THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, October 12, 1858. 
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ing tiles, placed one on each side of the sticks of Celery, and tied 
together with string; hut snails and other unwelcome guests 
walk comfortably down, and too frequently disfigure the hearts 
of the plants.—J ohn Hague, Gardener, Groin Lodge, Ashton- 
ttnder-Lyne. 
MERITS OE AN ORCHARD-HOUSE. 
Hating gathered almost all the fruit in my orchard-house, I 
can say nothing of the kind ever gave mo so much satisfaction. 
From early spring, when the house was a mass of bloom, and 
when in a beautiful climate (without the heat and damp of a 
hothouse, with plenty of fresh air, but no cold, cutting winds), I 
enjoyed marking the minute differences of leaf and bloom, till the 
ripe fruit hung in all its beautiful variety. It has been one con¬ 
tinued pleasure. Not one of the numerous persons who have 
tasted my Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots, but allowed that 
they never tasted such fruits from walls,—such bags of juice, 
such tender flesh, such vinous flavour. Though very beautiful, 
and covered with fruit, I cannot think Plums are improved by 
the orchard-house. They were hardly so good as those from 
walls ; and the Pears were decidedly worse, and, except in a bad 
climate, or to prove a new variety, I should think it a pity to take 
up an orchard-house with them, when the space might be so 
much better occupied with Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines. 
A large number of Strawberries, in pots, may be grown, of de¬ 
licious flavour, with very little trouble, as they stand amongst the 
fruit trees, and can be removed when the fruit has been gathered. 
My object being to fruit as many good varieties as possible, we 
potted some of every sort we grow, and the result was, that, from 
the ripening of the early Nutmeg Peach to the present time, 
when the varieties of Late Admirable are hardly ripe, we have 
had a constant succession of fruit. Many of the trees, though 
only potted as maiden trees, quite cut down at the time, in the 
spring of 1857, have this year ripened from twenty-five to forty 
fine fruits each. 
Can anyone compare a collection of small trees growing na¬ 
turally in pots, their branches loaded with fine fruit, coming into 
use for three months, with a house in which six or eight Peach 
trees, trained under the glass, take up all the room f In the first 
cese, you have beauty, variety, and length of time, during which 
you have the pleasure of having, at all times, a few Peaches for a 
friend ; in the latter, you have a great many of one kind, all ripe 
at once ; and, if you grow fruit, and possess a garden, merely for 
ostentation, then you can send them to market. 
Whether we consider the orchard-house as a producer of fruit 
of fine quality, or, when built near the house, as an agreeable 
place to walk in during March winds, or wet weather, or for a 
place of exercise for the delicate in health, or where you may 
enjoy a cigar, without annoying others, it is equally enjoyable, 
at least so say my friends, who have many of them helped me to 
pass judgment on the new varieties, and think they will have to 
do so for some years before I ought to depend on my own opinion. 
—J. R. Peak son, Chilwell. 
RETARDING PEACHES IN ORCHARD HOUSES. 
The mode by which Peaches are retarded in orchard-houses, 
and their exquisite flavour retained, is as follows :—The trees, in 
pots, are removed early in June, to a span-roofed house, fourteen 
feet wide, and four feet high at its sides. The walls are formed by 
two hedges of Siberian Arbor Vitro. In sunny weather, when 
the air in the house becomes heated, such an abundance of air 
rushes in through the badges, that mid-season Peaches are re¬ 
tarded two or three weeks, and later Peaches, such as the Wal- 
Itirton Admirable, till the middle or end of October, still retaining 
a great portion, or all their flavour.—Tnos. Ritek3. 
DOUBLE PETUNIA BEDDER. 
In The Cottage Gardenf.k of September 28th, at page 411, 
Mr. Beaton expresses a doubt about the new double Petunias 
succeeding as bedding plants. Will you allow mo to inform him 
that I have just seen two beds of a double purple variety, at Cul- 
fard, near Bury St. Edmunds, flowering even more profusely, 
and certainly making more handsome beds, in my opinion, than 
any of the single-flowering varieties that 1 have seen ? 
The soil there is of a light nature, which may be favourable to 
that description of flower. The variety was named the Led cross 
Banner, and said to have been sent out by the Messrs. E. G. 
Henderson and Son, of the Wellington Nursery.—11. F. 
SELECT FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE VARIOUS 
LOCALITIES OE GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Continued from page 10.) 
APPLES. 
[d. signifies that varieties so marked are to fie used only for the dessert; 
k, for culinary purposes; and c, for cider-making. Those marked 
k.d. are applicable either t» culmary or dessert use.] 
Cox’s Orange Pippin, d. —Medium sized, roundish- 
ovate, and regular in its outline. Slcin greenish yellow, 
and streaked with red in the shade, hut dark red where 
exposed to the sun. Eye small and open. Stalk half an 
inch long. Flesh yellowish, very tender, crisp, and juicy, 
with a fine perfume. A lirst-rate dessert apple. October 
to February. 
Cox’s Pomona, k. —Above the medium size, sometimes 
large, ovate, and somewhat flattened and angular. Skin 
yellow, and very much streaked with bright crimson. Eye 
slightly open and deep. Stalk an inch long, deeply in¬ 
serted. Flesh white, tender, delicate, and pleasantly 
acid. October. 
Crofton Scarlet, d. —Medium sized, flatfish. Skin 
yellowish russet, bright red and russety next the sun. 
Eye wide. Stalk short. An abundant bearer. October 
to December. 
Devonshire Quarrenden, d. {Ned Quarrenden, Sack 
Apple). —Medium sized, round, compressed at the ends. 
Skin deep crimson. Stalk short and deeply inserted. Eye 
with long segments, very shallow. Flesh greenish white, 
crisp, juicy, and pleasantly sub-acid. A good bearer. 
“ No better autumn fruit.” August. 
Devonshire Queen, k.d. —A fine, large, ovate fruit, 
entirely covered with rich, dark crimson, and a delicate 
bloom. The flesh is sometimes tinged with red, and is 
crisp, juicy, and balsamic. October. 
Ditton Nonpareil. See Braddiclc s Nonpareil. 
Downton Pippin, d. —Larger than the Golden Pippin, 
roundish, flat at the ends. Skin yellow. Stalk short and 
deeply inserted. Eye in a wide and shallow basin. Flesh 
yellow, sharp, and richly flavoured. A seedling from the 
Golden Pippin. November to January. 
Drap d’Or, k. ( Bay Apple, Early Summer Pippin ).— 
Rather large, roundish, narrowing towards the eye. Skin 
yellow, dotted with brown specks. Stalk short. Eye 
shallow. Flesh crisp, juicy, and of a pleasant mild 
flavour. October to December. 
Duchess of Oldenburgh, d. —Medium sized, roundish. 
Skin rich yellow, streaked with red. Eye large, nearly 
closed, set in a wide hollow. Flesh rich and juicy. 
September. 
Dumflow’s Seedling,k. {NormantonWonder, Welling¬ 
ton). —Large, round, and compressed at both ends. Skin 
yellow, light red next the sun. Stalk very short. Eye 
large and open. Flesh yellow. A good bearer, and an 
excellent kitchen apple. November to March. 
Dundee. See Golden Neinette. 
Dutch Codlin, k. ( Chalmers’ Large, Glory of the 
West). —Very large, irregularly roundish, or oblong, with 
prominent ribs extending from the base to the eye. Skin 
pale greenish-yellow, slightly tinged with orange, red 
next the sun. Stalk short and thick. Eye set in a deep 
angular basin. Flesh white, slightly acid. A good bearer, 
and one of the best kitchen apples. August to September. 
Dutch Mignonne, k.d. {Copmanthorpe Crab, Stettin 
Pippin). —Rather large, roundish, and handsome. Skin 
dull orange, half mottled with large yellow russet specks. 
