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BELL BAUCE PEACH.—HARDY VARIETIES OP APFLES. 
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PlCOTEES. 
Red-Edged. 
Blanche, No. 526.—A red-edged “ Fanny,” fine 
for cutting. 
Hilda, No. 466.—Heavy-edged, large and full, 
much in the style of “ Wm. Summersfine for 
cutting. 
Purple-Edged. 
Constance, No. 449.—A full flower of fine quality, 
broadly margined with rich purple on a pure white 
ground. 
Edith, No. 450.—Heavy edge, bright and pure, 
medium size, fine for cutting. 
Lizzie Tomes, No. 476.—The finest lxeavy-edged 
purple Mr. Dodwell has yet bloomed, fine in form 
and of large size; it is beautifully marked with a 
solid edge of deep plum-purple on a white ground, 
of the richest quality. 
Tinnie, No. 451.—A narrow-edged heavy, in the 
way of, but very distinct from “ Zerlina described 
by Mr. Lord, when he saw it opened into bloom, as 
“ a fair rival of ‘ Zerlina.’ ” 
Rose-Edged. 
Daisy, No. 547.—A seedling from “Fanny Helen,” 
but much fuller than that variety; smooth, finely 
formed, and beautifully margined with a light rose. 
Julia, No. 489.—-A light wire-edged rose ; a seed¬ 
ling from “ Ethelvery bright, and of full size. 
Fancies. 
Oberon.—Eich scarlet and maroon, fine in form, 
smooth, and of the highest quality, the finest of its 
class. 
Titania.—Pure white ground, flecked and striped 
with delicate rose, exquisite for its chaste ground 
and winsome character. 
From amongst these novelties the growers of 
Carnations and Picotees may make a selection 
that will greatly strengthen their chances on 
the exhibition-table.—T. Moore. 
BELLE BAUCE PEACH. 
OW-A-DAYS, when there are so many 
new kinds of Peaches claiming the 
favour of the gardening public, it may 
not be out of place to “hark back,” so to 
speak, and call attention to one of the older 
varieties that, in my opinion, has claims to 
more general culture. The variety mentioned 
above is, according to my observations, not so 
generally grown as from its merits it deserves. 
We have grown it here both on walls and under 
glass, and consider it one of the finest Peaches 
we have. It has a good constitution, is a 
free setter, the fruits are of a good size and of 
a handsome appearance, and it is one of the 
finest-flavoured Peaches I ever tasted. With 
us it comes into use about ten days later than 
Grosse Mignonne, when the two are growing 
side by side. We have a tree in our second 
.peach-house that has ripened sixteen dozen 
fine fruits each year for the past two years. It 
has one drawback to those who have to pack 
their fruit and send it to a distance,—viz., 
when the fruit is fully ripe, its flesh is so 
tender that it is almost impossible to handle 
it without bruising. To prevent this, we adopt 
the usual plan of picking the fruit a few days 
before it is quite ripe. As the best time for 
procuring whatever peach-trees may be re¬ 
quired is now at hand, those of your readers 
who are desirous of adding to their collections, 
and have not already got Belle Bauce, will 
not, I feel sure, regret adding it to their stock. 
—H. J. Clayton, Grimston Park Gardens. 
HABDY VARIETIES OF APPLES. 
f HE difference of constitution manifested 
by some of the established favourites 
amongst Apples has been the subject 
of remark during the past summer. In the 
orchard of Mr. Lane, of Berkhamstead, which 
is by no means unfavourably placed, the much- 
belauded Dumelow’s Seedling and the Golden 
Noble, amongst others, are at this moment to 
be seen so much crippled by the uncongenial 
seasons we have recently passed through, that 
unless a salutary turn takes place, they will 
hardly recover, and even under the most 
favourable conditions it will take two or three 
years or more to enable them to reinstate 
themselves. This remark does not refer to a 
stray tree or two, but to whole rows of the 
same kind, all alike punished. On the other 
hand, under similar conditions, the Ecklinville 
Seedling, Prince Albert, Keswick Codlin, and 
others, have continued to make healthy growth, 
and are now, considering the season, bearing 
fair crops of well-swelled fruits, and the ex¬ 
cellent variety known as Stone’s Apple, or 
Loddington Seedling, has a highly promising 
appearance. In Mr. Dancer’s fruit garden at 
Turnham Green, much the same observations 
have been made; in this case, some few sorts, 
including those named above as having sus¬ 
tained much serious damage, have been hope¬ 
lessly crippled ; while the Ecklinville Seedling, 
Stirling Castle, and Keswick Codlin, amongst 
others, have continued in a healthy productive 
state. The favourite Lord Suffield appears to 
be of little use in the soil and climate of Berk¬ 
hamstead, as the trees make no progress. 
The practical inference to be drawn from these 
facts is that the sorts which in each locality are 
found to be able to bear up against the unfavour¬ 
able conditions—of climate especially—-should 
be planted, in preference to those which do 
not, provided they themselves possess the other 
