February 11, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
109 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
otato Discovery. 
During the past two or three years the 
hove round, white and sometimes jiebble- 
taped Potato lias been brought into great 
prominence in various parts of the country. 
Several of our correspondents have made 
allusion to it, and a few months ago we gave 
an illustration of an excellent crop in the 
north of England. This is not a solitary ex¬ 
perience, but almost, if not quite, every cul¬ 
tivator who has given it a trial gives his un¬ 
qualified admission that it is a heavy crop¬ 
ping and disease-resisting Potato. Some 
time ago we also gave an account of the cook¬ 
ing tests conducted in Essex. We have now 
been able to test the table value of Discovery 
for ourselves, the cooking having been done 
by one who never gained a South Kensing¬ 
ton certificate or diploma, for certain. Never¬ 
theless, the table quality of the Potato 
asserted itself and came out first-class, 
having been slowly boiled for half an hour. 
The test was repeated a. second time, and a 
table fork pushed into one of the specimens 
resulted in the tuber breaking up, thus 
showing its mealy character. All were, how¬ 
ever, boiled in their jackets for the purpose 
of testing their capabilities. When placed 
on the table and broken up, the flesh pie- 
sented a clean and white appearance, with 
an inclination to break up as mealy Potatos 
do, and possibly if this same Potato were 
grown in sandy soil it would be still more 
inclined to break up. Nevertheless, at the 
present time the flesh holds together suffi¬ 
ciently firm to be cut and eaten with knife 
and fork. The flavour was of excellent 
quality, and the test gave some- evidence that 
the tubers would even improve by keeping. 
We have known from boyhood that Potatos 
do not all ripen at the same time. Early 
varieties may be used immediately, but there 
are certain others, and such have always 
been, which are not worth eating until after 
the new year at least, while the very latest 
are best in spring, and serve to furnish the 
last supplies until new Potatos are obtain¬ 
able. Discovery is essentially a late Potato, 
and we believe it will be proved an excellent 
sort either for home use or for market pur¬ 
poses to keep up a supply for table from 
January till the new crop is ready for using. 
The variety is still quite new, having only 
been put into commerce by Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons, Reading, in the spring of 1902. 
We have little doubt that the variety has 
come to stay, and is possessed of a vigour of 
constitution that will last for many years to 
come. In this respect it recalls Magnum 
Bonum, sent out by the same firm, and 
which was used by us as a kidney suitable 
for field culture. 
Horticultural Examinations. 
As announced in our last week's issue, the 
general examination in horticulture under 
the auspices of the Royal Horticultural 
Society is fixed for April 12th next. The 
syllabus before us shows the elementary 
principles on which horticultural practice is 
based, and in which gardeners are supposed 
to make themselves proficient in order to 
pass the examination. The principal items 
required in horticultural operations and 
practice are also given, but as they' do not 
differ from what has been proposed in 
former years, we merely advise those of our 
readers who intend to sit, for (lie examina¬ 
tion to get a copy 7 of the syllabus from the 
secretary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, Westmin¬ 
ster. The examination for school teachers 
is to be held on Wednesday, April 5th, and 
the syllabus gives an outline of the subjects 
in which the teachers must qualify, in order 
to pass tlie examination. The object is to 
qualify teachers to conduct horticultural in¬ 
struction in cottage and allotment garden¬ 
ing, but more particularly in connection 
with teaching in elementary and technical 
schools to which horticultural classes may be 
attached. This examination will be a repe¬ 
tition of the one held last year, and which 
was undertaken in view of the increasing de¬ 
mand in rural districts that teachers should 
be competent to give instruction in the 
elements of hardening. 
O t? 
Rose Frau Peter Lambert. 
The above is the name of a new hybrid 
Tea Rose raised by Herr Nic. Welter in 
1902. Some years ago a number of Roses 
were brought by the raiser to the notice of 
Mr. Lambert, including white, y’ellow, rose, 
and red varieties. Most of these had names 
given to them, but one of them was a beau¬ 
tiful salmon-rose colour, very full and of 
large size, to which no name had yet been 
given. Mr. Lambert was invited to inspect 
a nursery plantation of between 100 and 150 
strong bushy 7 plants in rich and full flower. 
The beholder was very much struck with 
them, and after closely inspecting them he 
desired that it should bear his wife's name, 
a m so it was named Frau Peter Lambert. 
A full-page coloured plate of this beautiful 
variety appears in " Rosen-Zeitung "' for 
December. The buds are very long, sen¬ 
sibly 7 narrowed upwards, and as the bloom 
reaches perfection it becomes broadly cup¬ 
shaped, with the outer petals more or less 
reflexed at the edges, and of a clearer or 
paler colour there. The petals are very 
numerous, gradually decreasing in size from 
the outermost to the centre, which is quite 
full. The stems and stalks of the leaves are 
tinted with red, and the clean-lcoking foliage 
greatly helps to set off the beauty of the 
flowers. The variety was obtained as a 
hybrid from Kaiserin Augusta 5 ictoria x 
Caroline Testout x Mine. Abel Chatenay. 
