Open Class. — The varieties exhibited in the open class of 

 Apples were— from Mr. McDonald : Golden Reinette, King 

 of the Pippins, Winter Pearmain, and Hoary Morning ; from 

 Mr. Whiting: Adams's Pearmain; from Mr. Cox: Golden 

 Knob.— The Fird Prize was given to Mr. WmiiNa, for Adams s 

 Pearmain; and the Second I'ri-^e to Mr. McDonald, for King 

 of the Pipinm, which was preferred to the Golden Reinette, in 

 the same collection, although the latter is usually found to be 

 much the richer of the two. 



Mr. AVhiting stated that the tree which produced the fruit of 

 Adams's Pearmain, is a lew standard, which is not strong in 

 habit ; the young wood cankers slightly, but the fruit is always 

 well coloured and good, such as it proved to be on this occasion. 

 —The circumst nces under which the various sorts of Apples 

 exhibited by Mr. McDonald, had been produced, have already 

 been detailed (p. 116). The specimens of King of the Pippins 

 were handsome, finely coloured, and in good perfection as regards 

 quality. The Golden Reinette, its comparative rival on this occa- 

 sion, did not possess that rich sugary quality which it generally 

 acquires. — The examples of Golden Knob from Mr. Cox were 

 not sufficiently ripened. 



OTHER APPLES.— C. Strickland, Esq., sent, besides those 

 from Boynton which gained the prize, a specimen of the Ribston 

 Pippin grown at Hildenley, miles west of Malton. He described 

 the soil of the garden, which is sheltered and facing the south, as 

 a clayey loam on a stony and clayey subsoil. The tree, which is 

 seven or eight years old, is against a west wail, and is upon the 

 Crab stock ; it is trained horizontally, and the shoots not wanted 

 for the extension of the branches are stopped in summer. The 

 fruit was middle-sized, well formed ; but had become over-ripe. — 

 Also from Mr. Strickland : White Loaf; a large roundish fruit 

 about 12 inches in circumference, in appearance somewhat resem- 

 bling the Hawthornden; stalk short, in a wide rather deep cavity; 

 eye large, open, in a moderately deep, obtusely angulax'-sided 

 cavity ; skin smooth, pale pellow, with a faint brownish-red tinge 

 uext the sun ; flesh yellowish -white, tender, granular, juicy. 

 Mr. Stuickland considers it "one of the very best kitchen Apples 

 iu November ; very melting and juicy, with a fine slightly acid 

 flavour, the flesh nearly white when baked. If it has a fault, it is 



