418 Notices of Communications to the Society ,<§>c. 



The tree from which this fruit was gathered is nineteen feet 

 high, and as much in diameter across the branches. The 

 stem, from the ground to the commencement of the branches, 

 is five feet and a half high, and the circumference eleven 

 inches. At the time the present specimen was gathered, 

 there were three hundred and twenty fruit of different sizes, 

 besides abundance of blossom on the tree. 



July 18th, 1820. Specimens of Nails for Fruit Walls were 

 exhibited, manufactured by Messrs. Yates and Cox, of 

 Liverpool. They are made of cast iron, with round eyes, 

 in the following shape ; 



and are intended to be permanently fixed in the wall when 

 building, between the courses of brick-work ; by leading the 

 branches of the trees close to them, and tying them by pieces 

 of matting or string run through the eye, they can be trained 

 in any direction, without damaging the wall, as is done by 

 the usual practice of nailing, which, in process of time, 

 creates innumerable holes, which become the hiding places 

 of various sorts of insects. 



