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BRITISH POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



At a late fleeting of this Society, Mr. Hogg in the Chair, six gentlemen 

 were elected members. Mr. Davidson, the Secretary, gave notice that 

 he desired to resign his office at the next annual meeting, when the 

 Society could, according to the rules, appoint a successor. His resig- 

 nation was accepted. 



Some diseased Apples having been sent to Mr. Graham, of Cran- 

 ford, for examination, his report was read to the meeting. 



Of fruit exhibited much was below mediocrity; it was therefore re- 

 solved : — " That in all future competitions, when quality is the point 

 intended to be rewarded, the premiums will be withheld, if one-third of 

 the fruit be considered of decidedly inferior merit," 



Two guineas and one guinea, for the best and second-best collections 

 of six varieties of Late Dessert Pears. Open to growers only. 



Three collections were exhibited in this class. — J. Moorman, Esq., 

 sent from his garden at Bexhill, Sussex, situate half a mile from the 

 sea, much exposed to south-west gales ; soil, light loam, three feet deep, 

 over undrained clay; the following kinds from healthy young trees, on 

 Pear stocks, growing against a south-west wall : — Winter Nelis, large 

 and well grown, very juicy and melting, sweet and generally excellent 

 in flavour ;— Knight's Monarch, juicy, melting, rich, and aromatic, but 

 but somewhat depreciated by too early gathering ;— and Old Cohnar, 

 very sugary, promising to be delicious, but scarcely ripe. Also, from 

 his garden, in Portland Place, Clapham Road ; ground, flat and shel- 

 tered ; soil, strong rich mould, over undrained gravel, the following 

 kinds : — Jean de Witte, from a south-west wall; large for the kind, and 

 in excellent condition, very juicy, melting, sweet, and fine-flavoured ; 

 Beurre dAremberg, from, an espalier ; melting, but small and bitter in 

 flavour ; and Ne Plus Meuris, from Espalier. Melting, but only 

 moderately juicy, and not high-flavoured. The first premium was 

 awarded to this collection. 



Mr. Cox (gardener to W. Wells, Esq.), Redleaf, sent a collection 

 from a garden exposed to south-west; climate, damp ; soil, twenty inches 

 of rich garden mould, over yeilow-marly clay containing veins of fine 

 ferruginous sand, damp, but drained. The fruit of all the kinds were 

 large, healthy, and good in appearance and colour ; in other respects they 

 were as follows : — Winter Nelis, from south wall, juicy, melting, and 

 excellent ; Easter Beurre, from south wall, half melting, but mealy; — 

 Chaumontel, from west wall, over ripe and bitter. — Passe Colmar, from 

 south wall ; juicy, but thin and watery in flavour, deficient in sugar; 

 scarcely ripe. Old Colmar, from west wall ; past appeared to have been 

 good and melting, but not juicy; Vicar of Winkfield, under the name 

 of Leon le Gere, from a standard ; juicy, but not at all melting, 

 To this collection was awarded the second prize. 



Mr. Wighton (gardener to Lord Stafford), Cossey Hall, Norfolk, sent 

 a collection containing Knight's Monarch, from wall and espalier, very 

 juicy and rich-flavoured, but shrivelled from having been gathered pre- 

 maturely ; — Winter Crassane, not juicy; Easter Beurre, large, but 

 flavourless ; Beurre Ranee, unripe, but sweet and promising ; — Susette 



