FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, JANUARY 11. 
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* Turnford 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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