Bell, 
Hill House, Bishopwearmouth (Spanish.) 
Class 69 .—Best twelve Duck Eggs.—First prize, Rev. J. F. Bigge, 
Stamfordham Rectory, Second prize, Rev. F. R. Simpson, North Sun¬ 
derland. 
Class 70.— Butter. —Best pound of Sweet.—First prize, Hon. Mr. 
T. Liddell, Ravensworth Castle. Second prize, Wm. Trotter, Bywell. 
PEARS ON WHITE THORN STOCKS— 
PREVENTING THE CARROT GRUB. 
By an accident, I have only just received No. 337 of 
The Cottage 'Gardener ; otherwise, I would have en¬ 
deavoured to answer two of the questions therein asked 
earlier. 
I have seen several Pear-trees on Hawthorn stocks in the 
cottage gardens in this parish; but they are looked upon 
here merely as curiosities, and though they bear, they do 
not look healthy, or likely to be profitable. 
I never could grow clean Carrots in my garden here, till 
I took to dig in a good dressing of soot, which plan I have 
now followed some years with the greatest success. The 
insects which used to annoy me were different in colour 
and size from the wireworm, being much smaller, and of a 
dirty white colour, and though we called them wireworms, 
I think they were not really so, as we have plenty of the 
true liard-skinned, straw-coloured wireworms in other parts 
of the premises.—H. M. Sherwood, White Ladies, Aston 
Vicarage , Worcester. 
[Our correspondent is quite right as to the Carrot-grub. 
It is the larva of a fly, Psila rosce ; but the wireworm is the 
larva of a beetle, Elater.~\ 
PEARS ON WHITE THORN STOCKS. 
In the number of The Cottage Gardener for March 13, 
page 463,“ H.,” enquires if the Pear will succeed on the White 
Thorn stock. The writer of this answer is acquainted with 
two Pear-trees which were so grafted about twenty-live 
years ago. As in the case of “ IT.,” they were grafted by my 
uncle in my father’s garden. They are both standards, and 
such small trees, that a good-sized table-cloth would cover 
each of them. They are perfectly healthy, and free from 
canker, though they are in a garden where few Apple-trees 
willlive. They bear well every other year; and I have no doubt 
they would bear every year if properly pruned. Like “H.,’’ 
with my uncle I imbibed a taste for flowers and gardening; 
but I lost his tuition when very young, though I still retain 
a grateful recollection of it.—J. Rogers, Haverford West. 
A friend and neighbour of mine, who is but an amateur 
gardener, but who is very fond of trying experiments, has 
long been in the habit of grafting Pears upon White Thorn 
stocks, and he says, he thinks the Thorn feeds the graft as 
amply as the Quince, and has not found it to fail in any of 
the sorts that he has cultivated. There is a St. Germain, 
in a neighbour’s orchard, grafted by him on a White Thorn, 
which has grown well, and bears in great profusion ; and I 
have a Marie Louise in mine, which is also very healthy; 
but we are too far north to allow of this delicate Pear 
coming to much perfection. He thinks that your enquirer 
need not despair of success upon a White Thorn stock, in 
any soil where the situation and climate are suitable. As, 
however, the Thorn does not swell so rapidly, or, perhaps, 
ever reach the bulk of the Pear, he advises, that if the 
tree be intended to be a standard, the ground upon which it 
grows should be level, and the graft inserted very near the 
surface, so that the joining may not appear above ground ; 
besides which, he thinks the Thorn has a better chance of 
swelling below than it has above the surface. As the 
Thorn, like the Quince, is not so replete with juice as the free 
stock, he thinks that it is Tetter adapted for the Beuree 
than for the Musk, or dry Pears. He also thinks that the 
Thorn stock has this advantage—it is not so fastidious in 
regard to the soil as either the free stock or the Quince.— 
J. C- n. 
EARTHEN PIPES FOR FLUES. 
To attract notice, I at once commence with a recom¬ 
mendation. 1 would advise all who may wish to try the 
pipes to do what 1 would do myself, if I were again to put 
them in; I would build with fire-bricks in the ordinary 
WAY FOR FOUR OR FIVE FEET FROM THE FIRE-BRANDER, 
and then attach the pipes. This would obviate all risk— 
at three or four feet from the fire, I could always have held 
my hand on the pipes. They heat very regularly all round, 
and the upright pipes get warm along with the others. To 
strengthen mine, I am to take out the sand, and surround 
with mortar and small stones for six or eight inches, which 
I think will keep them as firm as a rock. Both these 
modes will retain the heat much longer. I cannot discern 
any soot in the pipes, and I can corroborate the statement 
as to the excellent draft. Indeed, from whatever direction 
the wind blew, I never had a puff of smoke at the stoke¬ 
hole, and the fire was easily lighted. But in course of time, 
when they would be the better for cleaning out, I think by 
firing a few shots of a pistol along the pipes, then taking 
steps and pouring a few pailsfull of water down the chimney, 
will clean them out. Or, from the form of the pipe, a 
small ball of thread or twine can be washed down, so as to 
communicate an efficient mode of cleaning. 
I trust some practical person may, as recommended by 
you, try the efficiency of these pipes, and report. Any 
recommendation that I may have held out has only been 
from the experience of my own, although I have no other 
interest than for the good of my fellow amateurs.-*-A. G., 
Edinburgh. 
Now “ look on this picture.” 
In perusing over The Cottage Gardener of the 4th \ 
inst., I find that glazed earthenware pipes are recommended j 
for heating small greenhouses. I have not had any ex- i 
perience in their use with hot-water, but to those who arc 1 
thinking of using them instead of a brick flue, I beg to ' 
offer my advice; and, first, I say, do not use them at all; 
and, secondly, to those who are determined to try them, do 
not use them less than eight inches diameter, and carry a 
brick-flue at least two or two-and-a-half-yards from the fire, 
before commencing with the pipes. I have scarcely time to 
