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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[Apkil. 
posed as I am told to regard it as the master 
of the class, hut though I consider it a very 
fine* variety, I cannot claim for or assign 
such a place to it. That honourable post is in 
my opinion at present filled by Mr. Simonite’s 
own flower, James Douglas. 
True Blue (Taylor). — Another variety, 
beautiful indeed in its prime, but showing pal¬ 
pable signs of rapid decadence. Yet still I 
think it worth the extra attention needed, in 
watching for the pernicious insect pests, propa¬ 
gating by pipings, and resting it from bloom 
every second year, so admirable is the flower. 
An early bloomer.—E. S. Don well, Stanley 
Road, Oxford. 
NEW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
^HE following resume of the Noyelties of 
1883 from the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
which we had no space last month, 
may still be useful to purchasers. 
New Fruits. 
The year 1883 will long be remembered as 
the “ Apple year ” ; never on record has there 
been anything approaching to the extraordinary 
crop of this important and most useful fruit 
as that of 1883 ; never a season in which 
Ajrples have appeared in such variety, or in 
which so much attention has been directed or 
importance attached to the better cultivation 
and improvement of this chief of English 
fruits. If the list of novelties introduced— 
which it is our province here to notice—is not 
a very lengthy one^ it is assuredly a good 
one ; if we take those first that were honoured 
at the National Apple Congress, we have 
certainly some of the very highest merit. In 
Grenadier, which is a large conical-shaped 
fruit, of the Codlin class, with a pale yellow 
skin, and extremely handsome, we have an 
Apple that will, if we mistake not, be largely 
cultivated. Bramley’s Seedliny is a variety 
that has for some time enjoyed a high local 
repute in Nottinghamshire as a wunter culinary 
fruit, and it is in all respects deserving of its 
high character. Greatly resembling this last 
is Warner's Seedling, from Mr. Warner, of 
Chelmsford, a variety altogether first-class. 
Mr. Penny’s seedling, the Saiidrmgham, is a 
large conical green-skinned culinary variety, 
of great excellence; and from Mr. Tyler, 
Hereford, we receive Tyler's Kernel, one of 
the most handsome of Apples, large, conical, 
highly coloured, and of good cooking quality. 
Grantonian (Mann) is another cooking Apple 
that has received honours, although it is in 
our opinion only second-rate. As an early 
dessert Apple of the highest excellence Mr. 
Gladstone has this season secured the 
“ premier ” place, thanks to Messrs. Lane 
and others. This variety, although not 
exactly new, has never had its merits 
thoroughly recognised. It is decidedly the 
earliest, if not the best, and withal one of 
the highest coloured and prettiest of early 
Apples. Of other prominent sorts special 
mention must be made of Golden Spire, a 
truly beautiful pale yellow conical fruit for 
mid-season kitchen use. Messrs. Cranston 
also introduce us to the Herefordshire Beaufin, 
a dark red, medium-sized, flat Apple, stated 
to possess the merit of not decaying when 
bruised. Two local Cambridgeshire Apples 
deserve notice, viz., Histon Favourite and 
Murfitt's Seedliny, the latter a large pale green 
mid-season fruit, stated to be an extraordinary 
cropper. A very distinct variety named Akero, 
from Mr. Loney, of Gothenburg, attracted our 
notice, the skin a beautiful peach colour, the 
flesh white, sweet, and tender. In the Revue 
Horticole the following sorts are noticed, viz., 
Double Bon Rammier and Calville Madame 
Lessans, but not having been tested in this 
country we cannot speak as to their suitability 
for this climate. ^ 
Of Pears, there is little to be said during 
the past year, the season being specially un¬ 
favourable for them. In the Revue Horticole 
a variety of the Duchesse d’Angouleme type, 
named Fondante Thirriot, is noticed as being 
good in the November season. Plums were 
equally scarce, the only one of merit coming 
under our notice being Rivers’ Monarch, a 
variety of the Orleans type, of good quality. 
In Peaches we have a new French variety, 
named Belle Henri Pinant, a strong seedling 
of the Grosse Mignonne section, stated to be 
very excellent; and Alexander, an American 
variety, as early as the Princess Beatrice, 
and of superior quality. A decided acquisi¬ 
tion among Straivherries, the Duchess of 
Edmhurgh (Brown), will he found of con¬ 
siderable merit, being large, of fine quality, 
and a great cropper. Several varieties 
of Continental origin also claim attention. 
Raspberry Lord BeaeonsfieM is a very fine 
