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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, October 5, 1858. 
Beownlees’ Russet, k. d. —Large, roundish-ovate, 
and rather flattened. Skin green and russetted, with 
brownish red next the sun. Eye closed. Stalk short, 
deeply inserted. Flesh greenish white, tender, juicy, 
sweet, and aromatic. An excellent late apple. January 
to May. 
Brown Spice. See Aromatic Russet. 
Burntisland Pippin. See Aromatic Russet. 
Calville, Winter White, k. ( White Calville ).— 
Large and flattened, marked on its sides with pro¬ 
minent ribs. Skin smooth, shining, rich yellow, and 
tinged with red. Eye small and deep. Stalk slender 
and deeply inserted. Elesh white, tender, sweet, and 
juicy. January to April. 
Cambridge Pippin. See Bedfordshire Foundling. 
Caelisee Codein, k. —Eruit above medium size, 
ovate, and angular. Skin smooth, pale yellow. Eye 
closed. Stalk very short. Flesh white, tender, crisp, 
juicy, and brisk. An excellent culinary apple. From 
August to December. 
Ceeeini, k.d. —Above medium size, roundish, and 
handsomely shaped. Skin deep yellow, beautifully 
streaked and mottled with red next the sun. Eye 
large and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk very 
short. Elesh white, tender, juicy, with a fine, brisk, 
balsamic flavour, and high aroma. A first-rate culinary 
apple, and also useful in the dessert. October to 
November. 
Chalmers’ Large. See Dutch Codlin. 
Christie's Pippin, d.—R ather small, round, and 
compressed. Skin deep yellow, mottled with red next 
the sun. Stalk short. Eve small. Elesh yellowish 
white, tender, brisk, and juicy, with a pleasant flavour. 
A first-rate dessert apple. December to February. 
Claremont. See French Oral). 
C lays ate Peaemain, d. —Medium sized, conical. 
Skin dull greenish yellow, with brownish red next 
the sun. Stalk medium. Eye large. Flesh yellow, 
tender, and richly aromatic, of the Ribston flavour. 
An abundant bearer, and first-rate fruit. November 
to March. 
Clifton Nonesuch. See Fearn's Pippin. 
Coates’. See Yorkshire Greening. 
Cobbett’s Fall Pippin. See Reinette Blanche 
d ’ Fspagne. 
Cobham, p. — Above medium size, roundish. Skin 
greenish yellow, mottled with red. Eye small and 
closed. Stalk slender and deeply inserted. Flesh 
pale yellow, crisp, sugary, and aromatic. An excellent 
dessert apple, with something of the character of 
Ribston Pippin. September to January. 
Coccagee, c.—Medium sized, ovate, fine yellow. 
Skin red next the sun. One of the best cider apples. 
October to December. 
Cooker Pippin, p. ( Nutmeg Pippin). —Medium sized, 
conical or ovate. Skin fine brownish yellow, russety 
at the base. Stalk slender. Eye in a narrow and 
shallow basin. Flesh yellow, rich, and perfumed. 
Excellent flavour, and first-rate dessert fruit. January 
to April. 
Coe’s Golden Deop, d. —Small and conical. Skin 
yellow, with a few crimson spots next the sun. Eye 
small and open. Stalk long. Flesh firm, crisp, sugary, 
and vinous. A first-rate dessert apple. November ito 
May. 
Copmauthorpe Crab. See Dutch Mignonne. 
Coenish Gieeiflowee, d. —Rather large, oval, and 
angular towards the eye. Skin deep yellowish green, 
tinged with red, intermixed with streaks of deeper red 
next the sun, russety. Stalk an inch long. Eye nearly 
closed, set in an uneven basin. Flesh yellow, firm, 
rich, and perfumed, like the Clove Gilliflower. Rather 
a shy bearer, but one of “the best of apples.” No¬ 
vember to May. 
Couet of Wick, d. (Fry's Pippin, Golden Drop, 
Knightwiek Pippin, Phillips’ Reinette, Wood’s Hunt¬ 
ingdon, Weeks’ Pippin, Yellow Pippin). —Rather small, 
roundish, ovate, and compressed at the ends. Skin 
greenish yellow, orange and russety next the sun. 
Stalk short and slender. Eye open and shallow. 
Flesh deep yellow, juicy, and highly flavoured. An 
abundant bearer, and first-rate fruit. October to 
March. 
Couet Pendu Plat, d. ( Garnon's Pippin, Princesse 
Noble Zoete, Russian, Wollaton Pippin). — Medium 
sized, round, and compressed. Skin rich deep red, 
greenish yellow in the shade. Stalk short and deeply 
inserted. Eye large and open, set in a wide shallow 
basin. Flesh yellow, rich, and briskly acid. An 
abundant bearer, and excellent fruit. November to 
April. 
(To be continued.) 
FUCHSIAS. 
I am much obliged for your list of Fuchsias. I sec by it that 
there are very few any better than those I already possess. 
In those with white corollas, you have omitted the only one 
(save Mrs. Story) worth growing, viz., Princess Royal. This 
is by far the boldest and best, but I hope that growers will 
yet produce one with a whiter and larger corolla than any 
variety now out. All you have enumerated are crosses, you 
say, from the Mexican. Is it not very surprising that some 
fine kinds have not been produced by crosses with serratifolia, 
—Amateur. 
ARTIFICIAL COMB FOR BEES. 
Referring to a paragraph upon this subject, which was 
copied from an American paper, and which appeared in The 
Cottage Gardener of the 14th ult., I fully agree with what 
is there stated, respecting the large quantity of honey con¬ 
sumed in the production of wax, and the consequent saving 
in labour to these industrious insects which would result from 
their being furnished with ready-made combs. Any one, who 
has even cursorily examined a clean and empty piece of comb, 
and remarked the extreme beauty and delicacy of its con¬ 
struction, will probably coincide with me in the opinion, that 
to manufacture an artificial substitute would be a task of 
extreme difficulty, if not absolutely impracticable. It has, 
however, occurred to me, that if thin sheets of wax, of the 
requisite dimensions, could be formed, and attached to comb- 
bars in the same manner as guide-comb, it is very possible 
that the bees themselves might fabricate them into comb, and 
thus readily attain the desired result. 
The advantages of this process (if successful) would, of 
course, be limited to saving the little artificers the labour of 
collecting the large quantity of honey which I believe to be 
consumed in filling a hive with combs, as well as the time 
required for the secretion of wax, during which process they 
remain, according to Dr. Bevan, “ in a state of profound in¬ 
activity about twenty-four hours.” The elaboration of the 
waxen sheets into comb may, perhaps, be taken to equal in 
point of labour the construction of combs from their founda¬ 
tion in the usual way. 
It is, of course, very possible that the Bees may decline to 
accept the proffered assistance; but it appears to me that 
there is sufficient probability of success to make it worth 
trying. I confess that at present I do not know any ready 
means of preparing thin waxen sheets of the required size— 
say, eleven inches by eight inches—and substance (I fancy 
they should be about the thickness of cardboard) ; but it is 
possible that some among the multitudinous readers of The 
Cottage Gardener may be able to instruct me, in which 
case 1 shall be happy to submit my theory to the test of 
experiment at the earliest opportunity. 
I should be very glad if other correspondents of The 
Cottage Gardener would oblige me with their opinions on 
