H REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



grown near Malton, Yorkshire. One of them had the local name 

 of Green Robin. It much resembled the Northern Greeuing, 

 with which it will probably be found identical, when there is au 

 opportunity of making direct comparison with fruit grown under 

 equal circumstances. The sort in question was stated to be a 

 very good keeper, and a very fair baking apple. The other 

 apple exhibited by Mr. Strickland was not known. It somewhat 

 resembled the Cockle Pippin, but proved different from that 



The following sorts of Grapes, fruited in pots in the Garden 

 of the Society, were then examined :— Gros Coulard, or Prolific 

 Sweetwater: presented by Mr. Rivers, F.H.S. ; berries quite 

 as large as those of the Sweetwater or larger, roundish, white, 

 each containing one seed ; juice abundant, rich and vinous ; con- 

 sidered well deserving of cultivation ; when allowed to hang long 

 enough upon the plant it becomes sugary, and shrivels instead of 

 rotting, as some; kinds do; leaves smooth above, shghtly pubes- 

 cent beneath. — Muscat Ottonel; berries small, white, slightly 

 oval ; skin rather thick, white ; pulp rich and excellent ; general 

 outline of the leaves roundish, obtusely serrated, their ribs, 

 above and below, rather bristly. — Muscat Citrouelle; appa- 

 rently the same as the Verdelho, the sort which prevails most in 

 those vineyards of Madeira which are peculiarly famous for 

 yielding the best Madeira wine.— Early Grape : from M. Schone, 

 Paris ; a small, white early grape, of poor flavour, and decidedly 

 not worthy of cultivation; leaves roundish, Tvith shallow lobes, 

 smooth above and nearly so beneath; leaf-stalks deeply tinged 

 with purplish red. — Muscat St. Laurent ; very early ; berries 

 small, roundish or somewhat oval, white with an amber 

 tinge ; flavour sweet, but not rich ; leaves very much cut and 

 sinuated, smooth above, the veins beneath rough with bristly 

 hairs ; it requires further trial.— Foster's White Seedling ; this 

 resembled a sort imported without name from the Cape, by 

 the late J. Reeves, Esq., and subsequently distinguished as 

 Reeves' Muscadine, but Foster's White Seedling was found to 

 have thinner skin. 



The following Resolution was proposed by Mr. Strickland, 

 and agreed to unanimously : — 



"That it would very much forward the objects which the Society had in 

 view in appointing this Committee, if collections of the most esteemed Tarieties 

 of Apples and Pears from different parts of England were placed in the Frtiit- 



