THE COTIAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June li, 1359. 
151 
to each pot. Last year he foolishly allowed five dozen Peaches I 
on one tree. This year, the tree is permitted only two dozen, 
which promise to he very fine. 
About 250 pots of Straw bellies were placed in the house 
about two months since, which produced from 1.} lbs. to 2 lbs. 
of fruit every day, much of which is large, and all fine-flavoured. 
They are watered every day in the evening when the day has 
been warm and sunny. If cloudy, every second day. 
Every rafter has a young Vine growing up it. Some are j 
already bearing fruit. Yet the first orchard house, thirty feet 
long, was only finished two years since ; and the last .house, of | 
forty-five feet, was only completed at the end of last November. 
There are twenty-four Vines— Black Hamburgh, Black Fron- 
tignan, White ditto, Grisleg ditto, Muscat of Fsculata, Butch 
Sweetwater, and Golden Hamburgh. Old gardeners will say 
it is impossible Vines, Teaches, Nectarines, and Strawberries 
will do in one house. Dr. Beck’s look very happy and well; 
and, like “the happy family,’’appear to agree perfectly. 
The Vines will throw a grateful and useful shade on the fruit 
trees and moderate the heat, which, on the south portion of the 
house, is very great. Of course, there is no heating, no pipes 
or flues,—orchard-houses should not have them,—they are for 
the million. 
Dr. Beck’s Melons are as promising as usual; the beds are 
never lined, but the sun’s rays are husbanded. Dr. Beck ob¬ 
tained the first prize for Strawberries at Ipswich on Thursday 
week, against several who used hot water and flues; and an 
extra prize for table Pears, the Faster Beurre, some of which 
he has still. 
FRUITS ADAPTED TO TEE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Continued from page 138 ) 
NUTS AND FILBERTS. 
SYNOPSIS OF NUTS. 
I. nuts. —The husk shorter than, or as long as, the Nut. 
Bond Downton Square 
Cob Pearson’s Prolific 
Cosford 
* ii. filberts.— llv.sk longer than the Nut. 
Frizzled Red 
Lambert White 
Purple 
Bond Nut.— Husk hairy, shorter than the nut. Nut 
of medium size, ovate and oblong. Shell thin. Kernel 
large. 
This is an excellent nut, and the tree is a good bearer. 
Cape Nut. See Frizzled Filbert. 
Cob ( Round Cob). —Husk hairy, shorter than the nut, 
and much frizzled. Nut large, obtusely ovate. Shell of 
a light brown colour, rather thick. Kernel large. 
A good nut for early use, but does not keep well. 
Cosfobd (Miss Young’s ; Thin-shelled). —Husk hairy, 
as long as the nut, and deeply cut. Nut large, oblong. 
Shell of a light brown colour, very thin, so much so as to 
he easily broken between the finger and thumb. Kernel 
large, and well flavoured. 
An excellent early nut, and the tree is an abundant 
hearer. 
Downton Square. —Husk smooth, shorter than the 
nut. Nut large, short, four-sided. Shell thick. Kernel 
full, and well flavoured. 
Dwarf Prolific. See Pearson s Prolific. 
Filbert Cob. See Lambert Filbert. 
Frizzled Filbert ( Frizzled Nut; Cape Nut). —Husk 
hairy, twice as long as the nut, deeply frizzled, and spread¬ 
ing open at the mouth. Nut small, oblong, and flattened. 
Shell thick. Kernel full. 
This is rather a late v ariety. The tree is an excellent 
hearer, and the nuts are produced in clusters. 
Kentish Cob. See Lambert Filbert. 
Lambert Filbert ( Kentish Cob; Filbert Cob). —Husk 
nearly smooth, longer than the nut, and very slightly cut 
round the margin. Nut large, oblong, and somewhat 
compressed. Shell pretty thick, of a brown colour. 
Kernel full, and very richly flavoured. 
This is, perhaps, the best of all the nuts. The tree is 
a most abundant bearer; some of the nuts are upwards 
of an inch in length, and they have, with care, been kept 
for four years. It is only after being kept for some time 
that their full richness of flavour is obtained. 
Miss Young’s. See Cosford. 
Nottingham Prolific, bee Pearson s Prolific. 
Pearson’s Prolific (Dwarf Prolife; Nottingham 
Prolific). —Husk hairy, shorter than the nut. Nut me¬ 
dium sized, and smaller than the Cob ; obtusely ovate. 
Shell rather thick. Kernel full. 
A very excellent variety. The trees are most abun¬ 
dant bearers, and I have seen them not more than two 
feet and a half high laden with fruit. 
Purple Filbert (Purple-leaved). —This differs from 
the Red Filbert in having the leaves of a dark blood-red 
colour, like those of the Purple Beech. The fruit is 
similar to, and quite as good as, that of the Red Filbert, 
and is of a deep purple colour. It is, therefore, not only 
valuable as au ornamental shrub, but produces excellent 
fruit. 
Red Filbert (Red Hazel). —Husk hairy, louger than 
the nut. Nut of medium size, ovate. Shell thick. Kernel 
full, covered w ith a red skin. 
Round Cob. See Cob. 
Thin-shelled. See Cosford. 
White Filbert (Wrotham Park).— Husk hairy, longer 
than the nut, round the apex of which it is contracted. 
Nut medium sized, ovate. Shell thick. Kernel full, 
and covered with a w bite skin. 
Wrotliam Park. See White Filbert. 
PEACHES. 
SYNOPSIS OF PEACHES. 
I. FREESTONES. 
Flesh separating freely from the stone. 
* Leave . 
a. Flo wers large. 
Early Anne 
Early Savoy 
Early York 
Hemskerk 
Malta 
Montaubon 
N oblesse 
Prince Eugene 
Princesse Marie 
Pucelle de M alines 
ivilhout glands. 
Red Magdalene 
Sulliamstead 
Vanguard 
White Magdalene 
White Nutmeg 
b. Flowers small. 
Early Tillotson 
Royal Charlotte 
Royal George 
Leaves with 
A. Flowers large. 
Abec 
Acton Scot 
Barrington 
Belle Beauco 
Early Admirable 
Early Grosse Mignonne 
Grosse Mignonne 
Hative de Eerrieres 
Leopold the Fust 
Mountaineer 
Springrove 
B. Flowers small. 
American Newington 
Belle de Doue 
round glands. 
Bellegarde 
Boudin 
Cooledge’s Favourite 
Crawford’s Early 
Desse Tardive 
George the Fourth 
Gregory’s Late 
Incomparable en Beaute 
Late Admirable 
Morrisania 
Nivette 
Teton de Venus 
Yiolette Hative 
Walburton Admirable 
Yellow Alberge 
