IRISH GARDENING. 



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An Object Lesson in Friit Packing 



(Mr. Scott's Exhibit): 



Dublin, for fniit, and Messrs. Browett & Sons, Kinijs- 

 town, for pl.ints. 



A silver medal was awarded to Her Excellency the 

 Countess of Aberdeen for a table of fruit, flowers and 

 plants, the black Alicanti grapes being- very good, as 

 also were the plants of Clerodendron fallax. 



Messrs. A. Dickson & Son, Dawson Street, Dublin, 

 were awarded first prize and the Society's gold medal 

 for the best general exhibit of hardy fruit. It contained 

 some verv fine qimlitv fruit, and was beautifully 



arranged. Messrs. W. Seabrook and Sons, Chelmsford, 

 Essex, staged a good table of fruit, for which he was 

 very highly commended. Mr. Seabrook's fruit is 

 generally of a very high quality, largo, and of good 

 colour, but this year's sainples lack both the size and 

 colour of the Irish fruit. 



The Irish Packing Co., Carrick-on-Suir, were very 

 highly commended for an exhibit of non-returnable 

 chip baskets of various sizes. 



Mr. Geo. Perrv & Son, Camden Row, Dublin, were 



.;\ IlANiisoMK Trade Exhibit. 



