1884.] 
THE CONIFERS AT RIBSTON.-APPLE TOM PUTT. 
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I 
Ludy Holmesdale H.RO., Master Norman H.R., 
Brunette n.R., Mrs. Allcroft l.ro., Thomas William 
L.R., Edith E’Ombraiu n.EO., Zerlina n.p,, Miss 
Horner l.ro., Ann Lord l.p., Eobert Scott h.r. 
2nd, Mr. J. Beswick, with Charles ^Williams n.RO., 
Minnie l.p., Bonnie Jane H.E., Mrs. Wilson ii.R., 
Mary L p., Alliance n.p.. Dr. Abercrombie H.R., 
Daisy l.ro., Muriel h.p., J. B. Bryant n.R., Thomas 
William l.r., Mrs. Summers h.p. 3rd, Mr. B. 
Simonite, with Seedling L.R. (Horner), Mrs, Niven 
H.P., Seedling l.ro.p., Jessie m.p.. Seedling ii.ro., 
Clara Pensou l.p., J. B. BryanMl.R., Seeding L.RO., 
Mur,el H.p., Seedling ii.sc., Mary l.p., Zerlina h.p. 
4th, Mr. G. Gegde. 5th, Mr. J. Chadwick, Dukin- 
field. 
Class B. 12 blooms, Q dissimilar .— Ist, Mr. E. Law, 
with Mrs. Payne H.RO., Minnie l.p., Mrs. Allcroft 
L.RO., Zerlina h.p., Beauty of Cheltenham m.p., 
Brunette H.E.,Nymph L.p. , John Smith n.R., Thomas 
William l.r., Ann Lord L p.. Miss Horner l.ro., 
Mrs. Gorton l.r. 2od, Mr. 11. Gorton, with Purple 
Prince h.p., Mrs. Payne h.ro.. Alliance H.P., 
Thomas William l.r., Eev. E. D. Horner L.R., 
Mary l.p., Thomas William l.r., Ethel l.ro., Mrs. 
A. Chancellor h.p., Eanny Helen H.RO., Alliance 
H.P., Mary l.p. 3rd, Mr. W. Taylor. 4th, Mr, E. 
Shaw. 5th, Mr. J. Whittaker. 
Class F. 6 blooms, dissimilar .— 1st, Mr. S. Barlow, 
with Emily M.R., Zerlina H.P., Medina h.p., Thomas 
William l.r., Minnie l.p., J. B. Bryant h.r. 2nd, 
Mr. J. Whitham, with Zerlina H.P., Eoyal Visit 
H.RO., John Smith H.R., Minnie l.p., Brunette h.r., 
Thomas William L.R. 3rd, Mr. G. Thoruley. 4th, 
Mr. S. Lord. 5th, Mr. T. Howard. 6th, Mr. E. 
Bealey. 7th, Mr. J. Pemberton. 
Class G. Single Blooms. — Heavy Beds ; Mr. J. 
Bleackley, 1st with Brunette; Mr. E. Lord, 2nd with 
John Smith, 3rd with Mrs.Dodwell; Mr. G. Geggie, 
4th with John Smith ; Mr. J. Chadwick, 5th with 
Seedling ; Mr. S. Lord, 6th with John Smith.— Light 
Beds ; Mr. E. Lord, 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th with 
Thomas William ; Mr. B. Simonite, 2nd wdth Seed¬ 
ling (Horner) ; Mr. E. Gorton, 3rd with Thomas 
William.— Heavy Purples ; Mr. E. Lord, 1st with 
Muriel, 4th and 5th with Zerlina ; Mr. G. Geggie, 
2nd and 3rd with Zerlina; Mr. E. Law, 6th with 
the same.— Light Purples : Mr. E. Lord, Ist and 4th 
with Ann Lord ; Mr. G. Geggie, 2nd with Mary; 
Mr. S. Barlow, 3rd with the same; Mr. E. Law, 5th 
with the same, and 6th with Minnie.— Heavy Boses 
or Scarlets .- Mr. E. Lord, 1st and 2nd with Miss 
Horner; Mr. J. Chadwick, 3rd, 5th, and 6th with 
Seedlings ; Mr. J. Whitham, 4th with Eoyal Visit.— 
Light Boses or Scarlets : Mr. E. Lord, 1st and 3rd 
with Miss Wood, 2nd with L’Elegant ; Mr. E. Gor¬ 
ton, 4th with Ethel; Mr. S. Barlow, 5th with Beauty 
of Plumstead ; Mr. B. Simonite, 6th with Seedling. 
Premier Carnation; Master Ered S.B. (Hewitt). 
Premier Picotee .- Muriel HY.P. (Hewitt), in each 
case shown by Mr. Eobert Lord. 
Selfs and Eancies. 
Fxtra Class. 12 blooms, self colours only. —1st, 
Mr. E. Lord; 2nd, Mr. S- Barlow. 
Fxtra Class. 12 blooms, fancies — run bizarres or 
any other combination, excluding seifs .— 1st Mr. E. 
Lord; 2nd, Mr. S. Barlow. 
THE CONIFERS AT RIBSTON. 
J r T Ribston there is a choice collection of 
^ the hardier and most ornamental Coni- 
^ fers. I was therefore pleased to find 
on a recent visit there were not many 
of them much the worse for the late severe 
winters which have proved so injurious to them 
in some places. 
Here, as has happened in many other places, 
a great mistake was made in planting them too 
closely together. It would almost seem an act 
of Vandalism to cut any of them down, but 
sooner or later it will have to be done, and the 
sooner the better, or many of the most promis¬ 
ing specimens will be irretrievably damaged. 
The difficulty will be, where there are two or 
three very beautiful specimens close together, 
to decide which to cut away. Ribston, like 
many other places, suffered much from the late 
severe winters, but the Conifers have so far 
recovered as to show very few marks of it.— 
M. Saul, York. 
APPLE TOM PUTT. 
[Plate 618.] 
HIS truly handsome and beautiful Apple, 
although well-known and much culti¬ 
vated in the western districts of the 
country, where cider apples abound, is 
yet, singularly enough, scarcely to be met 
with in other parts. Who ever sees “ Tom 
Putt” in Covent Garden? and yet its fine 
bright colour, fair size, and fairly good quality 
ought, one would think, to find it a place there. 
If it would sell it would be sure to be culti¬ 
vated, and if cultivated, or we might say 
cultivable, near the London markets, it would 
surely sell. Who will give it a fair trial ? 
In Hereford and Worcester it is largely grown, 
and is nearly as popular there, according to 
The Herefordshire Pomona, as the Blenheim 
Orange. There are several other Apples, 
grown in Herefordshire, that very closely 
resemble Tom Putt, if they be not identical. 
In Devonshire it is known as “ Tom Potter,” 
which may probably be the correct or original 
name. However that cannot be now ascer¬ 
tained, its early history being lost in obscurity. 
The fruit may be described as large, 
roundish, but tapering somewhat towards the 
eye, where it is much puckered or ribbed. 
Hye small, closed. Stalk slender, set in a 
slight cavity. Skm smooth, almost entirely 
covered with irregular stripes and blotches of 
bright scarlet. Flesh very white, tender, 
sweet, and somewhat perfumed. It cooks 
very well, and may be classed as a mid-season 
variety, and it is, moreover, a very free bearer. 
It was largely exhibited at the National 
Apple Congress, Chiswick, 1883, from whence 
our specimens were obtained, and there is a 
good illustration of it in The Herefordshire 
Pomona. —A. F. B. 
