HUHT»§ HOYAL NOKFAMEIIL. 
^ HIS Ajiple was introduced to the notice of 
the London Horticultural Society, some years 
“o®' ^>y Thomas Hunt, Esq., of Strat- 
ford-on- Avon ; and on that occasion, Avas highly 
p rai sed for its qualities, as a dessert fruit. It 
was modelled in wax, by the Society, a copy of 
which was presented to Mr. Hunt, and is now in the possession 
of his son, W. 0. Hunt, Esq., Solicitor, who occupies, and atten- 
tively cultivates, the garden, with its choice fruit trees, planted 
by his father. The Apple which was sent to the Society was 
thirteen inches in circumference, and weighed upwards of thir- 
teen ounces. It was produced against a wall of southern 
aspect, where the original tree now grows, in vigorous health. 
To Mr. W. 0. Hunt we are indebted for specimens of this fine 
fruit, which is certainly of first-rate quality. This gentleman 
informs us, that it was propagated by his father, from a seed of 
