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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 28, 1859. 
resembles the old Nonpareil. Trees of it are for sale by Mr. 
Stark, of Edinburgh. 
No. XXII.— Lodgemore Nonpareil Apple. 
SYNONYMY.— Clissold’s Seedling. 
fruit fragrant, roundish, and reinette-shaped. 
Skin, when fully ripe, of a deep golden yellow colour, dotted j 
tvith minute grey dots where shaded, and flushed with red where ! 
exposed to the sun. 
Eye slightly closed with broad flat segments, and set in a 
narrow saucer-like basin. 
Stalk a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and pretty 
deep cavity. 
Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and juicy ; juice rich, sugary, and , 
with a tine aroma. 
The tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer. It was raised 
about forty years ago by a Mr. Cook at Lodgemore, near Stroud, 
in Gloucestershire. 
I am indebted for the fruit to the Rev. John Bramhall, St. 
John’s Vicarage, King’s Lynn, who has grown it for a number 
of years, and found it invariably to keep well, and maintain its 
constant character. I am informed that Mr. Turner, of Slough, 
Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgewortli, and Mr. Foster, of Stroud, can 
supply trees of this variety.—H. 
STANDARD ROSES ON DOG-ROSE STOCKS. 
Although it is admitted that standard Roses have, in certain 
situations, a much handsomer appearance than those which stand 
on their own roots, yet disappointment has been felt by the 
former decaying and dying down far earlier than the latter. 
The reason of this is twofold. If certain kinds of Roses—those 
of a more weak or more tender kind—should be grafted on the stock 
of the Dog Rose, or Wild Brier, they do not exhaust the sap which 
comes up through the stem, which is, therefore, lost and goes to 
corrupt the stem or the stock on which they are grafted. But 
the other reason is the stronger one. In the course of a few years 
the stock becomes bark-bound, and the sap from its roots cannot 
ascend—it is constrained and choked. 
But just because it has not thus free vent, and cannot ascend, 
it takes another course. By a beautiful provision (and all such ! 
things in nature should be wisely observed), it prepares a sub¬ 
stitute for the old and worn-out Brier. For, near its root, it 
will generally be seen, there spring up a number of suckers, 
or new shoots, which protrude themselves from the earth all 
around. 
Now, let the strongest of these shoots, or suckers, be cherished 
and cared for (the rest may, or should, be pulled up), and let it 
be trained up alongside of its decaying parent, and when it be¬ 
comes tolerably firm and strong, fresh Roses of all the varieties 
may be budded upon it, and the old stem then removed. 
in my borders here, by the care of my good gardener, this | 
process has been very successful this year. And so I have before 
oifl an exemplification of the fact, that among Roses, as in the ! 
families of men, a young scion rises and grows up by the side of 
its parent; and, being suitably wedded, perpetuates the race, 
when the original stock fades and is removed.—R obert Paul, 
Kirkland Fudge, Kermiston. 
FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Continued from page 169.) 
PEACHES. 
Eauly Newington ( Smith’s Early Newington ).—Fruit 
medium sized, rather oval. Skin of a pale stcaw colour 
on the shaded side, and streaked with purple next the 
sun. Flesh pale yellow, tinged with light red next the 
stone to which it adheres; juicy and well flavoured. 
Flowers large. Glands none. Ripe the end of August 
and beginning of September. 
Early Newington Freestone. See American Newington. 
Early Purple (Pourpre'e Native; Pourpree Native a 
Gra tides Fleurs; Vineuse ).—Fruit medium sized roundishj 
depressed at the apex, divided on one side by t, deep su¬ 
ture extending from the base and across the ap -x. Skin 
covered with a thick down, pale sulphur yell w, thinly 
dotted with red on the shaded side, and deep purplish 
red next the sun. Flesh white, separating from the 
stone, red under the skin on the side which is exposed to 
the sun, and very deep red at the stone; of a rich vinous 
and sugary flavour. Flowers large. Glands kidney- 
shaped. Ripe the middle and end of August. 
Early Purple Avant. See Grosse Mignonne. 
Early Savoy {Precoce de Savoie ).—This is a variety 
of Grosse Mignonne, hut more ovate in shape, and paler 
colour on the side next the sun. It is an exceller t variety, 
and ripens in the end of August. Glands none. Flowers 
large. 
Early Tillotson. —Very like Royal George. 
Early York. —Fruit medium sized, roundish, inclining 
to ovate ; marked on one side with a shallow suture. 
Skin very thin, delicate greenish-w'hite, dotted with red 
in the shade, hut dark red next the sun. Flesh greenish 
white, melting, very juicy, vinous, and richly flavoured. 
Glands none. Flowers large. Ripe in the beginning and 
middle of August. 
One of the best early peaches. 
Early Vineyard. See Grosse Mignonne. 
Edgar’s Late Melting. See Chancellor. 
English Galande. See Violette Native. 
Flat Peach of China {China Peach; Java Peach ).— 
Fruit small, so much depressed at both ends as to form a 
deep hollow on each ; in the top one is set a broad, rough, 
and five-angled eye. Skin pale yellowish-green, mottled 
with red next the sun. Flesh pale yellow, free, red at 
the stone, sweet, juicy, and noyeau flavoured; forces 
well in pots. Middle and end of September. Flowers 
large. Glands kidney-shaped. 
1 believe this peach does not now exist in this country, 
all the trees having been killed by the severe frost of 
1838. 
Forster’s Early. See Grosse Mignonne. 
French Galande. See Bellegarde. 
French Magdalen. See Red Magdalen. 
French Mignonne. See Grosse Mignonne. 
Galande. See Bellegarde. 
George the Fourth.— Fruit large, round, swollen on 
one side of the suture. Skin yellowish white dotted with 
red, and rich dark red next the sun, mottled with dark 
red where the two colours blend. Suture deep at the 
summit. Stalk set in a hollow depression. Flesh pale 
yellow, rich, vinous, and juicy. Flowers small. Glands 
round. Early in September. 
This is a very large, and very excellent peach. 
