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Mrs. Standish ( Fellowes). —Heavy scarlet edge; a fine large full flower, smooth good 
large petals, and very distinct; extra fine. 
Ada Ingleton* (Norman), —Medium bright purple edge, a fine large flower, good broad 
smooth petals, and a flower of good substance; very fine. 
Alliance (Fellowes). —A fine bright heavy purple edge, good broad smooth petals, and 
the white very pure ; large and very fine. 
Juliana* (Turner). —Very bright scarlet edge, fine smooth petals, the marking very 
solid and very heavily edged ; a fine-shaped flower, and moderately full; extra fine. 
J. B. Bryant* (Ingram). — Heavy red edge, fine large thick flower of great substance, 
fine broad smooth petals, and the white very pure; extra fine. 
Mrs. Fordham* (Turner). —Bright rose edge, fine large smooth petals of great substance, 
the flower very large and full without confusion. A grand flower, the finest of-the medium- 
edged class. 
Miss Small (Fellowes). —Heavy red edge, fine smooth petals, and the white very pure ; 
quite distinct, and a good free habit; extra fine. 
Chanticleer (Fellowes). —A good large thick flower, heavily edged with fine bright 
purple; very fine. 
Edith Dombrain* (Turner). —A fine large flower, very heavily edged with bright rose; 
quite a distinct variety, and very beautiful; extra fine. 
Norfolk Beauty* (Fellowes). —Heavily edged with fine bright violet-purple, good 
broad smooth petals, and white very pure; a medium-sized flower ; extra fine. 
Auguste (Fellowes). —Medium rose edge, fine broad smooth petals ; large and very fine. 
Mrs. Little (Hooper). —Light purple edge, very pure, fine smooth petals, and a very 
fine flower. 
Ethel* (Fellowes). —A medium bright rose-edged flower, fine large smooth petals, very 
pure white, a fine-shaped flower ; extra fine. 
Mrs. Keynes (Fellowes). —A good large full flower, medium red edge, fine smooth broad 
petals, and the white very pure; extra fine. 
Charles Williams (Norman). —Heavily edged with bright scarlet, the marking very 
solid ; a fine large bold variety; very fine. 
Mrs. Hornby* (Turner). —Light red edge, a good large full flower, fine-shaped smooth 
petals, very pure, and beautifully edged; the finest flower in its class. 
Those marked * have been awarded First-class Certificates at the Metropoli¬ 
tan meetings. — J. Ball, Slough. 
WALL-FRUIT PRESERVERS. 
S was curtly remarked by Mr. Westland in his essay at Birmingham, the 
future of our fruit crops centres in the word protection, and certainly 
the experience of the present year intensifies that remark. Who has 
this year seen a crop of out-door Peaches ? In my wanderings, which 
have not been limited, nor confined to any special locality, I have not been so 
fortunate, nor have I heard of more than one in the Midlands, and that was at 
Balderton, near Newark, where, under the protection of a glass coping, projecting 
30 in. from the face of the wall, the proprietor has gathered the first crop 
of a many years’ occupation. But this is not all, for the fruit has been so im¬ 
measurably superior to the driblets of former years, as to be quite another thing; 
and the fine foliage and wood give evidence that another year the fruit will be 
still better. 
It was observable that in this instance, the vigour of the crop, and its pre¬ 
cocity likewise, were in proportion to the amount of protection afforded. Thus the 
fruit was finer and earlier at the top of the trees than lower down, below the 
influence of the preserver; while where well protected it ripened a full fortnight 
earlier than where more fully exposed, thus lengthening the season of supply to 
