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THE GARDENING WORLD 
Oct. 18th, 1884. 
Fruits at the Health Exhibition.—Exhibitors 
of Hardy Fruits had a grand field-day at South 
Kensington on Tuesday, when the tempting prizes 
offered by the Executive of the Health Exhibition, 
brought out a grand display of Apples and Pears, and 
a sufficient variety of other fruits to invest the show 
with interest and importance. The large collections 
of Pears aud Apples were specially fine, and the same 
must certainly be said of the miscellaneous collections 
of each, shown, not for competition, by Messrs. James 
Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea; Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons 
Crawley; Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; Messrs. G. 
Bunyard & Co., Maidstone ; Mr. Sidney Ford, gardener, 
Leonardslee, Horsham, and others, which contained 
all the well-known sorts, and many that we are not 
so familiar with, represented by samples of great 
excellence. The Apple classes, in which certain sorts 
were specially invited, were unusually interesting, and 
brought out examples of astonishing quality for such 
a season. 
The Blenheim Oranges were a grand lot, twenty 
dishes all told, and not an inferior one among them. 
Mr. Walker, Nurseryman, Thame, sent the best 
sample, a remarkable one for size and colour; Mr. 
Sidney Ford coming in second; and Mr. G. Gold¬ 
smith, gardener, Hollanden, third. Of that finest of 
all dessert varieties, Cox’s Orange Pippin, a similar 
number of dishes were forthcoming, and here Mr, 
Haycock, of Barham Court, was well to the front, 
his most successful rivals being Mr. A. Waterman 
and Mr. Goldsmith. There was no prettier class as 
a whole than that of the popular King of the Pippins, 
and certainly none exhibited a wider range as regards 
size and colour in the specimens staged. Mr. F. 
Miller, gardener to J. T. Friend, Esq., Northdown, 
Margate, had a specially fine sample, and secured first 
honours, the second prize going to another fine lot 
from Mr. Rutland, gardener, Goodwood, Chichester; 
and the third to Mr. Goldsmith. Of Merd de Mdnage 
there were not many dishes, but if the whole country 
had been searched for finer specimens, it is doubtful 
if better could be found. Of wondrous dimensions 
and high colour, they took the eye of all. The 
prizes here went to Mr. C. Ross, gardener, 
Welford Park, Newbury; Mr. Walker, Thame, and 
Mr. Haycock. Class 14, which was for Golden 
Noble, or Waltham Abbey Seedling, was a most 
useful one, in illustrating the difference between 
the two sorts, which, in cultivation, are so often 
confounded with one another. The large, 
smooth, golden-yellow, and nearly globular-shaped 
Golden Noble largely preponderated, and the first 
and third prizes went to this sort, and the second 
prize to the other, the successful competitors being 
Mr. Miller; Mr. J. Gilmour, gardener, Seaeox Heath, 
Hawkhurst; and Mr. Miles; while another very 
good dish of Golden Noble from Mr. Goldsmith was 
Commended. 
The old Golden Pippin was not particularly well 
represented, neither was Court of Wick, and we may 
note, with a view to correcting an error, that Yellow 
Ingestrie was in one case shown for the Golden 
Pippin. Fourteen dishes were staged in the class for 
varieties that have been certificated by the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and the large, handsome Peas- 
good’s Nonsuch, as shown by Mr. Haycock, headed the 
list; Loddington Seeching, or Stone’s Apple, from 
Mr. Miller, being placed second, and Lane’s Prince 
Albert, from Messrs. H. Lane & Son, third; while 
another admirable sample of Peasgood’s Nonsuch, 
from Mr. C. Ross, and a pretty dish of The Queen, from 
Messrs. Saltmarsh&Son, Chelmsford,were Commended. 
American Apples were weh shown by Mr. J. B. 
Thomas, of Covent Garden Market, who sent several 
barrels as imported, of such sorts as The Baldwin, 
Northern Spy, Behefleur, Golden Russett, Nonsuch, 
and Famuse. They were ah in excehent condition, 
having travelled well, but neither the Baldwin’s nor 
the Northern Spy’s seemed to us to be so fine in size 
or colour as usual. The American Apple crop, like 
our own, is nothing to boast of this year, so that those 
who have good home-grown samples and can keep 
them should certainly do so, until the American 
supply is over. 
Peahs, as before stated, were unusually well repre¬ 
sented, but of course not in such numbers as the 
Apple. The leading position among the trade exhi¬ 
bitors of collections, not exceeding fifty varieties, 
was taken by Messrs. Thomas Rivers & Sons, Saw- 
bridgeworth, with a very fine lot, but not equal to 
Mr. Haycock’s collection, which secured the highest 
honours in the corresponding class for amateurs. Mr. 
G. Goldsmith was a good second here. Mr. Haycock 
was also invincible in the classes for twelve, six, 
and three varieties, showing splendid samples of 
Doyenne du Cornice, Pitmaston Duchess, Conseiller de 
laCour,Beurre Diei,Durandeau,and Duchessed’Angou- 
leme. The best-flavoured Pear was Seckle, grown by 
Mr. Ross ; the second best the old Gansel’s Bergamot 
(about the last sort we should have expected to find 
in such a class), from Mr. Johnstone, gardener, 
Bayham Abbey; and third, Beurre Superfin, from 
Mr. Haycock. The best three stewing Pears were 
Catillae, Uvedale’s St. Germain, and Bellisime 
d'Hiver, from Mr. Haycock; and the two first-named 
sorts, with Grosse Calebasse, from Mr. Rutland, were 
second. The only certificated variety shown was 
Pitmaston Duchess. Of Peaches the Salway took the 
lead, specimens of fine size and colour from Mr. 
Rutland coming in first. Lord Palmerston, Prince of 
Wales, and the old Walburton Admirable were also 
exhibited, but in smaller numbers than the Salway. 
There was also a small class of Plums, Coe’s Golden 
Drop taking all the prizes. Grapes grown in the open- 
air did not make a very striking display, only Sweet¬ 
water’s, with one exception, being staged, and these 
only of fair quality. Mr. C. Ross sent a couple of 
large smooth Cayenne Pines ; Mr. Harris, gardener to 
Mrs. Vivian, Swansea, half-a-dozen good Queen Pines ; 
Mr. C. Herrin, gardener, Chalfont Park, Slough, a 
collection of fourteen Melons; and Mr. Sanderson, 
gardener to H. D. Pochin, Esq., Bodnant Hall, North 
Wales, sent some exceedingly fine bunches of Muscat 
of Alexandria and Black Alicante Grapes, which had 
unfortunately suffered somewhat in transit. 
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Bramley’s Seedling Apple.—This fine variety, 
one of two only which were awarded Certificates of 
Merit at the Apple Congress at Chiswick last year, 
is well portrayed in colours in the current issue of 
The Florist and Pomoldgist. The fruit is oblate in 
shape, with five, rather distinct knobs at the crown ; 
the eye rather open, with erect segments, the stalk very 
short, and the skin covered with a tinge of pale red, 
which is striped with darker red; and the ground 
colour yellow when shaded. The variety was raised 
from seed some years since by Mr. Bramley, of South- 
well, and obtained from him by Messrs. Merryweather 
& Son, by whom it has been distributed. It is a large 
handsome, and really meritorious Kitchen Apple, 
which, according to Mr. Merryweather, is ready for 
use when gathered, but can be kept until the following 
June. 
A New Pine Apple.—In Mr. B. S. Williams’ 
Nursery at Holloway, we saw the other day two 
specimens of a variety of Pine Apple, quite distinct 
from any sort in general cultivation, and which are 
both swelling off fruits that promise to attain 
Brobdignagian dimensions. The plants are very 
strong robust growers, and bearing fruits which are 
larger now than any Smooth Cayenne that we have 
seen, and which when ripe, about Christmas, will 
probably weigh about 15 lbs. The pips are of great 
size, while the crowns for such large fruits are very 
small. 
Kelsey’s Japan Plum.—The Fruit Committee 
had, as usual at this'season, a number of subjects before 
them on Tuesday for adjudication, the most remark¬ 
able of all being some specimens of Kelsey’s Japan 
Plum, sent by Messrs. J. Lusk & Sons, Oaklands, 
California, to Mr. William Bull. They left California 
on September 12th, and arrived in excellent condition 
after a month’s travelling. The fruits were as 
large as a good-sized Nectarine, conical shaped, 
and of a rich crimson colour, mottled with yellow. 
It was stated by Messrs. Lusk to have been received 
in California from Japan in 1871, but only ripened its 
fruits to any extent during the last and present 
seasons, and it was thought by them to be particu¬ 
larly adapted to the climate of the South of England, 
which is somewhat similar to the coast counties of 
California. 
Lilium auratum.—A stem of Lilium auratum 
grown in the open ground, in the Marquis of 
Headfort’s garden at Headfort House, near Kells, 
has this season borne sixty-six perfect flowers of 
large size and fine shape and colour, while others in 
the same border produced from fifteen to thirty flowers 
each. The bulbs were started in pots, and when 
growth commenced were planted out in the open 
border, some good loam and cow-manure being placed 
with each clump. The plants grew away- strongly, 
and were well fed during the summer with liquid 
manure, besides being mulched“with an equal mixture 
of peat and mushroom dung, which the stem-roots 
soon took hold of. The mulching is now almost a 
mat of roots, which must have greatly helped to 
support the grand heads of flowers they have pro¬ 
duced. I may state that the stem which bore the 
great mass of flowers above mentioned was a fasiated 
one, and under 4 ft. in height, while many of the 
others have attained a height of over 5 ft.—TT. J. 
Ireland. 
Impatiens Sultani.—Information is asked on 
p. 68 respecting the winter-flowering capabilities of 
this Balsam. For this purpose I consider it a valuable 
acquisition ; flowering freely as it does throughout the 
entire winter months, and thus enlivening the house 
in which it may be growing to such an extent that 
one almost forgets the season of the year. Last 
autumn, earlier than this time, I put in about two 
dozen cuttings singly in thumb pots, keeping them 
rather dry until they were rooted, as being of so soft 
a nature they are likely to damp off if watered as 
often as most things require. When the roots had 
fairly filled the pots, the plants were potted on into 
48’s and placed on a shelf in an intermediate house 
near the glass, where they grew into nice bushy 
plants, furnished to the rim of the pots with strong 
healthy foliage, and they flowered in the greatest 
profusion. I have not found them do so well in a 
stove, where they soon become lanky and do not 
flower either so freely or the blossoms become so 
large. I used them on several occasions for drawing¬ 
room decoration, for which purpose they are very 
effective objects, but they do not last more than three 
days at a time in good condition. On being returned 
to then former quarters, however, they speedily 
recover, and in due course can be used again. I 
have not found any advantage, in preparing them 
for this work, from placing them for a few days in a 
cooler house. I am this season growing another 
batch, which may be considered as proof of my 
opinion of their usefulness.— E. Dumper. 
Bouvardia Humboldtii corymbifLora.—This 
is one of the best—if not quite the best—varieties of 
Bouvardia for furnishing a supply of white, sweet- 
scented flowers in the autumn if properly grown, as it 
easily can be, by anyone haring a spare pit or frame 
that can be devoted to them during the summer and 
autumn. Early in February procure some cuttings 
about 2 ins. long, taken off with a small heel; 
insert them singly in small pots, or several in a 
48-sized pot, in sandy peat, and plunge the pots in a 
brisk bottom heat. Keep them carefully shaded until 
they are rooted, when they should be potted off, being 
careful not to use pots of too large a size as they do 
not make large roots. Water carefully, and keep them 
near the glass in a temperature of 60 deg., and when 
about 4 in. high pinch out the point of each shoot, to 
induce the formation of side shoots. When they are 
growing freely gradually harden the plants off until 
they can be. planted out, about the middle of May, hi 
the frame or pit where they are to remain. Stop the 
shoots once again—the second time—after which no 
more pinching must be done or the plants will not 
bloom so freely, nor will the blooms be so large. Prepare 
the soil for planting them in by mixing together about 
equal parts of loam, leaf-soil, peat, and silver sand, 
and to this add a sprinkling of bone dust. Plant 
them about a foot apart each way, give a good 
watering, keep them nearly close, and syringe daily 
until they become established, when the supply of ah 
