The fruit was about 

 ide, and dark dull 



, and the 

 the Committee as a variety for o 

 they suspended judgment uioou it as an out-do( 

 had been grown against a wall in the open air. It was much 

 superior to the three varieties that accompanied it. 

 ^ Mr. PiivERS also exhibited a Seedling Nectarine, raised from 

 Fuirchild's, which proved to be exactly like its parent, but 

 apparently not so early, as it was unripe. 



Mr. Mevkrs, of Boston Road, Brentford, exhibited specimena 

 of Bemposta apple, a Spanish variety, of which large quantities 

 are now exposed for sale in the markets, imported from the 



Mr. John Newtox, gardener to F. G. Gkaham, Esq., East 



Et Robeet Hogg, LL.D., F.L.S., Secretary to the Fnut Comnntkc. 



This excellent Strawberry was raised by Mr. Willis Rekve, 

 of Apton Hall, Canewdon, near Eochford, Essex, in 1855, and 

 was obtained from seed of Mijatfs SurjJrise, fertilised by Keens' 

 Seedling. In 1860 Mr. Eeevk sent a supply of plants to the 

 Society, and these were planted in the collection in the Garden 

 at Chiswick, where the following observations were made: — 



The plant is strong and vigorous, producing abundant healthy 

 foliage of a dark green colour, the leafstalks of which are covered 

 with dense spreading hairs. Leaflets obovate, bluntly serrated, 

 smooth above, and pale silvery-green and pubescent beneath. 

 Scape from 4 to inches long, and bearing from 7 to 10 fully- 

 developed fruit on long slender pedicels. Fruit large, generally 

 conical, or inclining to ovate, but the largest specimens assume a 

 cockscomb shape ; neck distinct and glossy, not so long as in the 

 Old Pine. The seeds are small, and neither very prominent nor very 

 deeply imbedded. Skin bright glossy red, as if varnished. FlesJi 

 firm and solid, white throughout, slightly hollow round the core, 

 caused by its absorption, of a rich brisk flavour, and a fine Pine 



