August 20, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Royal Agricultural Society. 
At the present time the question of Park 
Roya.1 and the holding of the annual exhibi¬ 
tion, there isi greatly exercising- the members 
of the Royal Agricultural Society. Last year 
the first of the shows held at Park Royal 
caused a. loss of £9,680. This year the ex¬ 
penses have been considerably reduced in 
connection with the show, but the small at¬ 
tendance is sure ten show a loss when the 
profit and loss have been calculated. It 
seems ‘that the reserve funds of the society 
have been exhausted, and that if the show 
cannot be improved, so a,s to draw a large 
attendance, the society will have to- face the 
giving up of the annual exhibition. The al¬ 
ternative to this is that they return fo their 
former policy of holding provincial exhibi¬ 
tions, where the expense ma,y be less and the 
attendance greater. A great many members 
of the -society are of opinion that -the: election 
of the executive must be popularised in order 
to win back the confidence which they have 
lost and to enable them to resume their legi¬ 
timate work, the advancement of agriculture. 
British-Grown Fruits. 
The great autumni show of British-Grown 
Fruits which commenced its career at the 
Crystal Palace and went, to Chiswick last 
autumn will this year be held in the new 
Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, West¬ 
minster, on October 4th, 5th, and 6th, by 
the Royal Horticultural Society. The 
schedule on our table shows that the exhibi¬ 
tion has been mapped out on much the same 
lines as in previous years, except that the 
vegetable section of last year has been 
omitted. Some attention is given -to colonial 
grown fruit -and preserved fruits, jams-, etc., 
but those are reserved for another show to 
be held on December 13th and 14th next. 
The autumn show, as mapped out, makes 
provision for entries in ninety-nine classes, 
many of the varieties 1 of apples and pears, 
scheduled in former years, -having been 
omitted and precedence given to the better 
and more popular varieties; collections of 
fruit and classes for giape-s, as well as the 
big classes for growers of hardy fruit, are 
about- the same as last year. W-e are not 
likely, however, to see much- fruit in the 
classes for Peaches and Nectarines in October. 
Fruit, Nuts, and Vegetables. 
Under the above name a small pamphlet 
has beemcompiled by Mr. Albert- Broadbent, 
Manchester. A large number of fruits and 
vegetables are discussed in small space, and 
the writer takes their medicinal value into 
account-, as well as the sustaining powers of 
the various fruits when used as food. When 
the fruits are fresh, he considers there are 
21 ozs. of solid food in a pound of Apples; 
2 ozs. in a pound of Apricots; 4§-ozs. in a 
pound of Bananas; 2 J ozs-. in a pound of 
Cherries ; 2-J ozs. in a pound of Pears; 2 ozs. 
in a pound of Peaches, and 3 o-zsl in a pound 
o-f Grapes. Not very much solid -food is 
■shown to exist in a similar weight either of 
Gooseberries, Plums-, Raspberries or Straw¬ 
berries, but Cranberries, eVen in the fresh 
state, are said -to contain only § ozs. of solid 
food in a pound. In the case of dried fruits, 
the quantity of solid food in a given weight 
has a very much higher percentage than in 
the cas-e of fresh fruits. This, of course, 
simply means that the water has been ex¬ 
tracted from the same. The quantity of 
■solid food in dried Chestnuts, Walnuts, and 
Sweet Almonds is 14| o-zs. to the po-und. 
This is certainly a very high percentage, but 
w-e presume that such solid food co-uld not 
be eaten alone with any great advantage. 
In discussing the various fruits, the author 
does not confine himself entirely to the fruits, 
but takes the roots and leaves into oonsiderar 
tion a.s well. He quotes Pliny and Cato as 
-showing that the Cole-wort, that is the Cab¬ 
bage, was the only internal remedy used by 
the Romans during 600 years. The Ionian® 
had great faith in it, as the Egyptians had in 
the Onion. He even gives prescriptions! for 
the making -of various useful dishes from the 
vegetables under discussion, such as Cab¬ 
bages, stewed Carrots, stewed Celery, Celery 
fritters, Celery coffee, etc. The proportion 
of Cranberries for different purposes forms 
the subject of several paragraphs, a-nd one 
o-f their chief recommendations is the: long 
time during which they may be had fresh 
during the winter months. A very large 
number of fruits and vegetables, both grown 
in this country and abroad, are passed under 
review, so- that jthosie desirous of having 
recipes for useful a-nd fancy dishes of pre- 
se-rves might wish to consult this book. 
Gooseberries at Oulton. 
The first exhibition of Gooseberries in¬ 
augurated by the Stone Gooseberry Growers’ 
Society was held recently at Oulton. The 
largest berry was “London” a-nd weighed 
23 dwts. 3 grs., this being -shown by Mr. 
W. Wood. Tlie next largest -berries were 
Blucher, weighing 22 dwts. 15 grs.; Ringer, 
21 dwts. 8 grs.; and two berries of Sunrise, 
weighing 21 dwts. and 20 dwt-s. respectively. 
Many other favourite varieties were shown, 
but none of them came up to the above 
weights; -even the first prize exhibitor came 
up with a fine berry in another class, but 
failed to beat his previous record. 
Scientific Forestry. 
The question of afforestation and for the 
provision of a national system of instruction 
in forestry has been engaging the attention 
of -the President of the Board of Agriculture 
and Fisheries. Already some steps have 
been taken to give effect- to the recommenda¬ 
tions: of the Departmental Committee ap¬ 
pointed in 1902. A School of Forestry has 
been established in the Forest of Dean; the 
Agricultural Departments of the University 
College of North Wales- and the Durham 
College of Science are preparing to offer spe¬ 
cial advantages as centres of instruction in 
this science. An idea- lias also: been mooted 
for securing a suitable area of land in Scot¬ 
land in the interests of teaching the science 
and practice of forestry. 
