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Apples and 13 of Pears. Conspicuous amongst the Apples were 

 King of the Pippins, Newton Wonder, Bismarck, Barnack Beauty, 

 Sandringham, Adams's Pearmain, Annie Elizabeth, Blenheim 

 Orange, Cox's Orange, and Kibston Pippin ; and amongst the 

 Pears — Beurre Bachelier, Huyshe's Victoria, Duchesse de Mouchy, 

 Beurre Gendron, Beurre Alexandre Lucas, and Bergamotte 

 d'Esperen. 



Bronze Banhsian Medal. 

 To T. Arnall, Esq., Brookside, Headington Hill, Oxford, for 

 11 enormously large fruits of Uvedale's St. Germain Pears. 



Aivard of Merit. 

 To Apple Byford Wonder (votes, unanimous), from The 

 English Fruit and Rose Co., Hereford, and from Mr. J. Watkins, 

 Withington Nurseries, Hereford. Fruits large, greenish yellow ; 

 flesh tender, juicy, and pleasant. 



Cutural Commendation. 



To C. E. Smith, Esq., The Lodge, Silvermere, Cobham, for 

 a fine bunch of Banana (Musa) Cavendishi. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. W. E. Browne & Sons, Wells, Somerset, exhibited 

 examples of Apple Bartlett's Glory, which had been kept at 

 Chiswick from the meeting on September 26, to test their keeping 

 properties. 



Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, sent two seedling 

 Apples named Foster's Scarlet Pippin and Bunyard's Christmas 

 Pearmain. 



Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Norwood, sent a pretty-looking 

 Apple named Ouseley's King of the Valley. 



Messrs. Chantrier Freres, Mortefontaine, France, sent some 

 fruit of Diospyrus Kaki grown on an open wall. 



The Liverpool Horticultural Co., Garston, Liverpool, sent 

 examples of a new seedling Grape named Hambro' Colmar, which 

 very closely resembled Gros Colmar. 



