386 REPOETS OF FEUIT COMMITTEE, 



The Committee unanimously awarded Mr. Thomson a Certifi- 

 cate OF Merit for the bunch, anij thanivs for his interestii: 

 communication. - 



A bunch of Barharossa Grapes was received from Mr. Cox^ 

 gardener to H. Coore, Esq., Scruton Hall, Bedale, It was 

 grown in a greenhouse where plants are kept, and Mr, Cox's 

 object in exhibiting it, was to show how well the Barbarossa can 

 be produced under such circumstances. The bunch was large 

 to have been so grown. The berries were shrivelled, not large j 

 but of excellent flavour, 



Mr. David Thomson, of Archerfield Gardens, near Drem, N.B., 

 sent a few berries of the Archerfield Early Muscat Grape, accom- 

 panied with those of Bowood, Tyningham Muscat, and Muscat 

 of Alexandria, all of which were grown in the same house, his 

 object being to show how much earlier the Archerfield Early 

 Muscat was than the others. The berries of the former were 

 quite soft and beginning to ripen, while the others were as hard 

 and green as it was possible for them to be, clearly showing that 

 the earlier variety has very much the advantage. 

 -' Mr. Pbino, gardener to tlie Hon. Mrs. Verkon Harcourt; 

 Newsells Park, near Royston, sent specimens of a seedling 

 Apple in excellent condition for the season, being not in the least 

 shrivelled, and having a rich and delicious flavour and fine aroma ; 

 but it was so similar to the Russet Nonpareil, specimens of which 

 iR^ere also at the meeting, that no difference between them could 

 be detected. 



Mr. EDAfoxns in the Chah\ — May 6th. 



At this Meeting prizes were offered as follows : 



Class A.-^For the best and second best three dishes 



ofdessert Apples, distinct kinds . ^Os. IO5. 



B. — The best dish of Peaches, any variety , 20s. 10s. 



C. — Ditto, of Nectarines, ditto . . , -905. IO5. 



D. — Ditto, Melon . . \ . / 20s. IO5. 

 E. — The best three dishes of Strawberries, 



distinct kinds . , , . , 2O5. IO5. 



. „_ The best dish of Cherries , . ... 20^. lOs.' 



In neither of these classes, except class B, was there any 

 exhibition, and in it there was but one competitor. Mr. William 

 Caemichael, gardener to the Countess of Dunmore, Dunmore 

 Park, near Falkirk, N.B., sent a dish of the Stirling Castle 



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