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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
Frost Gage and Frost Plum, and “ is a plum in 
much repute in New York market.” It is 
rather a shy hearer. 
Crittenden’s Prolific and Rochester 
Damsons are varieties of great repute in Kent, 
being of large size, and very prolific.—B. 
TEN SHILLING APPLE. 
IIS Norfolk Apple is noticed by Mr. 
Lindley, in his Guide to the Orchard. The 
name of course is local, and may perhaps 
be traced to the boast of the raiser that a young 
tree of it was worth ten shillings. Anyhow, 
it is an excellent kind both for kitchen and 
dessert use. In fact, some persons prefer it to 
the far-famed Ribston Pippin, from its being 
more mellow in texture. There are no fixed 
rules for taste. I consider that the flavour of 
the Ten Shilling comes near to that of Lady 
Wemyss, a favourite Fifesliire apple, perhaps 
unknown in this quarter. 
I have an old hollow tree of the Ten 
Shilling, with a flourishing and fruitful top. 
The outline figure represents one of its fruit 
Ten-Shilling Apple. 
rather under size. It is flattish, angular, and 
“ purse-mouthed,” or “ puckered-crowned ”—an 
old Scottish term for such kinds of apples, when 
a purse was a money-bag tied with a string, 
but one now seldom used by writers, though it 
might serve their purpose equally with that of 
a “ closed eye in a basin crown.” The colour 
of the Ten-Shilling is greenish russet, tinged 
with red where exposed to the sun. It ripens 
in October, and though then fit for use, lasts 
on till January, a rare property, though found 
in some other kinds of autumn apples. 
Any one wishing for a few scions of the 
Ten-Shilling Apple may have them free of 
cost, except postage, on applying to J. WlGHTON, 
Cossey Park , Norwich. 
RIVERS’ NEW PEACHES AND 
NECTARINES. 
S HREE years ago I promised to note and 
give to the Florist the periods at 
which Mr. Rivers’ new fruit would 
ripen in my orchard-house. But even under 
glass the two following springs were so pro¬ 
tracted and cloudy, that several kinds cast 
their fruit which I considered safe, and so my 
report would have been too imperfect to be 
useful. To prevent another disappointment, I 
introduced last winter a flow-and-return hot- 
water pipe, and the result has been a liberal 
supply of fruit generally, including specimens 
of all the new introductions. The artificial 
heat besides anticipated the ripening season by 
a fortnight. I will now give you the dates of 
gathering the first specimen of each variety :— 
Peaches. 
Early Beatrice, June 21. 
Early Louise, July 2. 
Early Leopold, July 3. 
Early Alfred, July 22. 
Rivers’ Earlv York, July 
23. 
Magdala, Aug. 1. 
Merlin, Aug. 9. 
Goshawk, Aug. 30. 
L. Palmerston, Sept. 24. 
Nectarines. 
Advance, July 13. 
Lord Napier, July 27. 
Improved Downton, Aug. 
12 . 
Dante, Aug. 16. 
Stanwick Elruge, Aug. IS. 
Darwin, Aug. 16. 
Pine-Apple, Aug. 26. 
Victoria, Sept. 3. 
Albert Victor, Sept. 4. 
These all originated with Mr. Rivers. The 
great advance gained by his life-long exertions 
is manifested in the extended season of that 
delicious fruit, the Nectarine, which the orchard- 
house will supply for seven weeks. My list 
describes nothing but first-rate fruit of good 
size—some very large. The trees are vigorous. 
Advance, the first on the list, is the last intro¬ 
duction ; it is large, rich, and deeply coloured. 
It gained a fortnight on Lord Napier, our 
former earliest. Victoria and Pine-Apple re¬ 
quire a wall. Of the earliest Peaches I cannot 
yet speak so favourably, but the well ripened 
wood of the present season will perhaps work an 
improvement. But Rivers’Early York is early, 
and combines all the desirables of a perfect Peach. 
Goshawk, Magdala, and Merlin are excellent. 
My conviction is, as regards orchard-houses, 
that if required to perfect the finest Peaches, a 
little heat is indispensable. With that aid. 
