723 REPORT OP FRUIT COMMITTEE, NOV. 12, 1861. 



very evenly coloured of a clear dull red. The flesh was firniy 

 rich, juicy, aud with the distinct Muscat aroma. This was pro- 

 nounced a remarkable grape, quite new and perfectly distinct. 



Mr. William Masters, of Canterbury, sent a large showy 

 Seedling Apple, beautifully streaked with crimson on a golden- 

 yellow ground. The Committee was of opinion that it did not 

 possess merit sufficient to recommend it as an addition to exist- 

 ing varieties. Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, sent a Seedliog Dessert 

 Apple, which also was not considered to be equal to many others 

 already in cultivation, 



Edward Godson, Esq., Heckington, near Sleaford, sent a dish 

 of Knight's Monarch Pears, which were unripe, and which had 

 begun to shrivel on account of having been gathered too early. 



Captain Tykkell, of Ealing, sent three dishes of Apples, : 

 named : one a very showy Apple covered almost entirely w 

 crimson stripes, and which had a close resemblance to Northern 

 Spy. The others could not be identified. 



Mr. DowDEN again exhibited a dish of Long Nose Apple, 

 from Dorsetshire. It is a small conical dessert Apple, attenuated 

 toward the apex, considerably covered with russet over a yellovlr 

 ground. It Avas of a fine brisk and sweet flavour, and an excel- 

 lent dessert Apple ; but it is very liable to shrivel. 



Mr. William Paul, of the Cheshunt Nurseries, Waltham 

 Cross, sent a collection of Vegetables, among which were root 

 the new Parsnip Chervil {Charophylhim bulbosnm). They \ 



mental variegated-leaved Kale, some large white Spanish Oni 

 Vegetable Marrow (Prince 'Albert Improved), and some 

 Brussels Sprouts, were among the collection. 



Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, of Stanstead Park, 

 Edinburgh, exhibited extraordinary specimens of Henry's Prize 

 Leek, which were blanched ten inches in length, and v 



