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ing about 12 oz. ; thej were sprinkled and in Bome places entirely 

 covered ^\ith russet, and were exceedingly rich and delicious. 



Benrre Eosc— Mr. A. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, 

 Esq., V.P.H.S., High Grove. Reading, to whom the First Prize 

 was awarded, was the only exhibitor in this class. 



Mr. Ingram stated that High Grove, is elevated; hut shel- 

 tered from the north ; soil stiff, inclined to clay, 20 inches deep ; 

 surface level ; subsoil gravel to a considerable depth. The fruit 

 was produced on an open espalier, 4|- feet high, aspect east and 

 west. The tree, which is about '12 years old, remarkably healthy, 

 and of moderate vigour, has never been root-pruned, and generally 

 bears a fair crop ; it is trained horizontally, and is pruned in the 

 ordinary way. Mr. Ingram further remarks that there were 

 14 degrees of frost on the 31st of last March, when the tree was 

 in full bloom ; it was protected on that night only, with mats. 

 The early part of the season was hot and dry ; but the latter 

 part moist. The fruit was gathered on the 11th of October : not 

 earlier than in former years. The specimens exhibited were 

 5|- inches long; weight 9| oz. ; they were of a rich russet 

 colour, and of excellent flavour. 



Eibston Pippin. — The competitors were : — Mr. Whiting, gar- 

 dener to H. T. Hope, Esij., The Deepdene, near Dorking; 

 Charles Strickland, Esq.. Hildenley, near Malton, Yorkshire ; 

 Mr. M. Saul, Stourton, Knaresborough, Yorkshire ; Mr. Cox, 

 P.H.S., gai>3ener to W. Wells, Esq., Redleaf ; Mr. McDonald, 

 gardener to the Right Hon. Col. Tighe, F.H.S., Woodstock Park, 

 Kilkenny. The First Prize was awarded to Jklr. Whiting, and 

 the Second Prize to C, Strickland, Esq. 



Mr. Whiting stated that his locality is in the south dis- 

 trict ; about 30 miles from the English Channel ; climate mild 

 and rather dry; partially sheltered from the north by hills, 

 but exposed to the north-west and north-east through openings in 

 the chain of the North Downs. The soil is a ferruginous green- 

 sand to a considerable depth ; the surface undulating, the genei-al 

 slope being towards the west and north-west. The tree is a stan- 

 dard on the Apple stock, and probably 50 years old ; it receives 

 the ordinary culture of orchard trees.' The young wood is much 

 disposed to canker, and the fruit is frequently much spotted. 

 The specimens were brownish-red, more juicy and richer than any 

 others of the same sort exhibited on this occasion. 



