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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
December  5,  1901. 
Apple,  Norfolk  Beauty. 
Societies. 
This  splendid  seedling  novelty  was  raised  in  the  famous  fruit 
garden  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  at  Gunton  Park,  -where 
Mr.  William  Allan  so  ably  maintains  the  responsible  superinten¬ 
dence.  He  staged  a  magnificent  set  of  the  fruits  of  Norfolk 
Beauty  at  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  meeting,  held  in 
the  Drill  Hall,  on  October  15,  and  on  that  date  received  an 
Award  of  Merit.  The  fruits  were  greatly  admired  on  that 
occasion,  and  the  variety  has  been  most  favourably  commented 
on  in  the  gardening  Press.  We  find  this  Apple  to  be  most 
delicious  when  cooked,  which  operation  requires  only  about 
twenty  minutes,  and  the  merest  simmering  is  sufficient  to  cook 
it  well.  The  flavour  is  rich,  aromatic,  spicy,  and  altogether 
agreeable  and  satisfying.  When  so  prepared  it  is  one  of  the 
finest  Apples  we  can  recall.  For  eating  purposes  the  same 
praise-giving  expressions  can  be  used.  While  the  pale  cream- 
coloured  flesh  is  firm  and  good  for  travelling  well,  it  is  at  the 
same  time  soft  and  melting  on  the  palate,  being  luscious,  as 
Apples  go,  and  with  a  soft,  agreeable  flavour.  Our  illustration 
of  this  variety  on  this  page  is  true  to  nature.  The  contour  is 
even  and  rounded,  the  eye  being  rather  deep-set  in  a  somewhat  i 
wrinkled  and  confined 
basin,  the  base  infold¬ 
ing,  and  having  a  clean 
stalk,  moderate  in  size. 
The  skin  is  a  pale 
bronzy-yellow,  deeper 
in  tone  than  that  of 
Golden  Noble. 
We  have  received  the 
following  interesting 
letter  from  the  raiser, 
Mr.  Allan,  and  it  will 
perhaps  not  be  a  breach 
of  courtesy  to  print  it 
in  full.  He  says  of  the 
variety  :  — “  It  is  an  ex¬ 
cellent  Apple  for  cook¬ 
ing,  but  requires  great 
care,  as  it  is  quickly 
done,  and  soon  goes  to 
pulp  if  the  oven  is 
fierce.  My  foreman 
told  me  one  of  the 
nurserymen  said  there 
was  no  occasion  to  give 
it  another  name,  as  it 
was  so  much  like 
Golden  Noble  and 
Waltham  Seedling. 
Now  my  experience  of 
the  two  mentioned  is 
that  they  are  shy 
bearers,  whereas  Nor¬ 
folk  Beauty  is  a  great 
and  constant  bearer, 
often  producing  large 
fruits  on  the  ex¬ 
tremities  of  previous 
year’s  growth,  thus 
giving  it  a  pendant 
habit.  The  original  tree  (now  blown  over)  has  never  missed  a 
heavy  crop ;  reminds  one  of  Lane’s  Prince  Albert  in  that  respect. 
You  will  notice  some  of  the  fruits,  where  exposed  to  the  sun, 
put  on  a  nice  flush ;  this  colour,  I  am  sure,  would  be  more  vivid 
and  common  if  grown  in  Kent  or  the  home  counties.  Norfolk- 
grown  Apples  do  not  colour  in  anything  like  the  proportion 
they  do  in  the  above  counties.  From  a  tree  grafted  three  years 
back  one  graft  perfected  ten  fine  fruits,  and  probably  twenty 
fruits  were  thinned  off.  This  Apple  has  been  under  my  obser¬ 
vation  now  for  some  years.  In  the  green  state — fresh  gathered 
it  has  much  the  character  of  a  Warner’s  King,  as  it  changes 
colour  toward  ripeness  it  becomes  more  like  a  Dr.  Harvey  or 
W  altham  Seedling.  I  have  now  several  established  trees  grafted 
with  it,  and  shall  in  a  year  or  two  have  it  in  abundance.  It 
often  has  the  bump  near  the  stalk  like  a  Dr.  Harvey,  also  the 
slightly  russet  speckling  of  that  variety.  It  comes  into  use  just 
after  Warner’s  is  over,  and  will  last  sound  and  good  till  Dr. 
Harvey  comes  in.  My  grafted  tree  had  to  be  severely  thinned 
this  year  as  well  as  last,  and  is  now  well  set  with  fruit  buds  for 
another  year. — Wm.  Allan.” 
Sales  of  Fruit  at  Dundee. 
The  Finance  Committee  of  Dundee  Harbour  Trust,  on 
November  25,  had  under  consideration  an  application  by  a  city 
merchant  to  rent  part  of  the  shed  on  the  south  side  of  King 
M  illiam  Dock  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  fruit  auction  sales. 
The  matter  was  remitted  to  a  Sub-Committee  -with  powers. 
Royal  Horticultural— Scientific  Committee,  Nov.  26th. 
Present :  Dr.  M.  T.  Masters  (in  the  chair) ;  Messrs.  Houston, 
Odell,  Druery,  Chapman,  Sutton,  Saunders,  |Bowles,  and  Hudson ; 
Drs.  Rendle  and  Cooke ;  Revs.  W.  Wilks,  and^G.  Henslow,  Hon.‘eSec* 
Plasmodium,  remedies  for. — With  reference  to  lime  as  a  remedy  for 
clubbing,  Mr.  Houston  observed  that  with  superphosphate  the  disease 
tended  to  increase,  as  it  was  of  an  acid  nature  ;  but  the  converse  took 
place  with  basic  slag,  as  it  was  alkaline,  and  more  destructive  to  the 
slime  fungus. 
Cypripedium  insigne. — Mr.  Odell  exhibited  a  blossom  having  the 
two  basal  sepals  distinct,  instead  of  coherent,  as  is  normally  the  case. 
Daphne  fasciatid. — Mr.  Wilks  showed  an  example  of  this  well- 
known  peculiarity.  It  has  lately  been  stated  that  the  immediate 
cause  of  incitement  to  fasciation  is  the  presence  of  an  abundance  of 
food  in  an  easily  assimilable  condition. 
Diseased  Carnations. — Dr.  Cooke  reported  as  follows  upon  the 
plants  sent  to  the  last  meeting  by  Mr.  Jas.  Douglas  : — They  are 
chiefly  affected  by  the  rather  new  disease  caused  by  Macrosporium 
nobile,  figured  in  the  plates  for  “  Hort.  Journ. ;  ”  a  little  mixed  with 
Heterosporium  ecliinu- 
latum,  also  figured.  The 
disease  should  be  brought 
under  control  by  picking 
off  diseased  leaves,  and 
spraying  with  ammo- 
niacal  copper  solution. 
Liable  to  spread  rapidly 
from  a  great  power  of 
reproduction  it  possesses 
in  the  fertility  of  the 
spores.” 
Scoloyendrium  var.  — 
Mr.  Druery  exhibited  a 
plant  called  S.  vulg. 
Drummondise  superbum. 
‘•jit  is  remarkable  for  its 
doubly  incised  and  very 
fimbriated  edges,  with  a 
terminal  crest.  It  differs 
from  the  parental  form, 
S.  v.  erispum  Drum- 
mondise,  by  a  greater 
development  of  this  fim¬ 
briate  character  and  an 
entire  absence  of  the 
dimorphous  character 
seen  in  the  original  find, 
which  has  smooth  edged 
fronds,  and  somewhat 
fimbriated  ones  inter¬ 
mixed.  The  variety  shown 
is  also  more  markedly 
aposporous,  the  fimbria- 
tions  terminating  in 
aerial  prothalli,  without 
being  layered.  This  form 
is  undoubtedly  the  most 
beautiful  type  yet  de¬ 
veloped  in  the  species, 
being  finely  frilled,  prettily  crested,  and  curved  sinuously  in  the  plane 
of  the  frond.” 
Australian  Rhubarb. — Mr.  Sutton  regretted  that  he  was  unable  to 
show  samples,  as  it  has  again  been  cut  by  the  frost.  Though  flourish¬ 
ing  at  this  season  of  the  year  in  Australia,  it  has  not  yet  become 
acclimatised  to  frosts  in  England  to  be  available  as  a  winter  crop. 
Armeria  plantaginea,  foliaceous. — Mr.fBowles  exhibited  a  specimen 
in  which  the  bracts  had  elongated  into  leaves,  as  not  infrequently 
occurs  in  Plantains. 
Lily  bulbs  diseased. — He  also  brought  bulbs  and  foliage  of  the 
white  Lily  badly  attacked  by  Botrytis,  an  unusual  occurrence  at  this 
season  of  the  year. 
Lign  Aloes. — Dr.  Cooke  showed  specimens  of  the  inner  bark  of 
Aquilaria  Agallochum,  smoothed  for  the  purpose  of  writing  upon,  from 
India ;  also  a  piece  of  the  semi-decayed  and  highly  resinous  wood. 
The  name  was  given  (in  Greek  Xylaloe)  to  the  wood  by  Aetius,  a 
physician  of  Mesopotamia  in  the  fifth  century.  In  Latin  it  is  lignum- 
aloe — i.e.,  “  Wood  Aloe,”  from  the  astringent  and  bitter  taste, 
resembling  that  of  the  true  Aloe. 
Azolla,  sp. — Mr.  Odell  observed  that  in  reference  to  the  plant  sent 
by  Mr.  Burbidge  to  the  last  meeting,  the  species  which  is  apt  to 
spread  to  a  detrimental  degree  in  ponds  is  A.  pinnata,  and  not 
A.  filiculoides. 
Fruit  tree  roots  diseased.  • —  Mr.  Dean,  of  Wainsford  Gardens, 
Lymington,  sent  roots  of  Vines,  Peaches,  and  Figs.  Dr.  Cooke 
observed  that  they  were  growing  in  a  soil  with  decayed  vegetable 
matter,  in  which  mycelium  of  fungi  occurred.  This  then  attacks  the 
APPLE,  NORFOLK  BEAUTY  (natural  size). 
