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d'Hiver, Delices de Chasselas, and Gloux Morceau. — • For the best bunch 

 of retarded grapes, any variety, with an account of the mode of manage- 

 ment, to Mr. George Brown, gardener to the Earl of Lauderdale, Dunbar 

 House. The variety sent was the white raisin, and the fruit appeared in 

 fine condition. — Of the other article on the prize list of this daj', the yel- 

 low Jerusalem artichoke (Topinambour jaune of the Paris market), no spe- 

 cimens were 'produced, from which it was concluded that this culinary 

 vegetable had not yet been introduced into this country. — A large collec- 

 tion of very fine pears having been sent from the walls and dwarf standards 

 at Luffhess in East Lothian, the seat of Sir Alexander Hope, several of 

 which being considered admirable, both for size and quality, the Meeting, 

 on the recommendation of the committee, awarded an extra-medal for these 

 to Mr. George Fowler, gardener at Luffness. — A specimen of West's St. 

 Peter's Grape, sent by Mr. John Kinment, at Murie, was so exceedingly 

 well retarded, that the committee recommended that the fourth volume of 

 the Society's Memoirs be voted to Mr. Kinment, as a mark of then- appro- 

 bation, which was agreed to. — Some remarkable bunches of grapes were 

 sent from Barnton garden, being the third crop, from the same vines, within 

 twenty months, the vines continuing vigorous and healthy. — Among the 

 extra-articles exhibited at this Meeting were some fine specimens of silver 

 beet, blanched by means of sea-kale covers, from Mr. James M'Culloch at 

 Balmuto. The specimens being very fine, the Meeting, on the committee's 

 suggestion, awarded the 4th volume of the Society's Memoirs to Mr. M'Cul- 

 loch, in testimony of their approbation. — Specimens of apples, the growth 

 of the Shetland Islands, were presented by Mr. Purves of Edinburgh : they 

 were the white or Keswick codlin, and highly respectable, as being the pro- 

 duce of the Ultima Thule. — Four kinds of excellent Canadian apples were 

 exhibited by Mr. George Ross, gardener to the Earl of Dalhousie, at Dal- 

 housie Castle. — Mr. Scott of Sinton sent specimens of some American 

 apples ; and a cast of one thought to be the Fall Pippin, the individual fruit 

 from which the cast was taken weighing no less than 27J oz. — Mr. John 

 Govan, W. S., sent specimens of the Knohl-kohl, or turnip-rooted cabbage, 

 from Cairnie Lodge, the seat of Colonel Foulis in Fife. — There were also 

 exhibited, by Mr. Barnet, large and well grown specimens of two varieties 

 of Knohl-kohl, early white and red. The seeds of these varieties were 

 brought from Germany, by Mr. Loudon, in 1828, and by him presented to 

 the Experimental Garden. — Mi*. Thomas Kennedy, nurseryman at Nith 

 Bank, Dumfries, sent specimens of a seeching apple raised by him, called 

 the Nith Bank Pearmain, a rather showy table-fruit. 



The table of the hall was decorated by fourteen distinct sorts of Chry- 

 santhemum sinense, in full flower, from the Experimental Garden • also a 

 plant, in a large earthen pot, of the blue raisin grape, trained spirally, car- 

 rying four bunches, and a plant of the Poonah grape trained in the same 

 form, having several bunches, which had a fine appearance. Grapes grown 

 in this manner were much admired at the last two fruit festivals of this 

 Society. 



From amongst the important horticultural information contained in the 

 minutes read to this Meeting, we select the following, which came under 

 the consideration of the committee and council on the 5th of Nov. last : — 

 Sir George S. Mackenzie exhibited a seedling apple, between the Non- 

 pareil and the Manks Codlin, called the Achmore apple, which was consi- 

 dered juicy and good; also another beautiful seedling, shaped like the 

 Nonsuch, not remarkable for flavour • and a very fine saccharine seedling, 

 between the Codlin and Leadington in appearance. — Mr. George Shiells 

 sent specimens of the black Hamburgh grape, and of the white currant 

 grape, from the apricot division of the flued wall in the garden at Erskine 

 House in Renfrewshire, the property of Lord Blantyre. The former were 

 ripe and well flavoured, and Mr. Shiells mentioned that he had sent 12 lbs. 



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