certain Fruits. By Mr. John Turner. 65 



a novel one, I shall proceed to mention the instances which I 

 have observed. 



In the spring of 1819, I gave some carefully saved 

 Melon seeds of the Netted Succado kind to a friend near 

 London. The young plants raised from these were injudi- 

 ciously planted by the gardener in a frame with another 

 larger and inferior variety. The fruits of the Succado set 

 well, but as they swelled, they gave evident symptoms of 

 having lost their true character, and when cut, were found to 

 be very worthless, arising, as I conceive, from the share which 

 the inferior variety had in them. 



In the autumn of the same year, I examined on the trees in 

 Mr. Braddick's garden at Thames Ditton, an evident mixture 

 of character in a Codlin, and the Ribston Pippin, in more than 

 one individual, on the sides of the trees next each other, while 

 the fruit on the opposite sides were wholly untainted. The 

 probability of such mixtures taking place is great in Mr. Brad- 

 dick's garden, owing to many varieties being grafted on the 

 same stock, and to the closeness with which both the espalier 

 and standard trees are planted. 



Early in the year 1820, Mr. Braddick sent to the Society 

 samples of two sorts of Apples of the preceding year's 

 growth, which he had himself taken from the trees, and 

 carefully preserved, to show the extraordinary sport which 

 they had made. The two sorts were, the Holland Pippin, 

 and the White Winter Calville, Apples totally dissimilar in 

 appearance ; they grew on low standards, very near each 

 other ; two of the specimens gathered from the sides of the 

 trees not contiguous retained their natural character per- 

 fectly well, but the White Calville gathered from the side of 



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