HOB TICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



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December 7, 1840. 



GARDEN COMMITTEE. 



Mr. Thompson reported from the Fruit department that the 

 Packing; of Fruit in baskets lined with kiln-dried straw had been 

 found to answer well with such varieties as had kept up to the 

 present period. The straw so dried that it will scarcely bend 

 without breaking, does not communicate that musty flavor which 

 is perceived when hay or straw retaining their natural juices are 

 employed. 



