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interesting exhibits were staged, including amongst others a collec- 

 tion of filberts and cob-nuts, from Mr. Richard "Webb, Calcot 

 Gardens, Reading, who devotes much time and attention to these 

 fruits ; fruit-bearing branches of raspberry, Belle de Fontenay, which 

 is undoubtedly the best of all the autumn varieties, from Mr. 

 Charles Turner, Slough ; a fine collection of peaches from Mr. Jack, 

 Battle Abbey Gardens ; three pines, all large in size and handsome 

 in appearance, from Mr. Miles, Wycombe Abbey ; and a superb 

 collection of miscellaneous fruits from Mr. Pragnall, Sherborne 

 Castle. 



The gold medal offered for a collection of grapes was taken by 

 Messrs. Lane and Son, Great Berkhampstead, with one of the finest 

 collections ever exhibited. The bunches were large and well- 

 shouldered, and the berries in size, colour, and finish, left nothing to 

 be desired. The most conspicuous examples in the collection were 

 those of Trebbiano, Bowood Muscat, Buckhardt's Prince, Black 

 Prince, West's St. Peter's, Black Hamburgh, Frankenthal, Barba- 

 rossa, Muscat Hamburgh, Mill Hill Hamburgh, Lady Downes' 

 Seedling, Alicante, Muscat of Alexandria, Buckland Sweetwater, 

 Golden Champion, and Pope's Hamburgh, all of which are good in 

 their several seasons of attaining maturity, and the style of culture 

 to which they are best adapted. The largest bunch of grapes in the 

 exhibition was that of the Black Barbarossa, exhibited by Mr. Ban- 

 nerman, Blithsfield, and the best flavoured bunch was that of the 

 luscious Muscat of Alexandria, exhibited by Messrs. Lane. 



The most complete collection of pears was exhibited by MM. 

 Baltet Freres, of Troves, Prance, who also bad the best collection of 

 dessert varieties ; and amongst others, exhibited examples of the 

 following dessert varieties : — Knight's Monarch, Thompson's Winter 

 Nelis, Passe Col mar, Beurre de Capiaumont, Louise Bonne of Jersey, 

 Beurre Diel, Williams's Bon Chretien, Calebasse, Beurre Easter, 

 Althorpe Crassane, Beurre Brown, Gansel's Winter Bergamot, Glou 

 Morceau, Ne Plus Meuris, Marie Louise, Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Jersey Gratioli, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre d'Amanlis, Eyewood, 

 Fondante d'Automne, Hacon's incomparable, Suffolk Thorn, Seckle, 

 Colmar d'Aremberg, Alexander Lanibre, Huy she's Bergamot, 

 Bishop's Thumb, Priuce Albert, Flemish Beauty, Bergamot d'Espe- 

 ren, Napoleon, Swan's Egg, Due de Moray, Prince Imperial, 

 Souvenir de Leopold I., British Queen, Marechal Vaillant, General 

 Todleben, Van Mons, Crassane d' Hardenpont, Beurre Sterckmans, 

 Bon Chretien d'Espagne, Beurre Bruxelles, Beurre Bachelier, Bezi 

 Mai, Doyeune Goubalt, Doyenne du Cornice, General Laurent, 

 Helene Gregoire, Henri Gregoire, Louise de Prusse, Belle de Sep- 

 tembre, Colmar d'Ete, Madame Millet, Beurre Lamy, Jalousie de 

 Fontenay, Beurre Dubort, Conseiller de la Cour. 



MM. Baltet Freres also exhibited a fine lot of apples in the 

 class for the most complete collection, but the gold medal was most 

 deservedly awarded to Mr. William Paul, of Waltham Cross, whose 

 collection, although not quite so large, comprised examples of the 

 finest quality of the leading sorts in cultivation in this country. In 

 the class for dessert varieties the first prize was awarded to Mr. 



