G4 EEPORTS OP THE FRUIT 



duced Lad been allowed to remaiu a fortnight longer on the Tine, they would 



The bunches exhibited by Mr. Cramb were very fine, and 

 longer than Mr. Spary's, but the berries were not so large nor 

 BO equally swelled. Those from Mr. Allport were too far gone, 

 the footstalks having become shrivelled. He states that the fruit 

 was ripe on the 10th of June : that it was produced on a graft 

 inserted Feb. 18th. 1858, on a vine 67 years old ; and that the 

 berries of the Golden Hamburgh were larger than those of the 

 Black Hamburgh, on which it was worked. 



Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith sent two Seedling Grapes ; one, 

 which they propose to name Lee's White, was. stated to be 

 very early as compared with other varieties fruited with it, and 

 very prolific ; it was grown in a small pot, in damp heat with 

 young vines, and, from being kept syringed, the fruit was some- 

 what damaged; berries round, white, not so large as those of 

 the Royal Muscadine. The Committee were of opinion that it 

 would be desirable to see this sort again, when produced under 

 more favourable circumstances. The other Seedling, numbered 

 86, was small, slightly oval, yellowish-white, and was considered 

 decidedly inferior. 



Mr. CuLVERWELi,, Thorp Perrow, Bedale, Yorkshire, exhibited 

 a dish of Seedling Strawberries; fmit middle-sized, conical, dark 

 red, with numerous small, but deeply embedded seeds and sharp- 

 ridged intervals between ; flesh dark red next the outside, pale 

 red at the centre,' where it is solid ; flavour brisk and tolerably 

 rich. The flavour of Strawberries being apt to become deteriorated 

 by carriage, and the fruit in question being remarkable on account 

 of its having no hollow at the core, it was highly recomr 

 for further trial. They were accompanied by the following n 



Specimens of two sorts of Seedling Mubarb were exhibited 

 by the Rev. Charles Mackie, Quorley Rectory, Andover. 

 Hampshire, accompanied by the following communication : 



"As the Rhubarb ia a plant which produces seed very freely, almost the 



