696 EBPORT OF THE FKUIT COMMITTEE, 



the size of a large Marie Louise, of a pyramidal form, somewhat 

 undulating in its outhne. The skin is of a fine pale golden- 

 yellow colour freckled with a crust of thin delicate cinnamon- 

 coloured russet, and with a blush of lively crimson next the sun. 

 The flesh is yellowish white, firm but perfectly melting, very 

 juicy and fine grained, with a rich sugary and sprightly juice 

 which is charged with a fine aroma. This is a most delicious 

 Pear, and when tested against Marie Louise was of such excel- 

 lence it was unanimously awarded a Fikst-Class Certificate. 

 It has been most appropriately named The British ftueen. 



Mr. Spenceb, of Bowood, Chairman of the Wiltshire Fruit 

 Committee, sent a collection of Apples collected from the orchards 

 of Redwich New Passage, near Bristol. The soil rich alluvium, 

 and the elevation the sea level. They were all remarkable for 

 their high and brillant colour, and were chiefly cider and cooking 

 sorts. Among them was one very much like the Blenheim or 

 perhaps still more so like Holland Pippin, which was miscalled 

 Beauty of Kent. A dessert Apple of excellent quality, deserves 

 notice as being one not known generally. It is called White 

 Moloscha, and is of the size, shape, and colour of a small or 

 medium-sized Blenheim Pippin, with the same open eye. The 

 flesh is very tender, and crisp as an icicle, very juicy, sweet, brisk, 

 and with a fine perfumed aroma. All the others were more 

 adapted for kitchen use and cider making, and were Sladway 

 Pippin, a medium-sized conical Apple, beautifully striped with 

 red, and not unlike Lewis' Incomparable. New Bidstone, a large 

 flat Apple, with a very sunken eye, and with prominent knobs 

 round it. The colour is of a brilliant dark crimson on the side next 

 the sun, and on the shaded side of a fine deep golden-yellow. Bed 

 Vallis is a small Apple, of the shape of the old Nonpareil, and 

 entirely of a deep crimson colour, dotted with specks of yellow 

 russet; this is a cider fruit. Alexander, quite distinct from 

 Emperor Alexander, is a small ovate Apple, entirely covered with 

 a ground colour of crimson, and that is again covered with 

 numerous broken streaks of a darker crimson. Lemand Blaven 

 is a medium sized conical Apple, beautifully streaked with 

 crimson, as is also the Wine Apple, but much smaller. Nelmes 

 Pippin, a fine hard and hardy looking Apple, is a good deal like 

 Hunt's Deux Ans in appearance, and is a cider Apple. 



Geoege F. Wilson, Esq., Gishurst Cottage, Weybridge, 

 sent a dish of three very large specimens of Northern Spy Apple, 

 which were grown in a pot, the fruit set in an orchard house, and 



