REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE, 



July 31.— F. J. Geaham, Esq., in the Chair. 

 VIeeting was held at 8, St. Martin's Place. The following 



10s. White Raspberries : for the best collections, exhibited 

 as the Red, 20s. and 10s. Red Currants : for the best collec- 

 tions, one dish of each variety, accompanied by a shoot of the 

 same, bearing leaves, 20s. and 10s. White Currants : for the 

 best collections, exhibited as the Red, 20s. and 10s. Goose- 

 berries : for the best dish of any variety, combining size and 

 flavour, to be accompanied by a shoot of the same, bearing 

 leaves, 10s. 



GOOSEBERRIES.— In consequence of the uugenial season, 

 the Gooseberries were the only fruits sent for competition, and of 

 these there were only two exhibitions. Messrs, Meyers & Son, 

 of Boston Road, Brentford, sent a basket of Companion. This 

 was of the largest size ; the greatest weight to which it has been 

 grown being 25 dwts. 2 grs. It was of a roundish oval ; skin 

 hairy, of a brownish-red colour next the sun, but paler with a 

 greenish tinge on the shaded side, rather thin, and somewhat 

 transparent; the flavour was particularly fine, partaking 



I plum. — From Mr. Graham, of Cranford : 

 , Rifleman, a 



baskets of Crown Bob, Rifleman, and Beauty of England, all of 



which were fine specimens of their respective sorts, but not suffi- 

 ciently ripe. The Committee unanimously awarded the Prize 

 to Messrs. Meyers, for Companion. 



PINEAPPLE.-From Mr. Thompson, gardener to the Earl 

 of Stamford and Warrington, Enville Hall : a seedling raised 

 at Enville by the late Mv. Aiton. Mr. Thompson stated in his 

 communication that he had no record of its parentage. The fruit 

 was a very good specimen, but had been kept rather too long. 

 In the opinion of the Committee it did not diflfer materially, if at 

 all, from the Queen, and was not an improvement on some 

 forms of that variety. 



GRAPES.— From Mr. Whiting, of the Deepdene : a large 

 and very handsome bunch of the Backland Sweetwater, which 



