FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, JANUARY 11. 



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1 Tumford Hall.' It is a sport from ' Alicante,' but resembling 

 ' Gros Colmar ' in appearance. The same sport exactly was 

 said to have occurred last year in a garden near Norwich. In 

 sending it Mr. Rochford observes : " It will be noticed that the 

 berries are half as large again and of much finer shape than 

 ' Alicante,' whilst the colour is all that could be desired. The 



Fig. 2. — Apple ' Goodwood Pippin.' (Gardeners' Magazine.) 



two bunches shown were grown on a 15-ft. rod with twenty 

 other bunches, of which fifteen are the sport and the remaining 

 five are the true ' Alicante.' These five are on the bottom part 

 of the rod. Last year the rod carried over twenty bunches, 

 which remained hanging on the rod till the beginning of April, 

 and this year the sport is now quite firm, whilst we were obliged 



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