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LXXXI. Notices of New or Remarkable Varieties of Fruits 

 ripened in the Summer and Autumn of the Year 1820, which 

 were exhibited at the Meetings of the Horticultural Society. 



The plan which was suggested by the President, in the 

 Second Volume of the Society's Transactions* and first 

 adopted in a former Part of this Volume,-f of bringing into 

 one view all the new or remarkable varieties of Fruits which 

 had been submitted to the Society in the course of the pre- 

 ceding year, has been found to answer fully the purpose 

 intended ; and it is very gratifying to find, that in every in- 

 stance where the Fruits so mentioned have been again before 

 the Society, the observations upon them have been con- 

 firmed ; but should it at any time be proved, that imperfect 

 or incorrect accounts have been given, care will be taken 

 to correct the mistakes, in some future annual report. 



Strawberries. 

 Mr. James Grange of Kingsland exhibited specimens 

 of a Strawberry which has become common in the London 

 market, and is called the Rostock. The same variety was re- 

 ceived from the Rev. Whitehall Whitehall Davies, 

 grown in his garden at Broughton Hall, near Wrexham, 

 under the name of the Vernon. On enquiry, it appears that 

 Mr. Davies received his plants from the garden of Mr. 

 Vernon in that neighbourhood, and not having any name 



* See Vol.ii. page 210. 



f See page 203 of this Volume. 



