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would remain stationary. If their efforts were confined and 
cramped entirely by the mercantile element, they would soon put 
a stop to progress. They did not all work for merely pounds, 
Bhillings, and pence. Many of them worked for the love of the 
thing ; but if people could get a profit out of horticulture, so 
much the better. He had himself a crop of Diamant Trauhc, 
and he was glad to find that Mr. Bunyard had learnt its merits. 
He would not like to leave the Nanny, an excellent Sussex Apple, 
out of a selection of fifty. The list of first-class Apples was, 
however, so large that it was a matter of great difficulty to 
reduce the number to anything like fifty ; and their friend from 
Australia would do wisely to try all the sorts sent out to him, 
and not to stick to the dozen he had got. If he did not do so, 
he would find himself left out in the cold. 
Mr. BuNYAED, in replying on the discussion, said he would 
not advise anyone to embark on the Plums from Japan. He 
had got all the varieties he could, and he had only had two 
bear fruit, after twelve years. With regard to the Nanny Apple, 
there was one objection — it very seldom cropped. 
A hearty vote of thanks was proposed by the Chaieman to 
Mr. Bunyard for his paper. 
Mr. Geant, in seconding the proposition, said up till recently 
he had been associated with Eoses, but for the last five years 
he had gone in for fruit, and he was satisfied with the results 
obtained. He did not think they need fear the competition of 
their Australian or American cousins, who were not going to 
e^iual anything they saw in the Palace that day. 
