xxxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Lord Leigh, Stoneleigh Abbey (gr. Mr. H. T. Martin), sent Apple 
* Rouen,' but the Committee considered that it resembled * Cobham ' too 
closely. 
Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent Sandwich Island Salsafy, of which seed 
was requested for trial at Chiswick. 
Mr. Veitch also brought fruits of Apple * Mannington Pearmain ' from 
the original seedling tree, to compare with fruits of ordinary 'Mannington 
Pearmain.' The former fruits were small, round, uneven in outline, very 
russety, often presenting a warty appearance ; eye closed, set in a shallow 
basin, stalk nearly an inch long, thin, and set in a deep cavity ; flesh 
crisp, juicy, and of pleasant flavour. The ordinary ' Mannington Pearmain ' 
has larger fruit, with one side higher than the other, and inclined to be 
Fig. 13. — Apple ' Sanspaeeil.' {Journal of Horticulture.) 
conical. Skin pale green, covered with a thin russet, flushed Avith dull 
red on the exposed side; eye partly closed, and set in a shallow ribbed 
basin ; stalk set in a deep cavity, with a protuberance on one side of it ; 
flesh very juicy and of better flavour than the old seedling. It was sug- 
gested that the difference between them was the result of grafting and 
regrafting for several generations of trees, without going back to the 
original seedling for scions. 
Mr. Notcutt, Woodbridge, sent a stewing Pear under name ' Winter 
Orange.' The exhibitor was requested to show the variety again at the 
next meeting, to be compared wi'h other fruits. 
]\Iessrs. R. Hartland, Cork, sent Apple 'Ballinora Pippin,' to show its 
keeping^qualities. (See Vol. XXII. p. cxcv). 
