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JiOYAL HOIlTTCULTUTtAL SOCIETY. 



Both of these exhibitions were remarkably fine and beautiful, and 

 to each a Special Certificate was awarded, the Committee re- 

 gretting that it was not in their power to bestow a higher award 

 for such beautiful grapes at this early season. 



May 21. — At this meeting, for the best three dishes of Dessert 

 Apples, Mr. J. B. "Whiting, The Dcepdene, was awarded the First 

 Prize, for Adams's Pearmain, Mickleham Pearmain, and a sort 

 unnamed. The Second Prize being awarded to Mr. Lynn, gar- 

 dener to Lord Boston. 



For the best three dishes of Strawberries, Mr. Curd, gardener 

 to M. G. Thoyts, Esq., was awarded the First Prize, the sorts 

 being Eclipse, Sir Harry, and Marguerite. 



Por the best dish of Cherries, the Pirst Prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Lynn for Frogmore Early. 



Por the best dish of Peaches, the Pirst Prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Tegg, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Clumber, 

 for Bellegarde. 



Mr. Cox, of Eedleaf, exhibited a collection of six sorts of well- 

 preserved Kitchen Apples, to which a Special Certificate was 

 awarded. 



Mr. Pearson, Chilwell, exhibited some Walnuts of the growth 

 of 1861 (2^ years old), in xevy excellent condition. They had 

 been kept by Mrs. Hetley, of Orton Longueville, Peterborough, 

 who allows them to fall naturally from the tree, dries them well 

 in the open air, then keeps them in bags in a dry attic. A Special 

 Certificate was awarded. 



Mr. Shortt, gardener to Yiscount Eversley, Heckfield, exhibited 

 fruit of Cerasus Pscudo-ccrasus. It is a small species of cherry, 

 of a pale amber-colour, almost transparent, with a hooked point 

 at the apex. It is pretty, but not fit for dessert, being mawk- 

 ishly acid. It might, however, make a tolerable preserve. 



June 4. — Mr. Bivers, of Sawbridgeworth, exhibited ripe fruit 

 of seven varieties of Cherries, grown in an orchard-house in pots. 

 They proved a very interesting exhibition, and consisted of the 

 following, viz. : — 1. Guigne Native do Lyons, bright mottled red ; 

 2. Guigne tres-precoce, dark red; 3. Noire precoce de Strasse, 

 small black ; 4. Early Purple Guigne, considered the best ; 5. Early 

 Strasse, or Bigarreau de Strasse, like a small "White Heart ; 

 G. Belle d' Orleans, large, pale ; 7. Guigne Marbrec, small, dark 

 maroon. Special Certificate awarded. 



June 18. — Mr. Tillery, gardener to His Grace the Duke of 



