Aufj. 2, 1858. {Chisivick.)— Mr. Eivers, F.H.S., in the Chair. 



GRA.PE. — From Mr. Ingbam, F.H.S., gardener to Her 

 Majesty, at Frogmore : a Seedling, the parentage of which was 

 as follows : — A black Seedling, between a white Grape from Con- 

 stantinople and the Black Hamburgh, was again crossed with 

 Muscat of Alexandria ; from this second cross the Seedling which 

 produced the bunch exhibited was raised in 1857. A plant in a 

 pot had this year produced seven bunches. The berries were 

 oval, black, resembling the West's St. Peter's. The fruit was 

 scarcely ripe, but the variety may prove worthy of cultivation. 

 The crossing had failed to impart the Muscat flavour. 



PEACH.— From Mr. Rivkrs, F.H.S.: a Seedling, raised from 

 the Early York. Fruit small, roundish, tinged with red next the 

 sun ; flesh parting from the stone, juicy and melting, with a 

 rich vinous flavour. It was produced in a pot in an orchard 

 house, and was stated to ripen about ten days before the Early 

 Anne, specimens of which, not yet ripe, were brought for 

 comparison. The tree has serrated glandless leaves. The Com- 

 mittee, appreciating the desirable property of earliness, recom- 

 mended further trial. — The Committee reported favourably 

 of the Acton Scott, on account of its earliness ; this variety on 

 the Peach wall being finely coloured, and nearly ripe. They 

 also expressed a favourable opinion of some grafted Peach and 

 Nectarine trees in pots, presented to the Society by Mr. Rivbes, 

 which had proved highly successful, the trees bearing handsome, 

 fair-sized fruit in the second year after grafting. 



NECTARINE.— From Mr. John Page, gardener to H. 

 Dixon, Esq., Birches Green, Birmingham: the Oldenburgh. 

 Fruit about the size of the well-known Elruge, slightly coloured ; 

 flesh parting from the stone, about which it is pale, much resem- 

 bling the Elruge in this respect. The Committee, not knowing 

 the circumstances under which it was grown, gave no decided 



FINOCHIO, or Dwarf Italian Fennel.— From Ludovico Sa- 

 MoviNi (at M. Costa's, Esq., 59, Eccleston Sq., Pimlico). This is a 

 sort of dwarf Fennel, much cultivated in Italy. It has a tap 

 root, from the top of which the sheathing bases of the petioles 

 overlap each other, so as to form a knob which is blanched like 

 Celery by earthing-up : the transverse section of this part is an 

 oval, about 3 inches long and H across. It is eaten cooked in 

 various ways, and as salad. The Committee, having tasted the 



