REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COMMTTEE, 



had been grown m a house all the summer witnout nre-iieat. 

 The pots in which the plants were grown stood on inverted pots 

 over a tank, and it was not till late in the autumn that a little 

 heat was given on damp cold days, 



GRAPES.— From Mr. Henry Gadd,. gardener to Lord 

 MiDDLETON, F.R.H.S., Wollaton Hall, Nottingham : a bunch of 

 White Tokay. Mr. Gadd stated that he found this a most excel- 

 lent grape for hanging on the vine ; when well ripened he had 

 kept the fruit in fine condition until the end of March. The 

 clusters now exhibited had white roundish berries, of a firm 

 consistency, and with little flavour. 



PEARS.— From Mr. McKeltie, Stevenstone, near Torring- 

 ton : a Seedling Pear, the seed producing which was sown in 

 1844. The fruit, produced for the first time in 1854, was at 

 first considered worthless, but five years ago its flavour im- 

 proved ; this induced the raiser to watch it more carefully, and it 

 has since been considered worthy of careful preservation. The 

 variety has been called the Stevenstone. The fruit was rather 

 small, of the size of Citron des Carmes, and of a turbinate shape ; 

 the skin rough to the touch, covered with a coating of orange 

 or reddish brown russet, like Beurre de Capiaumont, and having 

 also large grey spots ; the fle.sh was rather woody or gritty at the 

 core, but very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured, having the high 

 aroma of the Seckle. Ripe in December. This was awarded 

 a First Class Certificate. 



The Committee then proceeded to the examination of the 

 collections of Pears forwarded from East Yorkshire hy the local 

 committee which met at Malton on the 9th of November, 1860, as 

 follows:— From C. W. Strickland, Esq., F.R.H.S., Hildenley : 

 Dachesse d'Angouleme, west wall ; White Doyenne, west wall, 

 decayed ; Althorp Crassane, west wall, pretty good ; Old Colmar. 

 west wall, cracked and inferior ; Marie Louise, south wall at 

 Rise, inferior ; Ne Plus Meuris, east wall at Wassand, large 

 fine fruit, crisp, not quite ripe; Duchesse d'Angouleme, east 

 wall at Wassand, large and handsome, crisp, no flavour; Black 

 Achan, east wall at Wassand, juicy, sweet, and good; Benrre Did, 

 east wall at Wassand, very good and highly flavoured ; another, 

 named Eyewood, incorrect, and not known. — From Mr. Peter 

 Davidson, gardener to F. Bell, Esq., Thirsk : Marie Louise, 

 south wall, melting, rich, and juicy ; also from a west wall, melt- 

 ing, rich, and of good flavour, but inferior to the preceding : 

 Winter KeU?, south wall, very rich, melting, juicy, and excel- 



