December  16,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OR  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
567 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TRUSS, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
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FRUIT  NOTES. 
Those  who  have  opportunities  of  judging  can¬ 
not  fail  to  notice  how  fruit  is  appreciated  by 
all  classes,  and  how  largely  it  enters  into  the  diet 
of  those  who  are  able  to  get  a  supply  of  good 
quality.  Of  this  we  have  abundant  evidence.  The 
dessert  is  never  taken  out  of  our  dining  room,  and 
still  the  guests  after  their  preliminary  look  through 
the  gardens,  including  the  fruit  room,  often  pay  a 
daily  visit  to  it  afterwards,  and  I  take  it  as  a 
healthy  sign  for  gardening  that  they  put  a  few 
Apples  and  Pears  in  their  pockets  to  eat  later  on. 
For  some  years  past  we  have  been  in  the  habit 
when  large  parties  were  being  given  for  several 
nights  in  succession  of  turning  the  dining  table  into 
a  miniature  fruit  show.  The  fruit  is  placed  on  the 
cloth  (no  dishes  are  used),  a  hunch  of  Muscats, 
3  lbs.  in  weight,  is  placed  at  each  end  of  the  table, 
the  Apples  and  Pears  are  shown  on  Vine  leaves, 
live  or  six  fruits  of  each,  according  to  their  size. 
The  fruits  are  not  crowded  together,  but  space  is 
left  for  a  few  small  glasses  and  a  little  trailing 
m  terial.  Only  fruit  that  is  fit  for  table  is  used, 
aud  all  varieties  are  labelled.  Apples  have  appear¬ 
ance  to  recommeud  them  if  they  are  not  ot  the 
Ribston  and  other  well-known  varieties.  Pears 
are  all  in  an  edible  condition.  For  trailing  mate¬ 
rial  a  fortnight  ago  we  used  Ampelopsis  Veitchi. 
A  few  pieces  were  laid  on  the  cloth,  and  some  well 
coloured  sprays  hung  loosely  from  the  candlesticks. 
The  glasses  were  filled  with  canary  coloured  Chrys¬ 
anthemums,  aud  a  few'  dark  blooms  (Wm.  Seward) 
mixed.  It  may  not  have  looked  like  a  “  scene  from 
fairyland,”  but  1  know  that  several  of  the  names 
were  taken  down,  the  position  the  trees  grew  in 
noted  with  other  information,  and  the  varieties 
have  since  been  added  to  several  collections. 
This  has  occurred  for  several  stasons  by  people 
coming  from  different  parts  of  the  country  and  who 
move  in  the  “  highest  circles.” 
We  have  a  good  collection  of  fruit  trees,  for 
which  I  must  thank  my  predecessor.  W^hen  I  took 
charge  (July,  1891)  I  found,  in  addition  to  the 
older  trees,  many  young  bush  Apples  purchased 
the  previous  season,  and  these  had  been  tempo¬ 
rarily  planted  a  few  feet  apart.  In  the  autumn 
we  trenched  a  piece  of  ground  and  planted  the 
No.  26.8— VOL.  XOVII.,  OLD  Series. 
So.  -  V(iL  XXXV..  THiax)  Series. 
