November 19, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
929 
Round the Nurseries. 
Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley. 
At thei end of October* we paid a visit of inspection to the 
extensive establishment of Messrs. J. Cheat and* Sons, Lowfield 
Nurseries, Crawley, Sussex. It was certainly late in the 
season to see any of the specialities of this firm at their best, 
but a visit at any time of the year is well worth the attention 
of gardeners intending to plant ornamental trees or shrubs or 
Suit tree®. These) two items, we may say, are the biggest 
specialities of the firm, but Dahlias and herbaceous plants are 
always good and worthy of close attention. The firm has, in¬ 
deed, held a high reputation for single Dahlias for many years 
past,’ their collection of choice varieties being exhaustive and 
also up to date. 
On this occasion thei fruits were mostly in the fruit room 
and the deciduous subjects in their autumn garb, and certainly 
the beauty of the trees at this stage of then career is well 
worthy of the attention of the landscape gardener and tree 
planter. The effects that can be) produced are. certainly worn 
derfal, and none but those who give close attention to the trees 
at this season can imagine the beauty of their dying glories. 
Apples. 
As the fruits were mostly gathered and stored in the fruit 
room, we had 1 an opportunity of comparing and estimating the 
value of thei varieties. We slia.ll first speak of the Apples 
which we saw, and then deal with the Pears. Amongst the 
Apples, the Queen is an early variety, yet. was nevertheless 
still in perfection. The fruit is oblate j that is, broader than 
deep*, and streaked and splashed with crimson on a, yellow 
around. It is almost needless to dilate on the merits of Lane’s 
Prince Albert as a prolific and late-keeping Apple, for it now 
ranks amongst the very best cooking varieties. The fruits 
here were of unusually large size and highly coloured with red, 
although normally a green Apple. The tree flowers late and 
succeeds well as a bush, half-standard or* cordon). Bromley s 
Seedling also takes a very high position as a, culinary Apple, 
and is oblate and green, though often shaded with red on the 
sunlny exposure. A late-flowering, sure cropper and good 
market Apple is Lord Derby, which is ovate, greenish-yellow 
and flushed with bronze. The highly developed angles round 
the eye serve to distinguish this variety. The flowers are also 
highly ornamental in spring. Warner’s King also takes very 
high rank as. a culinary Apple, being of large size, oblate and 
light green. 
During the past decade or more, Peasgood’si Nonsuch lias 
taken first rank as an exhibition Apple on account of its size 
and beautiful appearance. The roundly oblate fruit is much 
tinted with red and splashed with crimson, though in certain 
districts the colour may not. be highly developed. As an 
orchard house tree it is both useful and ornamental, a.s. small 
trees) usually set well and the fruits attain a, large size, while if 
they are placed in. the; open air late 1 in the season to complete 
their maturity they acquire a colour that is excelled only by 
a few. 
Royal Jubilee is a. very large conical yellow fruit, more or 
lees flushed with red this year, and amongst new varieties 
enjoys considerable reputation. The tree flowers late, and is 
therefore likely to escape late spring frosts. It has already 
acquired considerable reputation as a market Apple, and is 
found to. succeed well in the north. A small conical fruit is 
Paroquet, put into commerce in, 1890. It is, however, of hand¬ 
some appearance, being red and much tinted with russet round 
the top. It is of good flavour, and at the present time very 
hard, but it mellows in spring and keeps good till April. It 
also takes well in the market. A new Apple is Crawley 
Reinette, having fruited for the first time about four or five 
years ago*. The fruit is ovoid, deep, crimson and suffused with 
russet on all surfaces where the red is lacking. The tree 
flowers late, is very hardy, and thei fruit, which is useful for 
kitchen or table, is in season during January and February. 
It does splendidly as 1 a bush tree. 
Gascoigne’s Scarlet is a kitchen Apple that takes first rank 
for exhibition, purposes on account of its size and remarkably 
bright red colour. The term scarlet would indicate the near 
approach amongst, Apples to that colour. Small trees in pots 
in the orchard house carried seven, eight, and nine very large 
fruits. Placing the trees out of doors when the fruits are 
approaching their full size causes them to become very highly 
coloured. Emperor Alexander is normally a high-coloured 
fruit) in the south, and, being of large size), it is very popular 
for exhibition purposes. The quality is also excellent, but the 
tree fruits too sparingly to be useful to any but those having 
plenty of space at command. Ross’s Nonpareil is not by any 
means a showy Apple, being small, round, russety and more or 
less 1 flushed with red. The fruit is highly flavoured, however, 
and the tree prolific, so that it takes high rank in many 
gardens for dessert purposes. 
Within the last, few years* Charles Ross has come very much 
before the public as a claimant for the attention of planters. 
As described in our last issue, it was derived from Cox’s 
Orange Pippin and Peasgood’s Nonsuch. The fruit is of large 
size, oblate, heavily shaded with red, like the last-named 
parent, but possesses a good deal of the Cox’s Orange flavour. 
It is in season during October- and November. The tree is a 
sturdy grower, and comes into bearing in three years. When 
more plentiful in gardens it will, no. doubt, come very much to 
the front as an exhibition Apple, while it may be used both 
for dessert and culinary purposes*. Rival is also a, November 
Apple, and, like the previous one, derived from thei same 
parents. It is one of the Apples that, have been raised by Mr. 
Charles Ross, of Welford Park Gardens, and was honoured with 
an Award of Merit by the R.H.S. on October 9tlr, 1900. The 
fruit is bright red on the exposed surface, and the flesh is more 
solid than that of Charles Ross. 
Coronation is a new Apple that received an, Award of Merit! 
in 1902, but its cropping qualities have not yet been proved 
very extensively. We may state, however, that it comes, into 
bearing in the; course of three years*, and the tree is both 
healthy and vigorous. It is a dessert variety in season during 
December. 
Schoolmaster is a little-known Apple) that is* in season from 
October to, November, and may be used for kitchen or dessert 
purposes. A tree of it, 81j ft. high and in bush form, can ied 
220 fruits, although the leaves had fallen from thertree. The 
fruits are light shining green, changing to yellow, and spotted 
like that of Wellington, of which it, is supposed to be a, seed- 
lino-. It. is well adapted for cold, heavy soils, in* which it will 
flour sir and fruit every year. On account of its prolific nature, 
it is well worthy of cultivation, but is more suitable for 
culinary than dessert purposes. Those who* have cold and wet 
soils to contend with will find a sure cropper in this fruitful 
variety. The blossom is light in colour and very handsome. 
Pears. 
Pears were also plentifully represented in the fruit room, 
and although the past season has not been very favourable to. 
Pears in the open, a heavy crop has been derived here from 
the cordon trees in the orchard house. Glou Moreeau is a 
well-known variety which succeeds well in most parts of 
Britain, and is of excellent quality when matured in the fruit 
room. ’ Fine samples were also noted of Beurre Diel, another 
good standard sort.. Samples of Easter Beurre, grown upon a 
wall, had the characteristic spots very much obscured by a 
large development of the russet- colour. An earlier ripening 
and larger fruit is Pi tin art on Duchess, the fruits of which had 
attained a huge size on a fence. A companion to* this is 
Duchessie. d’Amgouleme, of good quality this year, and the speci¬ 
mens we 1 noted had been grown* upon a. wall. 
A very fine Pear for cultivation in the form of cordons is 
Conseiller cte la Coor, which is, also of good quality, forming 
a buttery, melting Pear during October and* November. In 
some seasons it, wall keep- good even later than that. A very 
