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bloom. Muscat Hamburgh, fine in 

 bunch and berry. Bowood Muscat, 

 long loose bunches, far inferior in 

 appearance to the samples of Muscat 

 of Alexandria on the table. Espe- 

 rione : this was a true sample, the 

 bunches large, shouldered, berries 

 large, round, uniform, deeply coloured, 

 and covered with a fine bloom ; a 

 very handsome black grape. There 

 was also an interesting collection of 

 grapes from the society's vinery at 

 Chiswick. 



Pines.— Mr. B. Mobbs, gardener 

 to W. B. Tyringham, Esq., Newport 

 Pagnel, was placed second for a nice 

 Queen, weighing about 3 lb., and 

 this was the only Queen exhibited. 

 In the class for any except Queens, 

 Mr. T. Ingram, gardener to her Ma- 

 jesty, Frogmore, first with a very fine 

 Cayenne, weight not stated ; second, 

 Mr. J. Jefferson, gardener io W. J. 

 Gurnside, Esq., Worksop, with a Black 

 Jamaica, weight 6 lb. 9 oz.; third, Mr. 

 Eord, gardener to W. E. Hubbard, 

 Esq., St. Leonards Lodge, Sussex, with 

 a fine Providence. Though few in 

 number, the pines shown were all 

 good, and in excellent condition as to 

 ripeness. 



Apples were generally of good 

 size and finely coloured, and amongst 

 them were some remarkably fine spe- 

 cimens. The dishes of Six dessert va- 

 rieties of Apples were the most attrac- 

 tive and interesting class. First, Mr. 

 S. Ford, gardener to W. E. Hubbard, 

 Esq., near Horsham, with Bibston, 

 Adams's Pearmain, Bed Pearmain, 

 Scarlet Nonpareil, Blenheim Orange, 

 and Cornish Gilliflower. Second, Mr. 

 T. Ingram, gardener to her Majesty 

 at Frogmore, with Cox's Orange Pip- 

 pin, Fearn's Pippin, Frogmore Non- 

 pareil ; this is of medium size, oblate, 

 eye open, with long segments, and set 

 in a shallow basin, thin stalk deeply 

 inserted, skin canary-yellow. Equal 

 second, Messrs. Lane, of Foot's Cray, 

 Sent, with Bibston, Bull's Golden 

 Reinette, Cornish Gilliflower, Summer 

 Nonpareil, King of the Pippins, Blen- 

 heim Orange. Third, Mr. Buster, of 

 Goring, near Worthing, with Golden 

 Beinette, Card's Seedling, King of 

 the Pippins, Cellini, and Court Pendu 

 Plat. Three varieties: First, Mr. S. 



Ford, with Golden Beinette, King 

 Pippin, Blenheim Orange. Second, 

 Mr. W. Hall, gardener to Captain 

 Tyrrell, R.N., Ealing, with Blenheim 

 Orange, Bibston, and Count Pendu 

 Plat. Kitchen Apples, three dishes: 

 First, Mr. G. Scrymger, with Empe- 

 ror Alexander, Yorkshire Greening, 

 and Blenheim Orange. Second, Mr. 

 Lee, gardener to Viscount Comber- 

 mere, with Flower of Kent, Blenheim 

 Orange, and Mere de Menage. This 

 last is a rather scarce but very valu- 

 able and most beautiful apple ; it is 

 large and rather conical, the eye is 

 i sunk in an angular basin, stalk very 

 ; deeply inserted, skin yellow on shady 

 side, elsewhere rich purplish-red, 

 | sometimes deepening to nearly black; 

 ! six fruit in this collection weighed 6 

 lb. 10 ozs. Equal second, Messrs. 

 I Lane, of St. Mary Cray, with Waltham 

 ! Abbey Seedling, Blenheim Orange, 

 and Gloria mundi. Third, Mr. J. 

 Sayers, gardener to E. Ellis, Esq., 

 , Clay Hill, Enfield, with Gravenstein, 

 ! Mere de Menage, and Gloria mundi. 

 Equal third, Mr. Moffat, gardener to 

 Viscount Maynard, Di nmow, with 

 Dumelow's Seedling, New Hawthorn- 

 den, and Blenheim Orange. There 

 was a collection of about eighty va- 

 rieties of apples from the society's 

 garden at Chiswick, all nicely put up 

 and carefully labelled. 



Peaks. — In the class for Six dishes 

 of Dessert Pears : First, Mr. T. In- 

 gram, with fine samples of Beurre 

 l)iel, Van Mons Leon Le Clerc, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, British Queen — 

 this fine pear is well adapted for ex- 

 hibition, and was in this instance ad- 

 mirably shown; Chaumontel. Second, 

 Mr. G. Scrymger, gardener to R. Pal- 

 mer, Esq., Holme Park, Beading, with 

 Marie Louise, Beurre Bance, Vicar of 

 Winkfield, Beurre Diel, Glou Mor- 

 ceau, and Beurre Bosc. Three dishes : 

 First, Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl 

 Brownlow, Ashridge, Great Berk- 

 hampstead, with Beurre Bance, Glou 

 Morceau, and Duchesse d'Angouleme. 

 Second, Mr. S.Ford, with Thompson's, 

 Marie Louise, and Glou Morceau. 

 Equal third, Mr. Lee, gardener to Field 

 Marshal Viscount Combermere, Whit- 

 church, Salop; and Mr. Wilcocks, 

 gardener to M. Aynsley, Esq. Kit- 



