JOURNALS OF LARGE CIRCULATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 25 April 1885, Page 2

JOURNALS OF LARGE CIRCULATION.

Accounts are frequently published of the circulation of the leading journals of England, Frande and Germany. ..Jhe greatest newgflapei' 'sj»<Jerf> jj) the • world (says the. San ir.anc'isco"Bulletjn)'are those who read English. Qhe wpuld therefore, look for the largest .circulation pf journals in t|}at language in tjhe.largest ;Englisii : sp.eakjng' city;,.;' "A "newspaper authority recently published thefqllowing estimate of the circulation of English journals published in London, These are probably not; more than approximately correct. For instance, the'. Times' is set down with a circulation ,bf; 100,000. If this means the daily alone, it is quito too

high. Recent estimates have mado the circulation about 60,000. But if all the editions of the ' Times' are included, with one ot the weekly editions under another name, it is probaMv the London 'Times' has the circulatljjhere sot down.

To begin with the London morning papers, we have the 'Times' with an estimated circulation of 100,000; tho morning and evening' Standarij-toiether 242,000 ; the 'Daily News,' 160,000; tho ' Daily Chronicle,' "120,000; the' Advertiser,' 25,000. Among the popular weeklies which are known the world over are: —The 'lllustrated London News,' which is put down at 100,000; the 'Graphic,' 100,000 the 'Spprtingaiid Dramatic News,' at 20,000; 'Punch,' 25,000; the 'Penny Illusrated,? 150,000; the ' Police News,' 300,000;' Funnny Folks,' 6,000 (8,000 is nearer the mark); 'Judy,'s,ooo; 'Fun'-.. 10,000; 'The Queen,' 30,000; 'The/ Field,' 4,000; 'Country Gentlemanr4 15,000; Chatterbox,2o,ooo; 'Bowßells,' 100,000; the' Saturday Review,' 20,000; ' The World,' 200,000; 'Truth,' 8,000(both of these estimates are certainly incorrect, 'The World' isratedtoohighaud ' Truth' much too low); 'Society,' 75,000; the' Christian Age,' 75,772 ;the 'Christian Globe,' 40,000; the'ChristianHerald,* 230,000 ; the ' Christian World,' WO; the 'Sporting Times,'; 32,00(J7and ' Lloyd's Weekly,' which has probably a larger circulation than any other paper in the world, an average of 642,900 every week in the year.

BRITISH APPLES. Therabove, is the titleof a report compiled by Mr A, F. Barron, as a record of the results of the National Apple Congress held at Chiswick in October, 1884. It was the splendid apple harvest of that year, as we are informed in the preface to the report, which suggested the idea pf a National Apple Congress to the promotors of the scheme. Such a general fruiting of all kink.B of apples had scarcely ever b.een known in Great Britain, anjf this favourable opportunity was seized % secure examples from as many districts as possible for purposes of comparison, an| the verification and correction qf the apple nomenclature.

The number of different names applied, f;q tho apples exhibited, Mr Banm. tells us, amounted tq 2,Q2Q, qf varieties described as presumably distingt 1,545. Tho number of exhibitors was, 236, and of exhibits, 10,150.' The exhibitors were asked to select % varieties of apples, jijtlpr opinion "bes| suited to their various districts, and the results of tho ppll thus taken are qf gjgat interest to growers, Eyen in this country a knflwledg'6 of tho estimation in which the several varieties are held in the different districts of Great Britain would be Useful. It would occupy too inugli space to give anything like a complete list of theso selegtions, but wo may givo the fir§t second, and third favorites ineaojulifi* trict,

In the Southern Counties of England, amongst dessert applos, the first three in preference were:-lst, Cox'b Orange Pippin; 2nd, king of the Pippins; 3rd, Ribston Pippin, Culinary apples: Ist, Dumelow's Seedling; 2nd, Lord Suffield; 3rd, Warner's King,- . ,T Eastern Counties (dessert apples): Ist, Cox's Orange Pippin; 2nd, Blenheim Orange; 3rd, Kerry Pippin. Culinary apples Ist, Lord Snffield ;2nd, Dumelow s Seedling, 3rd, Warner's Kine, Squthgrn Midland Counties (dessert apples): Ist Cox's. Orange Pippin; 2nd, King of the Pippins; 3rd, Ribston Pippin, Culinary apples: Ist, Lord Suffiekl; 2nd, the Keswick Codlin; 3rd, Blenheim Orange. Hf Northern Midland Counties (dessert apples): Ist, Cox's Orange Pippin ; 2nd, Blenheim Orange; 3rd, King of the Pippins. Culinary apples: Ist, LordSuffield ; 2nd, Keswick Codlin; 3rd, Dumelow's Seedling.

Western Counties (dessert apples): Ist; Cox's Orange Pippin ; 2nd, King of the Pippins: 4rd, Ribston Pippins. Culinary apples: Ist, Blenheim orange; 2nd, Dumelow's Seedling; 3rd, Keswich Codlin.

Northern Counties (dessert apples): Ist, Cox's Orange Pippin ; 2nd, King of the Pippins; 3rd, Ribston Pippin. Culinary apples); ht, Lord Suilield; 2nd, Keswich Codlin; 3rd, Dumelow's Seedling. Scotland'(dessert 'apples): Ist, Ribston Pipphl'; 2nd; King of the- Pippins J 3r(l; Kerry Pippin. Culiriarfttppf es •; Ist, Ip--ling Castle'!-2nd, Lord Sumelttj Srij', Warner's King.'' '' ■ ' The result of tho poll takon for |l|o whole of Great Britain wiis(desertapples): Pippin; 3rd, Ribston' PippinV Cuiinary apples: Ist, Lord Snffield; 2nd, Onflow's Seedting'jM Ifrpjvjcktodlin, '" fy With reference" t'q '■ the' voting, Jlr Bar'ron'says;—"These'returns are a? Rowing the exfc'iit of appreciation' in which cerkjn'yaj'kleii'iire |ibl|j" through" out the country. They'caniipp, tftwfyv] bo altogether accepted ag co|'nplete lists of phobestorinostdesirabie'sprts'tooultivatj) in (>ll cases. For example! 'many oicelleijt varjotiep pt apjiles, 'through being cqinparafiyply arp'placed imi'c|j' lqwe'r (n \,\}6 list tljan tjieir niorits entitle thein,,' Among others thofollowingniay heiiatqotl: VHg, Melon, Grenadier, Lane sprjugo Albert, flriimly'iigueiim, Progmore Prolific,. Lady Hennjkor, Qq[, den Spire, Sohoolmaster, eto,' Tho most popular apple, or that which lias received the greatest number of marks (101 of a possible 130) is Lord Suilield, King of the Pippins being placed BecAd, with 98. The most popular dessert wjf lo in England is Cox's Orange Pippin; but it is evidently not so well known'or so well suited for the colder clinlato of Scothind, With this exception, the returns fire Singularly nnjfqwn, varieties, selected as most suitable fpp the North being alflp held in appreciation In the South, Thus the number of apples that aro really worthy of cultivation gfty be reduced to comparatively narrowHiits. It may be remarked "that the Committee consider many of the dessert apples too small for general use. Since there- are now so many good ones : (of larger te)it'would seem useless'to- cultjvatfi such aVSalii'Yqn'ng'j 'fjoldon-'fife-w, Lito ;! CIW% Wick, Redleaf Rpssej;,' Guernsey Pippin, ptp : Ar4 'in regard' 'fp mm WM ffle/ so many '•«.- cellenfc variotjes o{ large size, etc., are nowiuQultivatiqu, a,U those under the standard of" large," ie„ "three inches in diameter, might be ,with advantage at ouqo discarded, excepting always a few sorts that are specially adapted to certain localities,"

One of the greatest hindrances to a proper and useful nomenclature of apples is no dout the number of synonyms ujfer which certain varieties are known. Qforinstance, Warner's King rejoices in'no teff #«) a (lozendiffewmtnames, as noted w congress; Yorkshire Beauty has thirteen, Claygate IJearlnain 'UXstbM and HaraWcdon Beui-aißrUaho lis» sixteen names. ..'.•'■' ■ • •'••■ v'■