The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . arly, a goodmarket sort; Souvenir de Kieff, a large heavy latevariety of refreshing and fine flavour; Unser Fritz,large, and of fine flavour, a late variety; VictoryHouse, same as Browns Goliath. Among theolder kinds Elton Pine, Dr. Hogg, Countess and season. Wry few blanks occurred in the thiuk White Knight will be gool in a dry season ;it i< very pretty in the dish. George Bunyard,Maidstone, GARDENERS ORPHAN FUND SUGGESTIONS.—In noting iu your last, issue the splendid receipts atthe la
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . arly, a goodmarket sort; Souvenir de Kieff, a large heavy latevariety of refreshing and fine flavour; Unser Fritz,large, and of fine flavour, a late variety; VictoryHouse, same as Browns Goliath. Among theolder kinds Elton Pine, Dr. Hogg, Countess and season. Wry few blanks occurred in the thiuk White Knight will be gool in a dry season ;it i< very pretty in the dish. George Bunyard,Maidstone, GARDENERS ORPHAN FUND SUGGESTIONS.—In noting iu your last, issue the splendid receipts atthe late great show at Shrewsbury, a thought occurredto me. I notice that this spirited Society has donemuch good with its sui plus iu the past. A reallygrand opportunity presents itself now to the Societytor recognising the claims of this most deservingchanty. As is now well known, the fund has a largenumber of orphans to maintain, and the unavoidableabandonment of the Covent Garden fete, a goodsource of annual revenue, has compelled the executiveto seek f r the much-need ?d support in fresh. FlO. 36. —NEWBATT1E ABBEY. (SEE P. 278.) lias given us a great quantity of fruit, lut owing tothe continued wet, much of it has been inferior inquality, and the small or sparse-foliaged kinds havedone better than those having an abundant leafgrowth, as the former did not root so much ; andthe smooth, Bhiny kinds as Vicomtesse Hericartdu Thury, Lucas, Victoria, &c, have naturallycome out best. President, Sir J. Paxton, Sir , and others like them, very much spoiled ; infact, such strong sorts should be quite 4 feet betweenthe rows. To take my notes alphabetically, I findAlbert very large, globular, and of fine Hautbois?flavour; Aberdeen Favourite, a very free bearer,shiny red, and although a strong grower, it hasdone well—it is rather late ; A. F. Barron will, Ithink, be a good market Strawberry; Auguste Filbert Pine have been very good. As far as earli-ness is concerned in the open
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