December  5,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
523 
FRIDAY,  DECEMBER  13th,  1896, 
SANDER’S  GREAT  XMAS  SALE  OF 
10,000  ORCHIDS, 
By  Messrs.  PROTHEROE  &  MORRIS,  67  &  68,  Cheapside,  London,  E.C. 
WITHOUT  ANY  RESERVE.  Write  for  Catalogues  which  are  Now  Ready. 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
SPECIAL  CULTURE 
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CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
NEW  ROSES 
WORTH  PLANTING. 
PAUL&SON 
OLD  NURSERIES,  GHESHUNT, 
Recommend  the  undernamed,  of  which  they  hold 
Large  Stocks  : 
Pauls’  Carmine  Pillar. 
The  splendid  new  Single  Pillar  or  Climbing  Rose,  5,'-  and 
7/6 ;  Standards,  7/6. 
Alister  Stella  Gray. 
The  new  Cluster  Yellow  Autumnal  Climber,  3/6  and  5/-. 
THE  NEW  CRIMSON  H.P.’s. 
T.  B.  HAYWOOD. 
A  large,  perfectly-shaped  Crimson  Alfred  Colomb. 
BACCHUS. 
The  new  Violet-Crimson  Bedding  Rose  of  the  future; 
Standards  or  Strong  Dwarfs,  7/6  each. 
CHARLES  CATER. 
The  grand  Red  Standard  Rose;  fine  for  Exhibition. 
Dwarfs,  1/6 ;  Standards,  2/6. 
THE  FREEST  LIGHT-COLOURED  H.P. 
PAULS’  EARLY  BLUSH. 
Earliest  and  latest  of  the  nearly  white  H.P.’s  to  fiower. 
GARDEN  ROSES. 
EXHIBITION  ROSES  ON  BRIAR. 
INTERESTING  ROSE  CATALOGUE  Post  Free. 
No.  806.— TOL,  XXXI.,  Third  Series. 
FRUIT  TREES  k  ROSES 
A  large  and  select  stock  is  now  offered  for  sale. 
The  ILLUSTRATED  and  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  of 
FRUITS  and  ROSES,  Post  Free,  3d. 
Winners  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Gold  Medal, 
1893, 1894,  and  1895 ;  also  at  Manchester  and  Liverpool. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
THE  NURSERIES, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS. 
STATJON-HAKLOW.  O.K.R. 
CHRYSAHTHEMUWS. 
All  who  intend  to  Exhibit  Next  Season,  should  send 
for  our  NEW  LIST  before  placing  their  orders.  Our 
young  plants  are  carefully  reared  with  special 
regard  to  the  wants  of  Exhibitors. 
SELECT  LIST  OF  THE  CREAM  OF  THE 
SEASON’S  NOVELTIES. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
I  Chilwell  Nurseries,  NOTTS. 
ROSES!  ROSES!  ROSES ! 
12  SPLENDID  HYBRID  PERPETUAL  ROSES  for  5  6 
Abel  Carrifere,  Alfred  Colomb,  Ohas.  Lefebvre,  Countess  of 
Oxford,  Duke  of  Teck,  Reynolds  Hole,  Coquette  des  Blanches, 
Dupuy  Jamain,  Fisher  Holines,  Earl  of  Dufferin,  Mrs.  John 
Lamy,  Henrich  Schultheis. 
12  CHOICE  TEA  OR  NOISETTE  ROSES  ..  ..for  9/- 
6  STANDARD  ROSES,  9/- ;  12  16,- 
CHEAP  GREENHOUSE  COLLECTION  (20  Strong 
Plants) . 2/6 
100  HARDY  PERENNIALS  . .,4/6 
All  the  above  Carriage  Paid.  CATALOGUES  PREE. 
3Vt.  J.  (H.  ENGLISH  CO.), 
Clapton  Nurseries,  CLEVEDON. 
TECOMA  SMITHII 
THE  FINEST  NEW  FLOWERING  PLANT. 
As  easily  managed  as  a  Chrysanthemum.  It  produces  in 
Autumn  large  heads  of  brilliant  Red  and  Yellow  Blossoms 
STEW  SEED  OF  ADI.  SEEDSTVIENT. 
FRUIT  TREES-A  SPECIALITY. 
STRAWBERRIES! 
Best  Strawberry  Grown. 
OviilinulUiY.  Special  quotations  for  quantities. 
Also  COMPETITOR  No.  1,  and  best  of  Laxton’s  and  Allan’s 
New  Varieties.  All  the  best  of  the  New  and  Old  Varieties  in 
cultivation.  Special  quotations  for  market  purposes. 
PEUIT  TEEES  of  all  sorts  in  all  forms. 
Pomona  Farm  Nurseries,  WITHINGTON  HEREFORD. 
THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  5,  1895. 
CONFUSION  IN  GRAPES. 
COOPER’S  BLACK  AND  GROS  MAROC. 
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From  time  to  time  differences  of  opinion 
have  arisen  as  to  the  identity  or  otherwise 
of  varieties  of  Grapes  which  have  been  dis¬ 
tributed  and  grown  under  diverse  names.  This 
has  inevitably  ^led  to  confusion  and  a  want 
of  uniformity  in  judging  at  exhibitions.  Dif¬ 
ficulties  of  the  nature  indicated  have  arisen  in 
almost  all  the  well-known  types  of  Grape — 
Sweetwaters,  Muscadines,  -Muscats,  Black  Ham- 
burghs,  Alicantes,  which,  it  may  be  said,  became 
lessened  in  intensity  with  the  lapse  of  time, 
until  they  reached  the  vanishing  point.  The 
latest  instance  of  doubt  and  confusion  has  arisen 
in  respect  to  the  (alleged  by  some  and  denied  by 
others)  Tdistinctness  of  the  Grape  or  Grapes 
above  named,  Cooper’s  Black  and  Gros  Maroc. 
We  have  received  more  expressions  of  opinion 
on  this  subject  than  could  possibly  be  inserted, 
and  also  many  samples  of  fruit.  Some  which 
have  been  sent  to  us  as  Cooper’s  Black  were 
undoubtedly  Gros  Maroc  when  compared  with  a 
test  bnnch  which  we  obtained  for  the  purpose 
from  Mr.  Rivers  of  Sawbridgeworth  ;  others 
varied  slightly,  very  slightly  in  shape,  and  there 
was  in  a  few  instances  a  suspicion  of  a  difference 
(nothing  distinct  or  definite)  in  texture  and 
quality. 
Referring  to  three  samples  in  our  issue  of 
November  7th  (page  432)  without  asserting  that 
they  were  exactly  alike  (for  they  were  not)  we 
at  the  same  time  intimated  that  they  resembled 
each  other  too  closely  for  including  in  a  col 
lection  of  distinct  varieties.  Other  specimens 
which  we  have  received  certainly  confirm  that 
opinion,  and  we  now  say,  without  hesitation,  that 
we  can  any  season  see  greater  differences  in 
forms  or  strains — call  them  what  we  may — in 
Black  Hamburghs  than  in  the  black  thick 
skinned  Grapes  which  we  have  been  examining 
inside  and  out  during  the  past  three  weeks.  We 
repeat  then  our  opinion,  that  whatever  differences 
may  be  detected  in  Vines  of  the  two  assumed 
varieties  when  growing,  the  risk  of  disqualifi¬ 
cation  at  shows  where  bunches  of  them  are 
staged  as  distinct  must  always  be  apprehended. 
The  fruit  before  the  judges  is  all  they  have  to 
consider,  and  they  decide  accordingly.  We 
No.  2462.— VOL.  XOIII.,  Old  SERIES. 
