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by that grower at the Crystal Palace on the 8th ult., and at the exhi- 

 bition held here on the 15th ult. he furnished a Queen weighing 6 lbs. 

 5 oz., an Enville 6 lbs. 10 oz., and a Providence 11 lbs. 9 oz. Nor 

 were his fruit inferior on this occasion. Messrs. Povey, Davies, Young, 

 and Oates also showed fine fruit of the last named variety. Queens 

 came from Messrs. Dalrymple, Fryer, Page, Halliday, and Temple ; 

 and a Prickly Cayenne, an extra fine specimen, weighing 8-Jlbs., came 

 from Mr. Bailey, Shardeloes. We also noticed two very fine specimens 

 of Enville. 



Of Grapes, Mr. Drewitt, gardener to Mrs. Cubitt, the Denbies, near 

 Dorking, sent admirable bunches of Black Hamburgh, and Grizzly and 

 White Frontignan. These were each perfect of their kinds, and fully 

 maintained the reputation for good Grape growing which this excellent 

 grower has already attained. Not less remarkable were three bunches 

 from Mr. Allport, gardener to H. Ackroyd, Esq., Doddington Hall, 

 Cheshire. These were Black Hamburgh, West's St. Peters, and Golden 

 Hamburgh. The latter was stated to have been from a bud inserted 

 in a very old Vine on the 18th Feb. last year. The fruit exhibited 

 was ripe on the 10th ult., and was larger than that of the sort on 

 which it was budded. Messrs. Wortley, Frost, Page, Bousie, Wood, 

 and Turnbull also showed well in this class. Of Black Hamburgh the 

 best dishes came from Messrs. Young, Henderson, Little, Hill, 

 Sawkins, Page, Harrison, Simpson, and Perkins. Beautiful bunches 

 of West's St. Peters came from Mr. Allport, and fine fruit of this variety 

 also came from Messrs. Williamson, Turner, Turnbull, and Tillyard. 

 Of Muscats the ripest and most perfect, though by no means the largest, 

 were shown by Mr. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq. Mr. 

 Allport and Mr. Turnbull also showed very fine Muscats. Fine bunches 

 of the Bowood variety came from Mr. Thomson of Dalkeith, but 

 generally the Muscats were not ripe. The best basket of 12 lbs. was 

 contributed by Mr. Hill, gardener to R. Sneyd, Esq., Keele Hall, 

 Staffordshire. Messrs. Hodson, Bailey, Thomson, and Jackson also 

 furnished good baskets, chiefly of Black Hamburgh. Of White 

 Hamburgh, Mr. Bailey showed three very fine bunches ; of Golden 

 Hamburgh we noticed several exhibitions, but none so good as Mr. 

 Allport's. A remarkable fact connected with this Grape is that those 

 from budded Vines were much rounder in the berry than others from 

 plants on their own roots. Of pot Vines there were exhibitions from 

 Messrs. Standish, Alderson, Ivison, and others. Mr. Standish's, both 

 Muscats and Black Hamburghs, were extremely good, the bunches 

 being large, and the Muscats especially well ripened, though the only 

 places they had to grow in were, as we understood, low pits heated 

 with dung and leaves. 



Of Peaches and Nectarines beautiful exhibitions of four dishes each 

 came from Messrs. Miller, Henderson, Thomas, Turnbull, Little, and 

 Allen. The sorts were chiefly Royal George, Bellegarde, and Noblesse 

 Peaches, and Violet Hative, Elruge, and Pitmaston Orange Nectarines. 

 Of two dishes, the best came from Messrs. Dawson, Judd, Rutland, 

 Sawkins, and Miller. Grosse Mignonne Peaches, large and fine, came 

 from Mr. Taylor and Mr. Widdowson. 



