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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 10, 1896. 
Cox’s Pomona is sufficient to make the average 
grower green with envy. This applies with equal or 
more force to Gascoigne’s Scarlet Seedling, or Glory 
of England as it is sometimes called. • It is of 
excellent flavour, and may be used for kitchen or 
dessert purposes. No one can help admiring it wher¬ 
ever it is exposed to the public gaze. Like Cornish 
Aromatic, Cornish Gilliflower is an old favourite of 
exquisite flavour, and though not very highly 
coloured, as a rule, it is so here. Large and im¬ 
posing fruits are Lady Henniker and Warner’s King. 
Baumann's Red Winter Reinette attains a large size 
here, and great intensity of colour. Calville Blanche 
is pale green ultimately becoming almost white. 
Emperor Alexander gets so highly coloured here 
that it gets almost out of character as we generally 
know it. What then shall we say of Peasgood’s 
Nonsuch, which is imposing even under ordinary 
circumstances ; its size and colour are simply mag¬ 
nificent. Beauty of Kent also gets splendidly 
coloured. Annie Elizabeth is usually a green Apple 
with a polished skin, but here it becomes yellow, 
heavily shaded with red on the sunny side. 
Open Ground. 
In following our guide while making an examina¬ 
tion of the plantations, we rambled over acres and 
acres of young fruit trees, grown in all the leading 
forms and bearing more or less heavy crops of hand¬ 
some fruits. Allington Pippin, sometimes called 
South Lincoln Beauty (See illustration, p. g:), is 
said to be a cross between King of the Pippins and 
Cox’s Orange Pippin. It is larger and more conical 
than the latter, and bronzy green in the early stages, 
becoming yellow and heavily suffused with red. The 
tree is a strong and vigorous grower, a heavy 
cropper, and well worthy of cultivation where Cox’s 
Orange does not succeed. It was honoured with a 
First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural 
Society under the name of South Lincoln Beauty, 
and is almost certain to become a great favourite for 
dessert purposes on account of its excellent flavour. 
It was put into commerce this year for the first 
time. 
Another new Apple we cannot omit mentioning is 
Hambling’s Seedling (see illustration, p. 89), first 
sent out by the firm in 1894, and consequently quite 
new. It may be used for cooking or dessert pur¬ 
poses, and is a green Apple of good quality, in season 
from December to March. It is a fruit of the first 
size, and well worthy of attention on account of its 
excellent keeping qualities. For the illustration of 
this, and for Allington Pippin, we are obliged to 
Messrs. George Bunyard & Co. 
Some splendid samples of Pears not yet mentioned 
are worthy of attention on account of their hand¬ 
some proportions. In this respect we would par¬ 
ticularly mention the brownish-red King Edward, 
a handsome variety ; also the huge Pitmaston 
Duchess, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Beurre Fouc- 
queray, Vicar of Winkfield, Souvenir du Congres t 
Brock worth Park, Marie Louise d’Uccle and 
Margaret Marrillat, a very large, shortly pear-shaped 
variety of great merit and quite new. 
Trees. 
Any report would be incomplete if mention of the 
trees from which these grand fruits are derived 
were omitted. The number grown is simply enormous. 
Apples are grown as standards, pyramids, bushes, and 
as amateurs’ standards. The latter are distinguished 
by the short branches on the stems, which bear fruit 
heavily from top to bottom, quite independently of 
the head. Young trees on the Paradise are notable 
for bearing very early ; in fact, Bismarck bears a 
few fruit even on maiden trees. Golden Spire 
behaves in the same way; in fact, the fruits were 
lying almost on the ground. Pyramid Apples vary 
in height from 3 ft. to 8 ft. 
The two-year-old Apples on the Paradise are 
always worth seeing. Many of them bear heavily, 
while all are sturdy stuff and in excellent condition 
for transplanting to form new plantations. Amongst 
the trees coming into this category we noted large 
quantities of Stirling Castle, Cox’s Pomona, Lane’s 
Prince Albert, Baumann’s Red Winter Reinette. 
Lord Derby, New Hawthornden, Bismarck, Newton 
Wonder, Allington Pippin, and many others above 
mentioned. The branches of Golden Spire at the 
time of our visit were hanging like ropes of Onions, 
and in first-class condition as their high colour 
testified. The trees are pruned but sparingly, and 
frequently lifted in order to encourage the develop¬ 
ment of roots. May Queen is another beautiful 
variety added to the collection, and being sent out 
this year for the first time. The fruits are of medium 
to small size, and of a rich crimson-red on the sunny 
side. The name refers to its keeping qualities, for it 
is in season during April and May, when it will be 
appreciated for dessert purposes. Those that are 
suitable for this purpose are by no means numerous. 
Pears are grown in an equal number of ways, and 
are as well done as the Apples, though second to the 
latter in popularity. There are also maiden Peaches 
with the foundation of trained trees already well 
commenced. Their vigour is great. A large breadth 
of Plum stocks in excellent condition has just been 
budded. 
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CRYSTAL PALACE FRUIT SHOW. 
The great annual fruit show held under the auspices 
of the Royal Horticultural Society, took place on the 
1st, 2nd, and 3rd inst., at the Crystal Palace, and 
occupied either end of the central area of the 
building as in former years. On all hands it was 
admitted to be a splendid show, though not quite so 
large as last year. This would apply more particu¬ 
larly to certain classes of early fruits, especially 
the stone fruits. Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, and 
Cherries, were deficient; and the same might be 
said of Williams’ Bon Chretien Pear, of which 
we did not notice a single dish, all being out of 
season. Apples, Pears, Grapes, berried plants, and 
Nerines were the leading features of the show ; but 
as might have been expected the Apples were the 
dominating feature, both as to attractiveness and 
quantity. 
Fruits Grown Under Glass or Otherwise. 
The class for a collection of twelve dishes of ripe 
fruit was interesting on account of the variety it 
afforded, compared with the hardy fruit exhibits. 
Lord Harrington (gardener, Mr. J. H. Goodacre), 
Elvaston Castle, Derby, took the leading award, with 
well ripened Pines, Muscat of Alexandria, and Ali¬ 
cante Grapes, two Melons, two dishes each of Apples 
and Pears, and a dish each of Plums and Peaches, 
laid on coloured vine leaves. Lady H. Somerset (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. F. Harris), Eastnbr Castle, Ledbury, 
took the second place with fine Muscats, a Pine, 
Pears, etc Sir Joseph W. Pease, Bart., M.P. 
(gardener, Mr. J. Mcludoe), Hutton Hall, Guis- 
borough, Yorks, took the third place with some fine 
Gros Maroc Grapes, Exquisite Peaches, Pines, etc. 
W. K. D'Arcy, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Tidy), 
Stanmore Hall, Middlesex, staged the best eight 
dishes of ripe fruit, including well finished Alnwick 
Seedling and Muscat Grapes, and Passitlora edulis 
(The Granadilla). Mrs. Wingfield (gardener, Mr. W. J. 
Empson), Ampthill House, Ampthill, B:ds, took the 
second place here with an even lot. 
Grapes. —Chas. Bayer, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Wm. 
Taylor), Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill, S.E , took 
the leading award for six varieties of Grapes, which 
included fine bunches of Alicante, Gros Maroc, 
Trebbiano, Gros Colman, and Muscat of Alexandria. 
Messrs, de Rothschild (gardener, Mr. G. Reynolds), 
Gunnersbury Park, Acton, W., were second with 
finely finished bunches of most of the sorts. I he 
berries of Gros Maroc were of enormous size, 
but not quite ripe. Lord Hartington took the third 
place. 
The leading prize for three varieties of Grapes was 
taken by Alderman Chaffin (gardener, Mr. W. 
Taylor), Bath. Gros Maroc, Muscat of Alexandria, 
and Madresfield Court, were the varieties shown. 
Lady H. Somerset was second. 
Chas. Bayer, Esq., took the lead for three bunches 
of Black Hamburgh, which were finely finished. 
F. W. Fleming, Esq., was a very good second; and 
the Hon. F. W. Buxton (gardener, Mr. W. H. 
Godden), Sawbridgeworth, was third. 
Alderman Chaffin again led the way in the class 
for three bunches of Madresfield Court, which were 
large in berry and finely finished. C. Bayer, Esq., 
was a very good second, but his bunches were 
smaller. Alderman Chaffin had the best three 
bunches of Gros Colman in large and finely finished 
bunches. W. K. D’Arcy, Esq , was awarded the 
leading prize for Alicante; but the bunches of 
Alderman Chaffin were larger, and of better shape, 
while the berries were altogether finer, yet he was 
only awarded the second place. We failed to see 
the justice of the decision. 
W K. D'Arcy, Esq , rightly took the lead in the 
class for Lady Downes, which was beautifully 
finished. Mr. E. Kemp, Coolhurst, Horsham, was 
second with nice bunches. W. K. D’Arcy again 
took the lead for any other black, showing Alnwick 
Seedling ; C. Bayer, Esq., was placed second. F. W. 
Fleming, Esq., came. in third with grand bunches of 
Mrs. Pince’s Black Muscat. 
W. K. D'Arcy took the leading award for Muscat 
of Alexandria, and was followed by Sir Geo. Russell, 
Bart., M.P. (gardener, Mr. F. Cole), Reading ; and 
F. A. Bevan, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. H. Lees), 
Trent Park, New Barnet, was third. There were 
thirteen entries in this class and little difference 
between the winning stands. For any other white 
Grape, Alderman Chaffin led the way with Cannon 
Hall Muscat. Messrs, de Rothschild were second 
with fine samples of Foster's Seedling. T. W. 
Erie, Esq. (gardener, Mr. P. H. Edwards), Liphook, 
was accorded the first prize for Figs. 
Collections of fruit by amateurs were fairly well 
represented, but none was considered worthy of a 
Gold Medal. The second award for a collection of 
fifty dishes was taken by Mr. A. Wyatt, Hatton, 
Middlesex, who had some good samples for the 
county, but the dessert varieties particularly, were 
small. Lord Foley (gardener, Mr. Miller), Ruxley 
Lodge, Esher, was placed third. The first prize for 
a collection of thirty-six dishes of hardy fruit grown 
under glass to illustrate orchard house culture, was 
taken by Sir Joseph W. Pease, Bart., M.P , who had 
Grapes, Figs, Pears, Apples, Cherries, Nectarines, 
Peaches, Apricots, and Plums. J. W. Melles, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. J. Nicholson), Sewardstone Lodge, 
Chingford, was second with a good lot of Apples and 
Pears. 
Nurserymen’s Classes. 
There was no competition in the class for a collection 
of fruit trees bearing fruit. The leading place of 
honour for a collection of hardy fruits grown partly 
or entirely under glass to illustrate orchard house 
culture, was taken by Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., 
Maids'one, who had a splendid table. In the centre 
were pot trees of Apples, Vines, Figs, &c. laden with 
fruit, and all round the sides were dishes and baskets 
of Apples, Pears, Figs, &c , the Apples being of 
handsome size and superbly coloured. Very hand¬ 
some were Emperor Alexander, Gascoigne’s Scarlet 
Seedling, Warner’s King, Washmgton, Twenty- 
Ounce, The Queen, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, and King 
of Tomkin’s County. Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co. 
deservedly received the Gold Medal offered by the 
Fruiterer’s Company, for a collection of not more 
than 100 distinct varieties of hardy fruit. A pyramid 
of fruit occupied the centre of the table ; and this 
was surmounted by a crown made of Crab Apples 
and berries of the Fiery Thorn. Conical baskets of 
Apples with a Palm or other plant in the centre 
occupied the prominent positions, and the inter¬ 
mediate spaces were filled up with magnificent 
samples of Apples. 
The first prize for a collection of fruit grown 
entirely out of doors, and not more than fifty 
varieties, was taken by Mr. H. Berwick, Sidmouth, 
Devon. Cox’s Pomona, Gascoigne's Scarlet and 
others were notable for their colour ; and the collec¬ 
tion generally was very fine. Mr. A. Wyatt, took 
the second place here. 
Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., took the leading 
honours for a collection of not more than fifty 
varieties of Pears. Some were in baskets, others in 
plates, but a large proportion was of splendid size. 
Mr. H. Berwick, was second here. 
Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., again proved in¬ 
vincible in the class for thirty to fifty dishes of 
Apples grown entirely in the open air. For size and 
colour, the varieties were simply magnificent. Mr. 
John Basham, Fair Oak Gardens, Bassaleg, Newport, 
Monmouth, was second with a fine lot. 
Fruits Grown in the Open Air. 
Apples.— The classes in Division III. were open 
to gardeners and amateurs only. The Bunyard 
Centenary Prizes brought out some splendid exhibits 
of twenty-four dishes of Apples, distinct, sixteen 
cooking and eight dessert. The first award was 
carried off by Roger Leigh, Esq., (gardener, Mr. G. 
Woodward), Barham Court, Maidstone. All the 
fruits were grand of their kind, but the cooking ones 
were of enormous size, and included Peasgood’s 
Nonsuch, Emperor Alexander, Lord Derby, Mere de 
Menage, Belle Dubois, Warner’s King, Bismarck, 
Bramley’s Seedling, Stone’s, Waltham Abbey, and 
others. Amongst dessert Apples, Washington, 
Cornish Aromatic, Cox’s Orange, Melon, Barnack 
