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Hamburgh, weighing 2 lb. 3 oz. Mr. 

 A. Henderson sent a bunch of Mar- 

 chioness of Hastings, which is only- 

 worth growing for the sake of obtain- 

 ing large bunches ; it is otherwise 

 worthless. The bunch weighed 4 lb. 

 14 oz., butbeiug unripe was disquali- 

 fied. There was a haudsome bunch of 

 Muscat of Alexandria from Mr. West- 

 cott, the weight 2 lb. 12 oz., but it 

 was unripe. 



In the class for three bunches of 

 white grapes, Mr. Dwerrihouse, of 

 Hickfield, was first with a seedling 

 not named. The bunches were large, 

 tapering, broadly shouldered, the 

 berries medium size, nearly globular, 

 the colour greyish-amber, bunch and 

 berry remarkably handsome. Mr. 

 Budd second with Muscat of Alexan- 

 dria ; Mr. J. Wills third with Treb- 

 biano. Messrs. Lane and Son con- 

 tributed three fine bunches of Buck- 

 land Sweetwater to this class. In the 

 corresponding class for black grapes, 

 Mr. Meredith came first with three 

 bunches of Black Hamburgh weigh- 

 ing 11 lb. 4 oz. These were marvel- 

 lous for size of berry, symmetry of 

 bunch, and perfection of colour. 



Puses were not plentiful. It is 

 evident that the culture of the pine- 

 apple is not on the increase in this 

 country, for they have been getting 

 more and more scarce at exhibitions 

 during the past ten or fifteen years. 



Collections of Feuit were in 

 nearly all cases very tastefully put up, 

 and comprised good examples of good 

 varieties. In the class for eight dishes, 

 the first prize went to Mr. A. Hen- 

 derson, of Treniham, for a collection 

 consisting of three bunches of Black 

 Hamburgh, and three of Trebbiano 

 grapes. Moor Park apricots, Victoria 

 plums, Violette Hative peaches, very 

 fine ; Elruge nectarines, a fine Cash- 

 mere melon, and Ripley Queen pine. 

 Second prize to Mr. Dawson, garde- 

 ner to Earl Cowper — fine Admirable 

 peaches, Morello cherries, Williams's 

 Bon Chretien pears, excellent black 

 grapes ; a very uneven lot. Third, 

 Mr. G. Jones, gardener to Lady B. 

 Mill, B,omsey, with Brunswick figs, 

 Royal George peaches, Bailey's Green 

 flesh melon, Bed R.oman nectarines, 

 Washington plums, Ripley Queen 



pine, three bunches of Muscat of 

 Alexandria, and three of Black Ham- 

 burgh. Oi chard-house trees were 

 admirably shown by Mr. Fraser, of 

 Lea Bridge Road ; but it detracted 

 much from their beauty to see dozens 

 of peaches laying on the soil in the 

 pots instead of banging on the 

 branches, owing to their having been 

 shaken off on the journey. To see 

 orchard-house trees in perfection we 

 must visit the places where they are 

 well grown. 



Peaches were all good; even those 

 that obtained no honours beyond 

 being admired by the thousands who 

 attended the show, were of such ex- 

 cellence that except in such a season 

 as the present, which is par excellence 

 a peach season, many of them would 

 have been considered unsurpassable 

 for size, colour, and those other qua- 

 lities of which the palate is arbiter. 

 Mr. J. Cross, of The Grange, Aires- 

 ford, Hants, took first prize with 

 Barrington, superb for size and 

 colour. The same exhibitor took 

 second prize with Vanguard, which 

 differs but slightly from Noblesse. 

 Third, Mr. Spivey, Hallingford Gar- 

 dens, Bishops Stortford, with Mon- 

 streuse de Doue, a very handsome 

 fruit, pale creamy ground, richly 

 mottled crimson, suture shallow. 



Nectarines were of course as 

 plentiful and as good as the peaches, 

 and generally they were larger and 

 more highly coloured than usual. The 

 first prize went to Mr. Fraser, of Lea 

 Bridge Road, for a dish of Murrey of 

 remarkable quality ; second, Mr. A. 

 Henderson, with Violette Hative ; 

 third, Mr. J. Woodward, with very 

 large fruits of Pitmaston Orange. 

 White Roman, unripe, were shown 

 by Mr. R. Inman, gardener to J. Lin- 

 tot, Esq., Forest Hill ; fine Downton, 

 very deeply coloured, from Mr. J. 

 Westcott, Dulwich, and Mr. Reid, 

 Sydenham Hill ; Old, or Scarlet 

 Newingtou, from Mr. Deengey ; 

 Stanwick, from trees thrown in pots, 

 from Mr. Wilson, of Weybridge. 



Figs were shown in plenty, and 

 were really of first-class excellence 

 throughout. First for two dishes, 

 Mr. J. Enstone, Wear House, Exeter, 

 with Brown Turkey and Brunswick; 



