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riclmess of flavour is a point on which the decision of the Com- 

 mittee mainly depends. This is mentioned, because, in order to 

 obtain very large productions, borders are sometimes too highly 

 manured, and the flavour of the fruit is, in consequence, deterio- 

 rated. 



OTHER PEARS.— From Mr. Commissioner Evans, F.H.S., 

 Oolders Hill, Hampstead : a Seedling, very much resembling 

 its parent, the Ne plus Meuris, but not so good ; the tree is a 

 beautiful, and most healthy standard, thirty years old, growing 

 at Hendon, in a gravel walk, on clay soil, and is spur-pruned ; 

 the fruit ripens in December, retaining its freshness till June ; 

 but in dry seasons it ripens earlier. This deserves tiying 

 again, on account of its long keeping. — M. De Jonghe of 

 Brussels exhibited a collection of Pears; but, being late- 

 keeping sorts, most of them were unripe. Beurre Ranee ; from 

 ■ an old, and from a young tree ; very well-grown, but not equal in 

 quality to those produced near London ; those from a young tree 

 proved the best flavoured, — Poire Prevost, was found to be only 

 half-melting, but juicy and agreeably flavoured. — Beurre Breton- 

 neau ; large, turbinate ; eye close, in an evenly-formed hollow ; 

 skin pale brown ; flesh, fine-grained, juicy, and very good, with 

 a peculiarly perfumed aroma. — Muscatelle ; small, and very highly 

 perfumed — considered rather too much so. 



APPLES.- From Mr. Commissioner Evans, F.H.S. ; Easter 

 Pippin, under the name of Sturmer Pippin ; this was grown at 

 Hendon, in Middlesex ; soil, rich at top ; subsoil, strong clay ; 

 surface, nearly level; the tree, a standard, thirty years old, is 

 spur-pruned, and bears abundantly ; the fruit was of average size. 

 This variety is a useful kitchen apple, on account of its keeping 

 long; in many instances, it has been kept sound for more than 

 a year. — lemon Pippin, sent as the Pudding Apple ; this was 

 produced in the county of Dublin, on a standard, in rich level 

 soil, resting on limestone ; a very fair specimen of the kind. — 

 Royal Knsset ; the specimen was of medium size ; from the 

 same locality as the preceding —Marmalade Pippin; received 

 under the names of Pippin, and Cooking Apple ; also from the 

 county of Dublin ; the tree is growing on poor, cold, and shaded 

 soil, on a ground espalier, a foot high, and is an abundant bearer; 

 the specimens were below the average size. — From Mr. C. 

 McDonald, gardener to the Right Hon. Colonel Tighe, F.H.S., 

 Woodstock Park, luistiogue, Kilkenny, Ireland, twelve sorts of 

 Apples unnamed: " The locality in which they were grown is 100 



