EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



T. F. Eivers, Esq., in the Chair, and ten members present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, for a fine col- 

 lection of Apples and Pears, the most noteworthy varieties 

 being — Apples : Lane's Prince Albert, Lord Derby, Dumelow's 

 Seedling, and Cox's Pomona. Pears : Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Durondeau, Beurre de Capiaumont, and Doyenne du Cornice. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent Pear Beurre Ton- 

 queray, which was over-ripe, but gave promise of being a decided 

 acquisition. 



Colonel Eyre, Welford Park, Newbury (gardener, Mr. C. 

 Ross), sent seedling Apple Charles Ross, which the Committee 

 desired to see again in the spring. 



Mr. Jarvis, Essendon Place, Hatfield, sent a seedling Apple, 

 which the Committee considered too closely resembled that 

 already known as " Greenup's Pippin." 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gardener, Mr. 

 G. W. Cummins), sent nice examples of Apple Remborough. 



Mr. T. Laxton, Bedford, again submitted examples of the 

 white-skinned Artichoke and Chou de Bedford. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., in the Chair, and seven 

 members present. 



Grapes attacked by Larvce. — With reference to the Grapes 

 brought to the last meeting, Mr. Blandford remarked that the 

 larvae might very probably prove to be those of Tortrix bofcrana. 

 It was a well-known pest on continental Vines, and had been 

 exported to America. He recommended that the Grapes infested 

 should be covered with a fine gauze net, and that the larvae 

 should be watched to discover their further stages. 



Endogenous (?) Bud. — Dr. Masters exhibited a drawing of 

 what appeared to be an endogenous bud in the axil of a leaf of 



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