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Tliu eighlli iinnual exh'ibilioii of the Kilkenny Horti- 

 I'lilUiral Society will be held in llie Coini House, Kil- 

 kenny, on Thursday, Auj^usl 15th. Schedules may be 

 obtained from Miss !•" K. Butler, lion. Sec, Lavislown 

 Mouse, Kilkenny. Kntries ,uul lees will be received 

 not later than .-Viigust lolh. 



The Banbridjje Horticultural and Aijricultural. Society 

 holds its annual show in the Karmingf Society's grounds, 

 Ballydown Koad. on Thursday, .\ujfust 8lh. Special 

 prizes are oflered by the Irish Peasant Society, Alex. 

 Dickson & Sons, K. E. Smith tV Co.. and K. A. White. 

 Ltd.. Kent. Prize schedules may be obtained on .appli- 

 cation to \V. Bradford, jun. , Secretary. Banbridge. 



Dublin Wholesale Markets. 



WITH the exception ofa few dozen of Bramley's 

 Seedling, which were sold at a very satisfactory 

 price, there were practically no Irish apples in 

 the market during the latter part of this month. The 

 bre.Hch has been tilled by apples which have just arrived 

 from Western Australia. These are packed in cases 

 which hold one bushel of fruit, and may weigh from 38 

 to 42 lbs. The three main varieties which are imported 

 are Dunn's Seedling, Cleopatra, and Jonathan. The 

 first two are large and rather flat apples, very firm in 

 the flesh, and excellent cookers. Kor dessert purposes 

 they are preferred by many to the more handsome 



Jonathan, which when not too ripe has a crisp flavour, 

 and does not possess the mealiness so often associated 

 with foreign apples. Melons arc a new addition to the 

 already long list of fruits which are being exported 

 from the Cape. Strawberries are becoming more plen- 

 tiful, and prices arc correspondingly lower. The warm, 

 sunny weather of this month has brought on pot straw- 

 berries very quickly, and no trouble has been experi- 

 enced in ripening the fruit. 



The number of varieties of flowers increase with the 

 lengthening days, and it would occupy too much space 

 to enumerate those which are now on sale. The demand 

 still continues to be brisk for flowers having a special 

 decorative value, but the commoner spring flowers are 

 a drug on the market and realise very poor prices. 



Vegetables which have been regular occupants of the 

 salesmen's stands during the winter and spring months 

 are now disappearing from view, while the summer 

 vegetables are coming in to take their place. Celery, 

 beetroot, and parsnips are now almost finished for the 

 season ; but the presence of lettuce, cucumbers, 

 radishes,peas, and beans ensures an undiminished supply 

 of seasonable vegetables. Some of these are as yet 

 only arriving in small quantities from France and the 

 Channel Islands, but the supply is daily increasing. 

 The first consignment of new patotoes from Teneriffe 

 came to hand early this month. 



Cabbages now show a slight improvement in quality, 

 while prices still remain high. Broccoli, being at ihe 

 height of their season, are extremely plentiful, and only 

 for first-grade lots is a profitable price obtained. Large 

 i|uantities of these last two vegetables are being 



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