126 UEPOPvT< OF THE FEUIT CO^^IMITTEE, 



W. Divers, gardener to W. Mooke, Esq., Staplelmrst, Kent .• 

 Eibston Pippin, King of the Pippins.— The First Prise was 

 awarded to Mr. Spivey, for Old Golden Pippin; the Second 

 Prize to Mr. J. Hawes, for Pibstou Pippin. 



The name of Golden Pippin is applied to several varieties of 

 Apples ; and some persons have been led to suppose that the 

 original sort is either lost, or is in a state of irrecoverable decay 

 from old age. The specimens, however, which were exhibited by 

 Mr. Spivey, and for which the first prize was awarded, proved to 

 be the true Old Golden Pippin, perfect in form and colour, and 

 possessing the characteristic rich yellow flesh which many persons 

 BO well remember from their youth. ]\Ir. Spivey stated the 

 circumstances under which his fruit was produced, as follows : 

 Tlie soil is a rich garden earth, on a subsoil of loamy clay, well 

 drained and trenched. The tree is on the Paradise stock, and 

 trained against an open espalier ; ten years old, vigorous, free 

 from moss and canker. Close pruning is adopted, the spurs being 

 kept very short ; and it bears freely. It was root-pruned in 



water was supplied, but the tree was mulched with rotten manure.. 

 . Mr. Hawes stated, with reference to his Eibston Pippins which 

 gained the second prize, that Hennerton is in Berkshire, one and 

 a half miles from the town of Henley-on-Thames. The soil is a 

 clayey loam from 3 to 3 feet deep, on a chalk subsoil. The 

 orchard is on the side of a hill, 60 feet above the level oi the 

 Thames, towards which it slopes, and is sheltered on the north 



direction of whicli is north and south. The tree is a standard, 

 twenty years old, and about 20 feet high, very healthy and full of 

 fruit-buds, although ■ the crop this season was an abundant one, 

 more so than usual. The culture consists in merely thinning the 

 branches in the centre of the tree, and dusting with quick-hme 

 when there are heavy dews in order to destroy moss. The 

 specimens exhibited were very fine, juicy and rich. The applica- 

 tion of quick-lime for the destruction of moss deserves especial 



The Blenheim Pippins from Mr. Eobebtson, Duffus House, 

 near Elgin, were large, handsome, and well-coloured, and 

 measured from 11 to 12 inches in circumference; they were 



grown. The Norfolk Greening appeared to be the Northern 



