EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS. 



Pine-apple, weighing 7 lb. 12 oz. It was 20 inches in circum- 

 ference and 12 inches in height, with a crown about 3 inches long ; 

 the fruit was very symmetrically grown and well coloured. A 

 Special Certificate was awarded. 



Mr. "William Cox exhibited a Seedling Black Grape, raised at 

 Madresfield Court, Great Malvern, "Worcestershire, stated to be 

 a cross between Black Alicante and Muscat of Alexandria. The 

 bunch tapered like the Black Prince ; the berries were black, oval, 

 medium-sized ; the flavour very sugary and rich. 



Mr. Thomas Neale, gardener to E. A. Cartwright, Esq., Edg- 

 cote House, Banbury, exhibited twelve tubers of JEdgcote Kidney 

 Fotatoe, the produce from a single root. This is a second early ; 

 the specimens were very clear and good, and, judging from the 

 quantity shown, it is apparently a good cropper. 



August 21, 1866.— Mr. Halliday, gardener to H. B". "Walmsley, 

 Esq., The Elms, Acton, exhibited a Ripley Queen Fine-apple. It 

 weighed 6 lb. 6 oz., and was exceedingly well grown, well ripened, 

 and of a beautiful colour ; but it was almost crownless, and con- 

 sequently had not so fine an appearance as it would have had with 

 a crown of proportionately moderate size. 



Mr. Bell, gardener to His Grace the Duke of Wellington, 

 Strathfieldsaye, exhibited a fine specimen of the Charlotte de 

 Rothschild Fine-apple, weighing 5f lb. Mr. Bell says that he 

 can state from experience that this variety is a fast grower and 

 fruits freely, and is also an excellent winter Pine ; the fruit was 

 cut, and proved to be of excellent quality. A Special Cer- 

 tificate was awarded. Mr. Bell also exhibited specimens of the 

 Anson Fine-apple, an old variety with flattened pips like the 

 Providence. 



The Bev. A. Bawson, Bromley Common, exhibited fruit of the 

 Lawton Blackberry. They were very handsome in appearance, 

 but were scarcely sufficiently ripe. We learn from Mr. Bawson 

 that the birds had destroyed all the finer specimens. It seems 

 really worthy of cultivation. 



Mr. Samuel James, gardener to the Earl of Dartmouth, Pateshall, 

 near "Wolverhampton, exhibited two Seedling White Grapes of 

 tolerable merit ; but the Committee were desirous of seeing them 

 again before expressing any decided opinion on them. 



September 4, 1866. — Mr. G. Craddock, gardener to Lord 

 "Wiiloughby de Broke, Compton Verney, "Warvvick, exhibited 

 specimens of Fotatoes of very excellent appearance, No. 1, 

 No. 2, and No. 3. Mr. Craddock stated that they were very 



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