IRISH GARDENING 



Collections of Fruit. 



Class I., for a decorated table of fruit, brought 

 out only two competitors, yet the judges took a 

 long time to decide which should be first, and as 

 one of them said to me it was a case of spotted 

 fruit against fruit with many cracks. Mr. White 

 (gardener, Mr. Roche) got first prize, and Earl of 

 Bessborough (gardener, Mr. Tomlin) second prize. 

 The latter had. much better decorations. Sonic 

 of the 1) est dishes were Brandey's Seedling. Lord 

 Derby, Hamming's Seedling, Loddington. The 

 Queen, and Peasgood's Nonsuch, cooking varieties: 

 and Worcester Pearmain, Allington Pippin, Rib- 

 stun Pippin, King of Pippins, dessert. In the class 

 for twelve dishes cooking, A. Gr. Bowers, Silver- 

 spring, Kilkenny, had an easy win. with probably 

 the best collection of apples in the show : Large, 

 beautifully-coloured and clean. 



In the several collections for dessert varieties 

 the growers from Kilkenny had, like in most 

 classes at this show, matters very much amongst 

 themselves ; Messrs. Bowers and O'Donnell 

 winning most of the prizes with highly-coloured 

 fruit, large and shapely. The chief suits ex- 

 hibited were Worcester Pearmain, Allington 

 Pippin, Cox's Orange Pippin. American Mother, 

 Wealthy. Ben's \lvd and King of Pippins. If it 

 is a fact that most of the southern apples ex- 

 hibited were grown in grass orchards (and this I 

 was told by one of the most successful exhibitors), 

 it just gives our poor northern growers a little 

 idea of the ideal soil and climate for apple growing 

 in Kilkenny, Waterford, Tipperary. Cork, and 

 parts of Clare. Some of the best dishes were 

 Bramley's Seedling, Lord Derby, Mere de Menage 

 Peasgood's Nonsuch. 



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