July 9, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
713 
Strawberries.— Auya : You need not be apprehen¬ 
sive of being too late. The runners will make good 
plants if they are pegged down after the fruit crop 
has been gathered. 
Apricot Moor Park. — S. Menzies : This otherwise 
fine variety is especially susceptible to the dying 
away of branches in the way yours has done. The 
only thing to do is to cut out the dead wood, and 
train the other in to fill. It is sometimes difficult 
to do this satisfactorily, and the symmetry of many 
a fine tree has been spoilt by the untimely deaths of 
branches. 
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A FAMOUS CANON HALL MUSCAT 
HOUSE. 
The grapes grown purposely to supply the market 
are very limited in the number of varieties. The 
wood very badly and sets its fruit in an equally un¬ 
satisfactory way as a rule, but Mr. Kay manages it 
splendidly, by according it the requisite amount of 
heat aDd by fertilising the berries artificially. The 
berries of well-grown samples measure 3J in. to 4$ 
in. in circumference. Tbe magnificent appearance 
of the grapes enables Mr. Kay to realise very high 
prices for them. The illustration shows an enormous 
number of bunches on the Vines. Something like 
8,000 lbs. of Grapes are taken out of this house 
annually. Other houses are also devoted to the 
same variety. 
The house in question is 400 ft. long by 38 ft. 
wide, and was built by Mr. W. Duncan Tucker, 
F.R.H S., horticultural builder and hot water 
engineer, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, London, who 
supplied us with the illustration. Mr. Tucker builds 
market garden structures very extensively, at one 
time devoting his attention chiefly, if not solely, to 
STRAWBERRIES, LEADER AND 
MONARCH. 
A box of samples of these comparatively new Straw¬ 
berries reached us the other day from Mr. J. Mayne, 
gardener to the Hon. Marke Rolle, Bicton, Budleigh 
Salterton, Devon. Mr. Mayne says he commenced 
gathering Strawberries in the open quite a fortnight 
later than usual. 
Both varieties sent were noble-looking Straw¬ 
berries of enormous size, and tempting enough to 
make the mouth water. The variety Leader was the 
darkest in colour, the exterior being of a dark, rich 
crimson, and the interior scarlet to the centre, with 
the exception of the white veins running through it. 
In shape, the largest fruits were dilated, sometimes 
angled, and lobed, the lobes being rounded; 
occasional ones were flattened and comb-like The 
seeds or true fruits were inserted in slight cavities, 
A Famous Canon Hall Muscat House. 
principal black sorts are Black Hamburgh, and 
Gros Colman. Others that take a second place are 
Black Alicante, Madresfield Court,and Lady Downes, 
the latter now enjoying but little repute. Muscat of 
Alexandria is the most popular white variety ; while 
Foster’s Seedling and Buckland Sweet Water take a 
secondary position. Duke of Buccleuch and Canon 
Hall Muscat may be regarded as specialities, seeing 
that they cause gardeners, whether in private or 
market garden establishments, a great amount of 
trouble in their cultivation, so that few succeed with 
them. The berries of both are magnificent in 
appearance when well done, and of excellent quality. 
Nobody succeeds better with Canon Hall Muscat 
than Mr. Peter E. Kay, Claigmar Vineyard, Finchley, 
London. The accompanying illustration shows an 
interior view of his famous Canon Hall Muscat 
House, when in full bearing. This Vine ripens its 
this kind of work. He now undertakes the construc¬ 
tion of winter gardens, conservatories, vineries, 
ferneries, Camellia houses, Peach, Rose, and 
Chrysanthemum houses, and, in fact, plant houses in 
general for private establishments. The conserva¬ 
tories, &c., are designed to suit any situation. He 
now issues a well got up catalogue of designs of all 
these houses, giving exterior, interior, and roof 
views of the same. The illustrations chiefly rep¬ 
resent houses, now filled with their occupants, which 
he has designed and built. 
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Olive Oil is said to improve the action of the skin, 
preventing eczema, if taken medicinally. The 
disease can be cured by a liberal use of fresh or 
dried fruit, olive oil, eggs and milk, avoiding starchy 
foods. 
but fairly prominent. The riper fruits were soft 
and very juicy, with a rich aroma and slightly acidu¬ 
lated, just sufficient to make the fruit very pleasant 
eating, and to prevent the insipidity which is 
characteristic of those varieties which are merely 
sweet and watery. Of the two varieties Mr. Mayne 
says that Leader is cropping with him by far the 
better, and taking all things into consideration he 
thinks it is the better of the two. 
The larger fruits of Monarch were dilated and 
flattened or comb shaped; and the smaller ones 
were conical, but nevertheless a little flattened. 
They were paler than those of Monarch, being 
scarlet externally and light orange-scarlet internally. 
The seed-like fruits are small, but prominent on the 
surface. The larger of the fruits were the more 
juicy and richly flavoured, being sweet and less 
acidulated than in the case of Leader, and possessed 
