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Mr. Tegg, gardener to the Duke of Newcastle, Clumber, ex- 

 hibited some very fine Grosse Mignonne Peaches, for which he 

 was awarded a Special Certificate. 



Mr. Tegg also exhibited a very fine dish of Guavas (Psidium 

 Cattleyanuni), for which he was also awarded a Special Certificate. 



Mr. Earley, Digswell, exhibited two fruits of Melon, Dr. Hogg ; 

 neither of them was quite ripe. They were rather small, firm- 

 fleshed, pretty highly flavoured, and seemed possessed of good 

 properties if well ripened. Mr. Earley stated that with him it 

 was one of the best Melons he grew. Yery hardy and prolific. 



Messrs. Stuart and Mein, Kelso, exhibited some of their JNeio 

 Australian Spinach {Chenopodium auricomuni) . In appearance it 

 very much resembles Chenopodium album, the troublesome weed 

 of our gardens. It is, when cooked, somewhat more fibry than 

 the true Spinach, although partaking somewhat of its flavour. 

 The Committee thought that it might prove a tolerable substitute 

 when spinach was not to be had. 



George E. Marten, Esq., Marshall's Wick, St. Albans, exhibited 

 a small branch of a Peach-tree bearing both Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines on it, a rather strange and unusual production. 



Mr. Cox, gardener, Madresfield Court, Great Malvern, exhibited 

 Madresfield Court Black Grape, a seedling raised by Mr. Cox 

 from a cross between Muscat of Alexandria and Black Alicante. 

 The bunches are long and tapering, like the Muscat of Alexandria, 

 and were shouldered ; the berries large, longish oval, of a jet-black 

 colour with a fine bloom ; the footstalks of the bunch are rather 

 fine, erect, and those of the berry stout and warted ; skin tough 

 and membranous ; flesh firm and juicy, rich and vinous, with a 

 distinct Muscat flavour ; leaves deeply lobed and serrated, bristly, 

 with reddish-purple stalks and midribs. Mr. Cox stated that the 

 fruit sets as freely as the Black Hamburgh, and ripens a fortnight 

 later than that variety, and a like period earlier than the Muscat 

 of Alexandria. The Committee was very highly pleased with this 

 Grape for its handsome appearance and good qualities, and 

 awarded it a Eirst- Class Certificate. 



September 3. — Mr. Wm. Paul, Waltham Cross, Is., exhibited a 

 very large and interesting collection of thirty-seven varieties of 

 Apples, which had been grown on small trees, worked on the 

 Erench Paradise stock, only two years old, thus proving what an 

 excellent stock it is for producing fertile little Apple-trees. 

 Special Certificate awarded. 



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