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THE FLOlUST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ JAM'AIIV, 
THE A EEC PEACH. 
§AER]\IIT me to corroborate tlie remark^ 
of “ M. T.” on the above Peach, in the 
Florist and Pomologist for lb7b 
(p. 181). We have a good-siiied tree of it in 
our earl}' peach-house, that annually gives us 
good crops of very fine fruit. It grows along¬ 
side the Royal George, and ripens several days 
before that well-known variety. In appearance 
it is one of the most handsome Peaches I ever 
saw, and the flavour is excellent. Those of 
your readers who are planting Peach-trees 
under glass will not regret putting in a tree of 
this not sufficiently well-known variety.—II. J. 
Clayton, Clvirndon. 
THE GOGAll PIPPIN APPLE. 
ms Scotch apple was first known as a 
seedling at Gogar House, near Edin¬ 
burgh, where I have seen the original 
tree. The fruit is of moderate size, and of a 
dark green colour, little changed by sunshine, and 
thus unlike many “ rosy-cheeked apples.” The 
ligui’e shows a fruit of the usual size ; it has a 
short stalk, a closed eye, and is marked by a 
few light dots or specks so common on apples, 
whether large or small. I have grown the 
Gogar Pippin for many years, and find it is a 
great bearer ; the fruit keeps good till June, 
and even then retains the green colour, except 
that it shows slight tinges of russet on the 
exposed sides. 
Like many late apples, the Gogar Pippin is 
very sour when first gathered, but in spring it 
becomes crisp and saccharine. The long-keeping 
kinds of apple retain their sourness through the 
chemical change we call ripening being longer 
deferred in them. To explain the process 
is beyond my power; still, I may suggest 
that the changes wrought in the crude sap 
during its passage through the leaves of 
various texture, while both they and the fruit 
are approaching maturity, may have a hand 
in it. The process seems in some way to 
be connected with the art of making sun- 
pictures. It is even said that the Chinese took 
the hint of making these pictures from observ¬ 
ing the colouring of fruit by means of the sun’s 
rays, long before the art of photography was 
known in Europe. 
The process of maturation in fruit has 
been considered the beginning of its decay, 
the pulp having then fulfilled its function of 
nourishing the seed. This may appear to be a 
low estimate of the value of the fruit, which 
we so highly esteem when ripe. Yet all such 
fruits are but swollen monstrosities in the eye 
of a botanist, and they become so by culture 
and the mixture of pollen—not seed, as some¬ 
times written. The calyx oj- cup of the apple, 
which holds the blossoms, forms the rudiment of 
the fruit, with the seed embryos enclosed in its 
heart, and both fruit and seed are matured by 
the influence of the sun.—J. Wighton, Cosse// 
Pari', Norwich. 
NEW PROPAGATING FRAIME. 
J lately drew attention to Messrs. Heaps 
and Wheatley’s Portable Hot-water 
Boilers, heated by their petroleum 
lamps, which appear to be in every w'ay success¬ 
ful for small greenhouses. We now give an illus¬ 
tration of another application of these lamps, 
namely, to the heating of a Projiagating Frame. 
Various contrivances of this sort have been before 
the public, and they are found exceedingly useful 
by amateur cultivators, who have not a regular 
propagating house at their disposal. Such 
frames are perfectly well adapted for I'aising 
seeds or striking cuttings, or even for the per¬ 
manent cultivation of any plants wdiich can be 
accommodated in the space they afford. The 
frame here illustrated seems to be one of 
those which may be safely adopted, since it is 
one in which the heating can be kept up with 
little trouble and expense. 
The frame is made in three sizes, the largest, 
represented by the annexed sectional figure, 
being 4 ft. 3 in. long, 2 ft. 8 in. wide, 1 ft. 7 in. 
deep at back, and 1 ft. 2 in. deep in front. In the 
figure are shown :—A bed of soil or of plunging 
material (a) for stiiking cuttings, raising seeds, 
Ac., both seeds and cuttings being most con¬ 
veniently managed if placed in pots ; a series 
