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the question as to the growth of apples ; but Professor 
Sedgwick knew very well whether the Devonshire 
apples were grown upon the Old Red Sandstone or not. 
Professor Sedgwick. — They were grown upon the 
New Red Sandstone; but in Herefordshire they are 
grown upon the Old Red Sandstone. 
The Rev. W. Thorp said there was more matrix in 
the Old Red Sandstone than in the new. With respect 
to the mixture of soils, he might state that Mr. Childers 
had tried it to some extent upon 20 acres of his park. 
With regard to Hatfield Chace, and the peaty soil 
there, he had not yet examined it, and peaty soils required 
great consideration. He hoped to make a number of small 
bore-holes, to get to know of what the subsoils con- 
sisted, and those subjects would come into his next paper. 
With regard to the drift beds of Yorkshire, he should 
have to show in the evening that they were of very 
different origin. 
Specimens of wire rope, with a variety of fossils, were 
exhibited, and 
Specimens of the sinkings of a Colliery at Castleford, 
worked by Messrs. Stansfeld and Briggs. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
In the evening the Rev. W. Thorp read a continua- 
tion of his Illustrations of Yorkshire Geology, which 
will be published on a future occasion. 
