October 27, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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admitted that, having regard to the season, these 
latter were generally exceptionally fine. The chief 
weakness was to be found in sotne of the high northern 
collections, but these were equalised by some of the 
samples from western districts, so that we may freely 
admit that the Pear season is a very moderate one. 
Both of Apples and Pears, the finest fruits staged were 
from house-grown trees, and some of the samples were 
remarkably fine, but beautiful as they were, they were 
yet unfortunately misleading, because no indication 
was afforded to the onlooker that they had been so 
produced. We should be greatly disappointed in the 
product of the conference were it assumed that only 
good samples of Apples and Pears can be produced 
under glass, and specially unfortunate would such an 
impression be at a time when so much effort is being 
made to stimulate hardy fruit culture as a national 
industry. 
As to Apples generally it was made fully evident 
that apart from the glass-produced samples, we can 
grow fruit second to none in the whole world, if we 
will only set about it in the right way, and with the 
right sorts. 
Of new kinds there were 
not many of exceptional 
merit that were not seen at 
the first Apple Congress, 
but these were shown in 
greater numbers, and came 
out strong in the class for 
new or recently introduced 
varieties. From this class 
the judges selected some 
seventeen varieties for the 
award of Certificates of 
Merit, of which we give 
brief descriptions. 
King Harry. —Fruit of 
medium size, conical, yellow, 
red on the exposed side, and 
suffused with russety spots ; 
early, and sweet. Dessert. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Jas. 
Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
Baumann’s Red Winter 
Reinette. — Medium size, 
flat, very red, and hand¬ 
some. Culinary or Dessert. 
Exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veiteh & Sons, and by Mr. 
C. Ross, Welford Park, 
Newbury. 
Bismarck. — Large, flat¬ 
tened, deep red, handsome. 
Culinary. Exhibited by 
Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, 
and by Messrs. Geo. Bunyard 
& Co., Maidstone. 
Mrs. Barron. —Known 
also as Yellow Bellefleur. 
Fruit large, conical, greenish 
yellow, and somewhat an¬ 
gular at the eye. Culinary. 
Exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veiteh & Sons. 
The Sandringham. — 
Large, conical, yellowish 
green, suffused with brownish 
red, and somewhat spotted. 
Culinary. Exhibited by Messrs. James Yeitch k Sons. 
Seaton House. —Fruit medium to large sized, 
flattened, yellow, suffused with red on the exposed 
side. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons. 
Tyler’s Kernel. —Large, conical, deep red, and 
greenish yellow on the shaded side, handsome. Dessert. 
Exhibited by Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, and by Messrs. 
George Bunyard & Co. 
Schoolmaster. —Medium to large size, round, but 
deep, and inclined to be conical, greenish yellow, 
suffused and spotted with brownish red on the exposed 
side. Culinary. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veiteh & Sons. 
Herefordshire Beefing.— Also called Hereford¬ 
shire Beaufin. Fruit small or medium size, broad at 
the base, flattened, deep purplish red, except at the 
base. Culinary. Exhibited by Messrs. J. Yeitch & 
Sons. 
Bramley’s Seedling.— Large, flattened at both 
ends, green, slightly suffused with red. Culinary. 
Exhibited by Messrs. Robert Veiteh & Sons, Exeter, 
by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, and by 
Mr. W. H. Frettingham, Beeston, Notts. 
New Northern Greening. —Medium to large, 
round, or the larger ones flattened, green, slightly- 
spotted red. Culinary. Exhibited by Messrs. George 
Bunyard & Co., and by Mr. W. H. Frettingham. 
GospATRIC.— Medium to large size, conical, yellow, 
deeply plaited round the eye. Culinary. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., and by Mr. C. Ross. 
Scarlet Nonpareil. —Small, round, green and 
suffused with brownish red. Dessert. Exhibited by 
Mr. Charles Turner, Slbugh. 
Gascoigne’s Scarlet Seedling. —Medium size, 
flattened, strongly five-angled, bright red, spotted, 
handsome. Culinary or dessert. Exhibited by Messrs. 
Geo. Bunyard & Co. 
Okera. —Also spelt Akera. Medium or small size, 
oblong-conical, five-angled, yellow, or heavily suffused 
with salmony red, and often of a deep red on the 
exposed side. A Swedish Apple. Dessert. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., by Mr. T. Bunyard, 
Ashford, Kent, and by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons. 
Lady Sudeley. —Medium to large size, flattened or 
oblate, yellow, and richly suffused and splashed with 
red. A very handsome early dessert Apple. Exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons and by Messrs. George 
Bunyard & Co. (see p. 129). 
EgReMONT Russet. —Medium or small size, round, 
flattened, mid-season, of a uniform pale russety colour. 
Dessert. Exhibited by Messrs. George Bunyard & Co. 
It was a feature of the show that no prizes of any 
kind were given to the collections, but individual 
samples of exceptional merit of all the best known 
kinds were selected for the award of a special certificate, 
and a large number were so honoured. 
The Conference. 
In our last we gave a brief summary of the conference 
proceedings on Wednesday. On Thursday, when Mr. 
Shirley Hibberd took the chair, the first paper read 
was on “Canker in Fruit Trees,” by Mr. E. Tonks, 
Knowle, Warwickshire, and in the discussion which 
followed Mr. Clarke, Mr. Pearson and Mr. J. Fraser 
took part, the latter gentleman pointing out the 
absence in Mr. Tonks’ paper of any reference to the 
experiments of Goethe, who in 1880 discovered that 
canker was produced by a fungoid organism, to which 
the name of Nectria ditissima was afterwards given. 
The chairman then stated that Mr. J. Douglas was 
unable to be present to read his paper on “Canker.: 
its Cause and Cure,” and pointed out its salient features, 
which led up to the general conclusion that good cul¬ 
tivation was its best preventative. Mr. John Fraser 
next read a paper on “The Enemies of the Apple and 
Pear,” Mr. Clarke, Mr. Eoupell and Mr. Pearson taking 
part in the discussion which followed. The succeeding 
paper was by Mr. J. Cheal, Crawley, on “ Varieties of 
Apples for Sussex, and their Cultivation on Heavy 
Soils,” at the conclusion of which Mr. C. J. Heale, 
Mr. Cannon, Mr. Bunyard, and Mr. Clarke entered 
into the general discussion. Mr. M. Dunn followed 
with a paper on “ The Selection of Apples and Pears for 
Scotland,” which brought the proceedings to a close. 
On Friday Mr. Harry J. Veiteh took the chair, and 
the papers read were on the “ Distribution of Apples and 
Pears from a Provincial Point of View,” by Mr. E. J. 
Baillie, of Chester (see p. 128) ; on “ Compensation for 
Orchard Planting ” by Mr. W. E. Bear ; and on “The 
Railway Difficulty in Relation to Fruit, and how to 
deal with it,” by Mr. D. Tallerman, at the conclusion of 
whose admirable paper Mr. Shirley Hibberd moved 
“ That a conspicuous result of the conference this 
day concluded is to make it evident that the subject of 
commercial fruit culture is one of great and growing 
public interest, and that 
there exists a corresponding 
desire to remove or modify 
the various impediments 
that law, usage, and miscon¬ 
ception of facts have created 
and sustained against it. 
The Royal Horticultural 
Society, having special 
facilities for obtaining and 
diffusing information on all 
that relates to horticulture, 
this conference respectfully 
requests the appointment 
by the council of a Law and 
Parliamentary Committee 
for the consideration of the 
impediments above referred 
to.” Mr. J. Corner seconded 
the resolution, which was 
agreed to. 
Mr. Tallerman then moved, 
“That in the event of the 
committee being appointed, 
this conference desires to 
urge the early consideration 
of the question of railway 
charges as affecting the 
growers of fruit and vege¬ 
tables.” This was seconded 
by Mr. Philip Crowley, and 
also passed. 
Mr. Malcolm Dunn next 
moved, “In view of the 
great public advantages 
that have accrued from the 
previous conferences held 
in these gardens, and the 
marked success of the 
present one, members of the 
executive committee of this 
conference, Fellows of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, 
and other horticulturists 
here assembled, who are 
deeply interested in the 
Society’s welfare, and in the important question of 
developing the progress of scientific and economical 
horticulture, including especially the fruit-growing 
capabilities of the country, respectfully submit for the 
earnest consideration of the council of the society the 
desirability of concentrating the society’s resources to 
the utmost practicable extent upon the maintenance of 
the Chiswick Garden, so as to enable it to fulfil its 
mission as the national exponent of practical and 
experimental horticulture.” Dr. Masters, F.R.S., 
seconded the resolution, which, after some discussion, 
was unanimously adopted. Votes of thanks were 
passed to the readers of papers, to the Rev. W. Wilks, 
the secretary of the society ; to the chairman, Mr. 
Yeitch ; and to the superintendent of the Garden, Mr. 
Barron. -- 
Lobelia syphilitica. —This species is a capital plant 
for a damp boggy corner. In such a position it will 
flower very freely, and assist in converting an unattractive 
spot into an interesting part of the garden. Our best 
plants are growing in company with L. fulgens in a bog 
bed raised a few inches above the water level. The best 
flower spikes are produced by taking the off-sets early 
in the autumn, and growing these on in preference to 
keeping old plants.— J. IV, 0, 
