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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
October  9,  1902. 
Apple,  Newton  Wonder. 
In  your  issue  of  September  25  you  mention  that  you  “  believe  ” 
Newton  Wonder  Apple  does  not  do  well  in  Kent-,  whereas  it 
succeeds  well.  We  have  a  standard  tree,  thirteen  years  planted, 
that  has  borne  well  for  some  years — 8|  bushels  on  one  occasion— 
and  the  tree  is  a  magnificent  specimen,  some  24ft  high  and  30ft 
through,  the  picture  of  health  and  vigour.  The  dwarf  trees  on 
the  Paradise,  commence  to  bear  the  second  and  third  years,  and 
they  are  very  happy  on  this  stock.  Our  original  specimen,  in 
basin  shape,  is  full  of  fine  fruit.  Our  best  Kent  growers  have 
already  found  out  its  value,  and  we  have  sold  them  many 
thousands.  It-  cannot  fail  to  beat  Wellington,  as  it  not  only 
makes  a  large  tree,  but  is  not  so  subject  to  damage  by  severe 
frosts,  mildew,  and  insects  as  Wellington  is.  We  have  also 
noted  that  Bismarck  does  not  do  well  at  Barham  Court,  Maid¬ 
stone,  although  so  near  us.  It  grows  remarkably  well  in  our 
nurseries,  and  is  a  great  success  in  some  orchards'  near  by.  It 
does  not  possibly  like  restriction  in  pruning.  The  young  quarters 
in  our  nursery  have  been  so  fruitful  that  they  would  purchase 
the  ground  they  stand  on.  It  grows  large  with  us,  colours 
finely,  and  keeps  well  into  February. — Geo.  Bunyard  and  Co. 
Red  Spider  on  Yines. 
I  should  like  to  state,  in  answer  to  Mr.  T.  Challis’  note  on 
page  321,  that  the  atmospheric  conditions  of  the  pit  were 
specially  attended  to,  extra  air  being  left  on  all  day.  The 
Crotons  were  syringed  once  only,  and  that  in  the  early  morning, 
and  as  the  day  was  very  fine  I  need  hardly  state  that  there  was 
a  very  small  amount  of  moisture  in  the  pit.  When  the  lamp  was 
lit,  all  the  crevices  were  filled  with  paper,  so  that  none  of  the 
fumes  should  escape.  The  heat  was  left  on  all  day  to  help  in 
drying  up  the  pit.  The  pipes,  which  are  3in,  and  four  in  number, 
run  through  the  pit,  two  of  them  on  the  ground  level,  and  2ft 
from  each  other ;  the  other  two  are  at  the  back  and  front,  and  1ft 
from  the  glass.  No  damping  down  was  done  that  day,  so  the 
experiment  was  carried  out  very  fairly  and  honestly.  In  answer 
to  “  C.,”  page  321,  I  may  say  that  the  XL  All  was  of  good  quality, 
as  some  from  the  same  bottle,  and  used  at  the  ordinary  strength! 
easily  killed  green  fly.  I  agree  with  “  C.”  that  we  are  still 
waiting  expectantly  for  an  article  that  will  kill  red  spider  with¬ 
out  damaging  fruit,  flowers,  or  foliage.  I  should  not  have  com¬ 
mented  on  “H.  D.’s”  original  article,  entitled  “Seasonable  Hints 
on  Vines,”  which  appeared  on  page  24,  but  for  the  fact  that  I  have 
proved  over  and  over  again  that  this  vapouriser  does  not  kill 
red  spider,  with  me  at  all  events,  even  when  vapourised  on  two 
successive  nights,  at  double  strength,  too ;  hence  my  attempt  to 
kill  it  at  twenty-five  times  the  usual  strength. — A.  Jefferies 
Moor  Hall  Gardens,  Essex,  October  4,  1902. 
Fruit  Nomenclature. 
The  reports  on  the  great  fruit  show  at  the  Crystal  Palace 
have  led  me  to  point  out  some  errors  which  should  not  pass 
without  an  endeavour  to  correct  them.  Apple  Potts’  Seedling 
is,  in  the  “  Fruit  Manual,”  “  Potts’s  Seedling,”  and  said  by  Dr. 
Hogg  to  have  been  raised  by  Mr.  Samuel  Potts,  of  Robinson 
Lane,  Ashton-under-Lyne,  about  the  year  1849.  In  very  many 
catalogues  it  is  entered  “Pott’s,”  and  in  one  or  two  cases 
“  Potts’  ” ;  the  latter  would  do  as  well  as  the  entry  in  the  “  Fruit 
Manual,”  but  Pott’s  is  decidedly  wrong.  Thompson  Pear,  strange 
to  say,  is  entered  “  Thompson’s,”  not  only  in  the  “  Fruit  Manual  ” 
but  in  every  other  catalogue  I  have  met  with  (and  in  the  Horti¬ 
cultural  Press),  except  in  “  Scott’s  Orchardist,”  and  he  entered 
it  “Thompson,  Vlesembeck,  Van  Mons,”  but  as  Van  Mons  was 
the  raiser  it  should  have  been  entered  “Thompson  (Van  Mons), 
\  lesenibeck.  Dr.  Hogg  proves  this  in  his  notes  under 
Thompson  s,”  for  he  states  “  that  it  was  raised  by  Van  Mons 
and  being  received  from  him  by  the  Horticultural  Society  without 
a  name,  Mr.  Sabme  named  it  in  honour  of  Mr.  Robert  Thomp¬ 
son.” — Senex,  Devon. 
[Even  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  schedule  of  the  exhi¬ 
bition  of  Bntisli-grown  fruit  is  not  faultless  in  the  matter  of 
nomenclature.  Pear,  Souvenir  du  Congres,  is  there  given  as 
Souvenir  de  Congres.  A  mistake  is  sometimes  made  in  journals 
and  elsewhere  with  the  name  of  the  Pear  Bergamotte  Esperen 
which  is  rendered  as  Bergamotte  d’Esperen.  Pear  Fondante 
de  Tlnriot  may  often  be  noticed  as  Fondante  de  Tliirriott  which 
is  wrong;  likewise  Spencer  Nectarine  should  be  Spenser,  the 
name  being  that  of  the  sixteenth  century  poet.  Peasgood’s 
Nonesuch  Apple  is  frequently  written  as  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch,  and 
other  instances  might  be  given. — Ed.] 
Best  finality  and  Best  Forcing  Nectarines. 
On  page  317  I  have  given  Stanwick  Elruge  as  the  best  quality 
Nectarine,  and  Pineapple  as  the  best  forcing  Nectarine.  This 
is  just  the  reverse  of  what  I  intended,  as  I  consider  Pineapple 
the  best  quality  Nectarine,  and  Stanwick  Elruge  the  best,  forcing 
Nectarine.  Perhaps  some  growers  may  have  something  to  say 
on  the  selection  of  Peaches  and  Nectarines  for  the  several  pur¬ 
poses,  and  also  the  best  quality  and  best  forcing  Peaches  and 
Nectarines. — G.  Abbey. 
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Strawberry,  Saint  Antoine  de  Padoue. 
After  three  years’  culture  this  excellent  autumnal  variety  has 
much  improved,  and  we  are  gathering  very  fine  fruits,  some  up 
to  Hin  across  (cock’s  combed),  of  excellent  flavour,  and  they 
promise  a  season  of  some  four  weeks’  supply,  which  makes  a 
novelty  at  this  season.  The  older  kinds  must  give  way  to  it, 
as  the  “  Saint  ”  is  a  much  better  bearer,  and  the  fruit  larger 
and  of  finer  flavour.  “  Just  like  the  first  June  Strawberries,”  as 
a  lady  said.- — Geo.  Bunyard,  Maidstone,  October  3. 
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Carrots  on  Ridges. 
It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  Carrots  of  magnificent 
form  and  quality  can  be  produced  upon  ridges.  A  trouble 
hitherto,  with  me,  has  been  their  splitting,  but  since  adopting 
this  system  it  has  been  practically  eliminated ;  the  Carrot-fly 
also  being  less  noticeable.  After  deeply  digging,  the  ridges  are 
made  up  about.  lOin  in  height,  and  a  slight  depression  made 
along  the  top,  in  which  seed  is  sown.  I  have  already  drawn 
some  wonderfully  lengthy  specimens,  and  perfectly  free  from 
blemish. — S. 
Late  Strawberries. 
The  advantage  of  cultivating  the  perpetual  bearing  Straur- 
berries  is  now  being  appreciated,  despite  the  unpropitious 
weather.  I  have  not  yet  tried  the  latest  varieties,  but  St. 
Joseph  and  Louis  Gauthier  are  now  (October  6)  fruiting  splen¬ 
didly.  Regarding  the  latter,  these  white  varieties  do  not  appear, 
to  be  popular,  and  never  will  be,  for  market  work ;  but  for  the 
home  garden  they  should  not  be  omitted.  Louis  Gauthier  this 
season  produced  a  far  heavier  crop  than  any  of  my  forty  varieties, 
the  flavour  being  excellent  and  the  size  immense,  considering  the 
smallness  of  other  sorts. — Squib. 
The  Lady  Gardener. 
The  prospects  of  the  citadel  of  horticulture  being  razed  to  the 
ground  by  the  lady  gardener,  however  humiliating  the  idea  may 
be,  is  eminently  pleasing.  There  are  many  thoughts  embodied  in 
such  a  prospect  that  certainly  claim  the  attention  of  everyone 
who  is  able  to-  rise  above  ordinary  prosaic  sentiment.  We  leave 
it  to  the  imagination  to  depict  the  pleasing  picture  one  shall  find 
in  the  rosy  future:  on  entering  one  of  our  larger  gardens,  and 
compare  that  with  things  as  now  existing.  This  is  the  lady’s 
realm.  The  Roman  wives  are  said  to  have  been  the  keepers  of  the 
garden,  but  the  regulation  of  the  Viridarium  in  some  mysterious 
manner,  and  at  some  time  unknown  to  history,  passed  out  of  the 
hands  of  the  lady  to  the  custody  of  man  ;  and,  like  tailoring,  it  got 
eventually  quite  beyond  the  prescribed  domains  of  woman’s 
sphere,  till  it  reached  the  critical  stage  it  at  present  is  about  to 
experience.  Gardeners  and  tailors.  (I  mean  men)  were  wont  to 
consider  this  translation  of  their  respective  arts,  the  renaissance. 
Perhaps  they  were  right,  but  tailoring  and  gardening,  notwith¬ 
standing,  are  essentially  women’s  arts.  And  we  must  admit  the 
facts,  sooner  or  later,  and  look  with  complacency  at  the 
inevitable — usurping  if  you  like — invasion  of  women  craft  into  the 
arena  of  practical  horticulture.  And  yet  it  may  admit  of  very 
much  doubt  if,  after  all,  the  claims  of  use  and  wont  are  capable 
of  adding  more  superlative  honours  to  the  art,  for  why  should 
women  not  be  as  capable  to  promote  and  advance  the  work  as  men  ? 
Men,  we  have  ample  justification  in  testifying,  are  not  likely 
to  improve  matters  very  much  beyond  the  present  state  of  things, 
for  if  we  but  look  about  us,  the  external,  as  well  as  the  internal, 
evidences  stare  us  in  the  face.  The  spade,  the  scythe,  and  the 
barrow  are  surveyed  by  the  modern  young  gardener  with  some¬ 
thing  approaching  contempt,  while  the  sponge,  the  scrubber,  and 
washing  cloth  elicit  the  fondest  smile.  After  all.  there  does  not 
seem  to  be  such  an  alarming  difference  between  the  two  opposing 
powers  in  whose  hands  hang  the  destinies  of  the  future  of  the  art 
of  gardening. — C.  H.  S. 
