FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 27. clxxxix 



sent a seedling Apple of remarkably fine colour and appearance, 

 which would doubtless sell well as a market fruit, but was con- 

 sidered rather mealy. 



W. R. Banks, Esq., Kingston Lacy, Wimborne (gr. Mr. E. 

 Menzies), sent an excellent seedling Apple, but not sufficiently 

 distinct from 1 Wellington.' 



Mr. C. Stubbington, Brookside, Botley, Hants, sent a seedling 

 Grape, said to be quite as hardy as 4 Sweetwater,' twice as vigor- 

 ous, and an enormous cropper. In appearance it was very like 

 4 Royal Muscadine.' Also a dish of beautiful Apples, said to have 

 been grown from a pip. Whether this were so or not the Com- 

 mittee considered the fruits identical with 1 Cox's Orange.' 



Mr. George Lee, Clevedon, sent an Apple which he stated he 

 received some years ago from the R. H. S. under the name of 

 4 Amasa,' together with the information that it had been 1 brought 

 home by an officer in the army.' It was recognised as the apple 

 now known under the name of 4 Colonel Vaughan.' 



Mr. A. Dale, Akeson, Harrogate, sent a seedling Apple, ' Clair 

 Pippin,' a very nice fruit, but of hardly sufficient distinctive 

 character of its own. 



From the Society's Gardens came 4 Self-Blanching ' Celery, 

 from seed supplied by Messrs. Barr. It was considered a good 

 dwarf red celery, with thick fleshy stalks, but the specimens 

 shown had not blanched themselves. Also the Variegated 

 Celeriac exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence at the last meeting. 

 Also ' Polish Short Stem ' Red Cabbage, from seed sent by 

 Messrs. Vilmorin. 



The Rev. Gordon Salmon, Overton Vicarage, York, sent three 

 fruits of 4 Pitmaston Duchess ' Pear, ' crossed on " Doyenne du 

 Cornice."' The three fruits weighed 3 lbs. 10 oz., and were 

 remarkable in that even experts were doubtful (until informed) 

 whether they were 'Pitmaston Duchess' or * Beurre Diel,' the 

 shape and appearance of the fruit having apparently been altered 

 by the 4 Cornice ' stock. The flavour also was found to be less 

 acid and astringent than 4 Pitmaston ' usually is. 



E. J. Vokes, Esq., Kingsworthy, Winchester, sent some seed- 

 ling nuts, weighing about J oz. each. The seedling tree sprang 

 up in a crevice in a brick wall three feet from the ground, and has 

 this year produced fruit. The nuts were like large Kent cobs, but 

 had a very thin shell, which could be easily broken. 



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