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therefore the Committee requested that it be sent in again in 

 January. 



Mr. Turner, Slough, exhibited a very fine dish of British 

 Queen Pears. They were large, of a tapering oblong form ; skin 

 soft and smooth, covered with thin russet ; flavour rich and excel- 

 lent. Mr. Turner also exhibited a very good example of Cocc's 

 Orange Pippin. 



November 6, 1866. — Mr. Henry Downing, gardener to Thomas 

 Grissel, Esq., exhibited a collection of 12 sorts of Apples, consisting 

 of very good specimens of the following sorts : — Gloria Mundi, 

 Alexander, "Wellington, "Warner's King, Blenheim Orange, Al- 

 friston, Braddick's Nonpareil, Coe's Golden Drop, Barcelona 

 Pearmain, Court Pendu Plat, and one not known. A Special 

 Certificate was awarded. Mr. Downing also exhibited Pome- 

 granates ; but they were not quite ripe. 



Mr. John Cox, gardener to "W. Wells, Esq., Eedleaf, exhibited 

 specimens of Beurre' Clairgeau Bear. They were very large, 

 upwards of 6 inches in length, and exceedingly handsome. 



Mr. Eorsyth, gardener to Baron L. de Rothschild, Gunners- 

 bury Park, exhibited a splendid specimen of the Charlotte de 

 'Rothschild Bine-apple, weighing 9 lb., perfectly formed, and of a 

 uniform rich yellow colour. It was awarded a Special Certificate. 

 Mr. Eorsyth also exhibited two very good specimens of the 

 Smooth-leaved Cayenne, weighing 7 lb. each ; and they also re- 

 ceived a Special Certificate. 



Mr. W. Melville, gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Rose- 

 bery, Dalmeny Park, exhibited a Seedling Grape, called the Cham- 

 pion Brontignan. The bunch was medium-sized and shouldered ; 

 the berries large, roundish, slightly ovate ; skin of a brownish red 

 colour ; the flesh had a slight Muscat or Erontignan flavour. The 

 Committee considered that it was scarcely equal to the Muscat 

 Champion, which it somewhat resembled, and which was also 

 raised by Mr. Melville some years ago. 



Gr. E. Wilson, Esq., E.R.S., exhibited fine specimens of Pears 

 from an orchard-house, consisting of the Triomphe de Jodoigne, 

 the Beurre d'Anjou, and Chaumontel. 



The Rev. G\ Kemp, Sion College, exhibited bunches of the 

 Bogal Muscadine Grape, as specimens of outdoor cultivation in 

 this unfavourable season. The bunches were as large as those 

 generally produced on walls at Eontainebleau and Thomery. 



Mr. Taplin, gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 Chatsworth, exhibited specimens of the Mango grown at Chats- 



