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LX. Some Account of the Collections of Apples, exhibited 

 at the Meetings of the Horticultural Society, during the 

 Season of 1818 ; with Observations on their Qualities and 

 Names, and a List of the most approved Sorts for the Des- 

 sert and Kitchen. By Mr. John Turner, Assistant Se- 

 cretary. 



Read March 2, 1819. 

 The unusually fine Collections of Apples, which were sent 

 to the Society, during the Autumn of 1818, from various 

 parts of the country, as well as from the vicinity of London, 

 induced me to pay particular attention to them, in the view 

 of making, if possible, one step towards a selection and 

 arrangement, which future seasons might enable me, or some 

 one more competent to the task, to complete. 



I am well aware that it is only by cultivating, together, all 

 the varieties of reputed merit, that the synonyms will be 

 effectually discovered, and the really valuable Apples be as- 

 certained; yet I trust it will not be useless, in noticing the 

 various collections which have been exhibited before the 

 Society, to point out such errors as have been detected ; 

 most of them arising, probably, from ignorance, rather 

 than design. 



In observing upon the confusion of names which at pre- 

 sent exists, it is by no means intended to impute blame to 

 those who cultivate fruit trees for sale ; cultivators are, them- 

 selves, no doubt often deceived, and in the multifarious 

 business to which their attention must necessarily be directed, 

 it is no wonder if one sort of Apple is frequently supplied 



