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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
November 1, 1913 
Orange Pippins; Mr. S. Stenliford, gardener 
to Mrs. Hill, Moreton Court, was a good 
eeeond with a well-arranged collection of 
leading varieties. Five fine sets of twelve 
dishes of culinary varieties were arranged; 
Mr. Barker, gardener to F. Boddington, 
Esq., Burghill, was placed first with very 
large, clean examples of Bismark, Warner’s 
King, Stirling Castle, Bramley’s Seedling, 
Beauty of Kent, Lady Henniker, Golden 
Noble, Annie Elizal>eth, Lane’s Prince Al¬ 
bert. Golden Spire, Blenheim Pippin, and 
Newix>n. Wonder; Mr. Kelly, gardener to 
Messrs. Getthing and Newton, Glewston 
Court, Boss, was a capital second with an 
almost equally good set, amongst which Em¬ 
peror Alexander, Newton Wonder, Bram¬ 
ley’s Seedling, Hambling’s Seedling, and 
Cox’s Pomona were noted. For eight dishes 
dessert varipeties there were four competi¬ 
tors, each of which, staged first-rate produce. 
Here again Mr. Barker took leading honours 
with excellent dishes of Ribston, Cox’s 
Orange, and King of tbe Pippins, Adam’s 
Pearmain, Court Pendu Plat, Worcester 
Pearmain, Charles Ross, and Rival; Mr. 
Kelly was again a close second. 
There was strong competition in the single 
dish class.9s, and in these many of the best 
examples of the several kinds" were found. 
Mr. Kelly took the lead for Blenheim Pip¬ 
pin, Bramley’s Seedling_ and Lane’s Prince 
Albert: Captain Cox, Ashe Leigh, Ross, for 
Cox’s Orange Pippin, Gascoign’s Seedling, 
Newton Wonder, and King of the Pippins; 
Mr. Maiston, for W^ellington; Mrs. Hill, for 
Peasgood’s Nonsuch; Mr. Caddick,'for Annie 
Elizabeth; Mr. Powell, for Lord Derby, 
Rival, and with May Queen for any new 
variety; Mr. J. Riley, for Allington Pippin; 
and Mr. Liddle, gardener to Sir J. Cotterell, 
for Warner’s King. Mr. Kelly led with 
Stirling Castle for any early or midseason 
culinary variety; and Mr. A. G. Bunney 
with Mere de Menage for any late culinary 
variety. 
AMATEURS AND TENANT FARMERS. 
In the class for eight culinary and four 
•dessert varieties of apples, three capital sets 
were staged, Mr. Liddle s'Ccuring the chief 
honour with fine, clean dishes of Striped 
Beaufin. Warner’s King, Lord Derby, The 
Queen, Newton Wonder, Mere de Menage, 
Blenheim Orange, Adam’s Pearmain, Ribston 
Pippin, King of the Pippins, etc.; Mr. Bott, 
Breinton, was a close seco^ with Stirling 
Castle, Annie Elizabeth, etc. Mr. Powell 
was the only exliibitor of six dishes, selected 
from sixteen specially named varieties, and 
he took the first prize with excellent fruits of 
Lord Hindlip, Rival, King Edward VII., 
King’s Acre, Bountiful, Charles Ross, and 
James Grieve. 
The three following classes were devoted 
to varieties suitable for market purposes. 
For eighteen dishes, twelve culinary, six 
dessert, there were three competitors, Mr. 
KeUy taking chief honours with fine ex¬ 
amples of Beauty of Kent, Bramley’s Seed¬ 
ling, Stirling Castle. Newton Wonder, Lane’s 
Prince Albert, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Charles 
Ross, Blenheim Orange, etc.; Mr. Bott 
second. Eight dishes of culinary varieties 
found Mr. Kelly again first with capital 
examples of Newton Wonder, Warner’s King, 
Stirling Castle, Lane’s Prince Albert, Peas- 
gccd’s Annie Elizabeth, Cox’s Pomona, 
and Bramley’s Seedling; Mr. Powell 
was second with an almost equal production. 
For eight dishes of dessert varieties, chief 
honours were again secured by Mr. Kelly 
with a beautiful set of Rival, Charles Ross, 
Adam’s Pearmain, Wealthy, Worcester 
Pearmain, Blenheim Orange, and King and 
Cox’s Orange Pippins. Mr. Bott was placed 
second. 
BOXES PACKED FOR MARKET. 
Five clas.s9s were provid-ed in this section, 
and the frliit in each box exhibited was 
firmly and otherwise well packed, though in 
some cases it was of l>etter quality or better 
graded than in others. Each box was 2811ds. 
in weight. Captain Cox was placed first 
amongst five competitors with Newton 
Wonder; Mr. Kelly first amongst four 
competitors for Lane’s Prince Albert; 
Captain Cox first for Cox’s Orange 
Pippin; Mr. Kelly first for Bramley’s Seed¬ 
ling; and Mr. Powell first for Blenheim 
Orange. 
CHAMPION CLASSES. 
Captain Cox was first for the best dish of 
dessert apples in the show with large, clean, 
and highly-coloured fruit <if Cox’s Orange 
Pippin; Mr. Liddle first for a dish of 
culinary apples, with perfect examples of 
Warner’s King; Mr. Hallett. gardener to 
Mrs. Abbott, first for dessert pears, with a 
splendid dish of Marie Louise; and Mr. 
Sykes, gardener to Colonel Henry, Hatfield, 
first for grapes, with a large, perfectly- 
finished bunch of Gros Maroc. 
PEARS. 
These were not staged in quantity, though 
the quality in most instances was decidedly 
good. There were two collections of twelve 
dishes. Mr. Parrott, gardener to A. W. Fos¬ 
ter, Esq., Brockhampton Court, Ross, taking 
a decided lead with splendid dishes of Marie 
Louise, Emile d'Heyst, Doyenne du Comice, 
Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise d’Uccle, 
Easter Beurre, Durondeau, Glou Morceau, 
Beurre Bose, Beurre Alexandre Lucas, 
Beurre Ranee, and Beurre Superfin; the Rev. 
G. H. Devonport, Foxley, was the other ex¬ 
hibitor in this class. Many fine examples 
were found in the single dish classes. 
COLLECTIONS OF FRUIT AND GRAPES. 
Three collections of six dishes of dessert 
fruits were staged. Mr. Sykes being first 
with excellent Gros Maroc and fair Muscat 
of Alexandria grapes, very good Cox’s Orange 
Pippin apples, and Pitmaston Duchess 
pears, a fine Royal Jubilee melon, and Brown 
Turkey figs; Mr. Liddle, who followed, had 
as his best dishes Doyenne du Comice pears, 
Cox’s Orange Pippin apples, and Coe’s Golden 
Drop plums. 
Gros Colmar grapes were shown in good 
condition both by Mr. Liddle, who took the 
lead, and Mr. Tomeley, gardener to General 
Clive, who came second. With any other 
black variety, Mrs. Woodhouse was placed 
first with large, handsome bunches of Ali¬ 
cante; and Mr. Sykes second with Mrs. Pince. 
For white varieties there were four lots of 
Muscat of Alexandria staged, the best com¬ 
ing from Mr. Liddle, who had tapering, long, 
somewhat thin clusters, beautifully coloured, 
and with large berries. 
TRADE EXHIBITS. 
These were not numerous. The King’s 
Acre Nurseries. Lim., staged about 100 dishes 
of excellent apples and pears, with a back¬ 
ground of well-cropped fruit trees ^n pots. 
Mr. Wilson, Commercial Street, Hereford, 
put up a large exhibit of floral designs and 
plants ; and Messrs. Young and Co., Chelten¬ 
ham, had a fine display of carnations of 
leading varieties. 
TABLE DECORATIONS. 
Six tables were arranged, and that from 
Mrs. W. Spencer, Goodrich, who took chief 
honours, wis very tastefully executed, with 
a single bronze chrysanthenaum as her chief 
subject, relieved with Asparagus plumosus, 
and a small-leaved smilax; Mrs. Offler was 
a good second, with Mary Richard chry¬ 
santhemum as her principal subject. 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural 
Society. 
ABERDEEN BRANCH. 
The quarterly meeting of this society was 
held in the Marischal College, Aberdeen 
University. Mr. A. Forbes Irvine, of Drum, 
Aberdeenshire, presided over a large and 
representative assembly of landowners, fac¬ 
tors, and foresters. After a number of new 
members had been admitted, the Chairman 
intimated that the subject for discussion at 
the meeting was A Comparison of Home 
and Foreign Timber”—a very important one 
for all members of the branch. 
Mr. Sydney J. Gammell, of Drumtochty 
and Countesswells, in opening the discussion. 
said it was really the users of timber who 
decided to what purposes foreign and home 
timber should be put. They had in this 
country examples of most of the trees grown 
in Continental countries as exotics, and some 
from foreign countries, and the distinctions 
which were drawn between the foreign 
classes of timber as it came into the market 
were not always an advantage to the timber 
grown in this country. They had to look into 
that question and see whether the criticisms 
were justified, and whether they could re¬ 
move the difficulties which people asserted 
were present in the supply of home-grown 
timber. They should also endeavour to con¬ 
centrate their energies on growing the spe¬ 
cies best suited for commercial uses, so as 
to provide a large supply. The most valu¬ 
able structural timber was redwood. A good 
many people in this country did not appre¬ 
ciate that redwood was nothing more or less 
than Scottish pine. As regarded that class 
of timber, Scottish pine was fully equal to 
the best class of pine that could be imported, 
Its inherent qualities were strength, dura¬ 
bility, and workableness, and in some parts 
of Scotland the timber grown could beat 
that from any other place. Other countries 
might grow straighter and longer timber, 
but he doubted if anything better could be 
produced as regarded quality than that on 
Deeside, say, at Ballochbuie. Although they 
had excellent specimens' of timber in Scot¬ 
land, when it came to commercial timber > 
they could not compete with the foreign pro- [ 
duct. Home-grown timber was of ten seldom j 
matured, soft at the heart, was knotty, and 
contained a good deal more sap than that 
of other countries. , 
The white wood in trade was the commonj j 
spruce, the quality of which was not equal;, 
to the foreign timl^r. Sylvicultural met hods | 
of cultivating the spruce had been very miichj 
neglected in this country. Many people of 
high distinction maintained that the spruce 
could be planted almost anywhere in this) 
country, and that it would succeed owing to j 
the dampness of the climate. It would be a 
great help if experiments in timber growing 
were undertaken in the near future, 
would be better for those who used it. Gow ^ 
spruces could be grown in Scotland, and, 
he believed, would be very suitable for the 
pulp-making trade. With regard to prices, 
the price given for the home product was 
not by any means equal to that given tor 
forei^ timber. This might be due to 
quality, steadiness of supply, and the nap 
hazard way in which the home supplies we . 
sent to the market. For certain 
he believed the quality of the home supU^^ 1 
was fully equal to that of foreign gro^h. 
and it was the duty of a 
theirs to see that the quality of the 
product was not prejudiced in the matter 
price when compared with anything w 
came from another country. . , 
Sir John Fleming, of Dalmuinzie, cM 
partner in the firm of a large timber 
in Aberdeen and Dundee, remark^ ‘ 
the early sixties wood merchants did 
siderable trade in home products, anu ^ _ 
he would much prefer to have ti°^^ b- | 
Scotland than from foreign lands. 
tended that architects were the Mbit 
as to the kind of timber used m the 
tion of buildings, and suid they ^equ ^ 
be educated as to the advantages of 
material. At present the supply 
timber could not compete with that ^ 
abroad, but he believed that in t 
of a couple of centuries of system ^ . 
culture it would be possible to na 
supply that would do so. th^ 
ban« of the home-grown fir. ^ ws be- 
ti-ees were to the North 
came the sap; and m the , guy sap 
the White Sea the trees had 
at all. A ouantity of seed 
trict might be planted in Forestry^ 
results noted. It was for the n j^ttoifl; 
Department in Scotland to reac 
of such matters, and they « «pstatio®* 
once with a better system 
There were no finer Scottish ash; 
olm ii.nd the 
English oak, the elm. and the ^ 
