6, 1859. 



an additional quantity of roots, must have had the effect of 

 affording the tree a much greater supply of nourishment than If 

 the formation of these roots had not been induced. 



The Uvedale's St. Germain, from Mr. Robektson, was produced 

 against a west wall, by a tree on the pear^tock. 



Cockle Pippin.— The exhibitors were :— Richakd Webb, Esq., 

 Culham House, Reading ; Mr. Judd, Althorp Gardens ; Mr. 

 Parsons, Danesbury. The fruits from all these exhibitors were 

 fair specimeus as regards appearance ; but the quality was so 

 inferior to that which the variety is known to possess, when 

 obtained in perfection, that the Committee could not feel justified 

 in awarding a prize to any of them. 



Av. Judd's were produced in an orchard of stiff clay land, in 

 grass; subsoil blue clay, 8 or 10 feet deep; the surface 

 generally sloping to the north. The tree is about thirty years 

 old ; and the branches are thinned every year, so as to leave the 

 middle of the tree tolerably open. Mr. Judu remarks, that 

 owing to the hot dry summer the fruit ripened about a fortnight 

 earlier than usual. — Mr. Parsons' fruit was from an open 

 standard, in an old orchard on the top of a hill, surrounded on 

 all sides with plantations. The tree is fifty years old. Soil, 

 loam resting on chalk. 



Margil — Mr, Sptvet was the only exhibitor in this class. The 

 specimens proved over ripe, and no prize was awarded. 



Open Class. — The competitors were: — Mr. Robkrtsox, 

 gardener to Sir Archibald Dunbar : Blenheim Pippin, Bedford- 

 shire Foundling, Inglis, Alfriston, Eock, Norfolk Greening ; 

 Richard Webb, Esq. : Scarlet Pearmain, Beachamwell, Golden 

 Harvey, Franklin's Golden Pippin, the latter shown as Old Golden 

 Pippin ; Mr. Whiting, the Deepdene, near Dorking : Blenheim 

 Pippin, Beauty of Kent ; Mr. Octavius Barton, Oxton, Notts : 

 Bridgewater Pippin, Wyken Pippin; Mr. J. Hawes, gardener 

 to J. W. Rhodes, Esq., Hennerton, near Henley-on-Thames : 

 Blenheim Pippin, Franklin's Golden Pippin, Ribston Pippin, 

 imd two kitchen apples unnamed; Mr. Parsons, Danesbury: 

 Wyken Pippin; Mr. Spivey, Hallingbury Place: Old Golden 

 Pippin; J. B. Ryder, Esq., Acton Green Lodge: King of the 

 Pippins, Beauty of Kent, Downton Pippin, London Pippin, 

 Cat's-head Codlin, Scarlet Pearmain, Golden Eusset, Blenheim 

 I*ippin, Hollandbury, Dumelow's Seedling, and Foxley; Mr. 



