Varieties of Fr uits. 



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is much larger. It is nearly globular, some few of the speci- 

 mens tapering a little towards the eye, which is large and open, 

 seated in an even shallow basin ; the stalk is short, deeply 

 inserted ; the skin is pale yellow, becoming deeper as the 

 fruit ripens ; some of the specimens take a tinge of dull scarlet 

 next the sun ; the whole surface is sprinkled with minute 

 greenish spots, and a patch of coarse russet always surrounds 

 the stalk ; the flesh is yellowish, soft, juicy, and very sweet ; 

 it melts perfectly in baking, taking a clear pale amber colour, 

 and retains a high flavour ; the fruit keeps well till January. 

 The tree is eleven years old, and began bearing in 1819. It 

 is a free grower, and bears abundantly. It has been named 

 the Waltliam Abbey Seedling. 



Mr. William Pleasance sent to the Meeting on the 

 20th of November, specimens of the New Rock Pippin, a 

 seedling, raised in his Nursery at Barnwell, near Cambridge. 

 It is of the Nonpareil kind, but less regular in shape than the 

 Nonpareil, and the eye is sunk a little deeper. The stalk is 

 short, the skin is of a dull green on the shaded side ; on the 

 part exposed to the sun it becomes brown, with a slight 

 tinge of red, and the whole surface is sprinkled uith russet. 

 The flesh is yellow, firm, not very juicy, but rich and sweet, 

 with a fine anise perfume. It keeps well till late in the spring, 

 and is then hardly surpassed by any of the old varieties. 



John Braddick, Esq. sent to the Meeting on the 19th 

 of February, specimens of the Claygate Pearmain, an Apple 

 of excellent quality. Mr. Braddick found the tree growing 

 in a hedge at Claygate, a hamlet, in the parish of Thames 

 Ditton, and introduced grafts of it into his garden. The 



