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JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I July 25, 1865. 



if .the lateral slioots are kept thin, aud the hed is covered with 

 fiat red tiles placed tirmly on the ground. We prefer the eom- 

 inon red, as having a medium capacity for the absorption, and 

 the radiation of heat. I'ainting the tUes in smumer with sul- 

 phur paint, made of sulphur water and a little soft soap, ^^•ill 

 ieep off mildew and red spider. — R. F. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYS FRUIT 

 AND VEGETABLE SHOW— July 2-i. 



Although the classes in which competition was invited were veiy 

 numerous, the number of exhibitors in each was rather small ; the show 

 consequently was not so extensive as the amount offered in prizes ought 

 to have brought forth ; and of the productions themselves it may be 

 stated that whilst on the one hand tliey offered no extraoriliuary ex- 

 cellence, they did not on the other exhibit any considerable falHnjj off 

 irom an average degree of merit. The attendance of visitors, although 

 the day was tine, was verv' small. 



Only one collection of fruit was exhibited, by Mr. CaiT, gardener 

 to P. ii. Hinds, Esq., Bylleet Lodge. It consisted of a Queen Pine, 

 "legg'a Scarlet-fleshed Melon, Sweetwater Grapes, Mooi-park Apricots, 

 Gooseberries, aud fniit of JIusa Cavendishii, aud the I'apaw. Piues 

 •ft-ere not numerous ; Mr. Young, gardener to Crawshay Bailey, Esq., 

 Aberdare, sent two fine Queens, au EnvUle, and Black .Jamaica ; Mr. 

 Standish, eight well gi-owu fruit ; aud Mr. W. Thomson, gardener to the 

 Dnke of Bucclench, Dalkeith Palace, a veiT fine Euville, Lord John 

 Manners, and a Smooth Cayenne. A Providence of 11 lbs. 4 ozs. came 

 irom Mr. Allen, gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., Withington Hall, and 

 excellent Queens from Mr. Grant, Fiuchley, and Mr. Young. The 

 only two prizes given in the class for any sort went to excellent 

 ^nvUlcs from Mr. Thomson and Mr. Young. 



Awards. — For three Iduds : First, Mr. Y'oung ; second, Mr. \V. 

 Thomson; third, Mr. Standish. For Providence; Fu-st, Mr. Allen. 

 ]?or Qneens : First, Mr. A. Grant ; second, Mr. Young ; third, Mr. M. 

 Higgs, gardener to Mrs. B.archard, Putney Heath. For Any sort : 

 First. Mj". W. Thomson : second, Mr. Young. 



Only two collections of Grapes were brought forward. That from 

 Mr. Hill, gardener to K. Sneyd, Esq., Keele Hall, consisted of veiy 

 good Black Hamburghs. Black Prince, not equal to what he usually 

 trings ; Black .\licante (Meredith's) ; Koyal Muscadine ; Lady Downe's. 

 very good ; Buckland Sweetwater, finely ripeni'd ; excellent bunches of 

 Ingram's Hardy ProUtic Muscat, aud Black Morocco, under the name 

 of Horstorth SeeiUing. The other competitor had Black Hamburgh, 

 Cajion Hall, aud Muscat of Alexandria. Of Black Hamburgh ex- 

 cellent bunches, with large well-coloured benies, came from Mr. Sage, 

 "Mr. M. Henderson, and Mr. WalUs ; and Mr. Brown, gardener to the 

 Earl of Chesterfield, aud Mr. Cruickshank, gardener to W. J. Loyd, 

 Esq., Watford, also sent good bunches. Other Black Grapes consisted 

 of Muscat Hamburgh, from Mr. Osborae, Fiuchley ; Mill Hill Ham- 

 burgh, with tine large berries, but redcUsh in colour, as this variety is 

 ■apt to come, from Mr. M. Heudei-sou ; excellent Block Prince, from 

 Mr. HiU, the three bunches weighing 7 lbs. 1'2 ozs. ; Treutham Black, 

 rery good, weight 4 lbs. 2 ozs., from Mr. WaUis ; and Black F'rontignan 

 "from Mr. Squibbs. 



Muscats .as usual were generaUy too green, but those from Mr. Sage 

 were beautifully ripened. Mr. Tyler sent veiy large bunches of 

 Bowood Muscat, weight 9 lbs. 3 ozs. ; and fine bunches came from Mr. 

 Standish. Of Canon Hall good bunches were shown by Mr. Budd, 

 gardener to Earl Damley. Cobham Hall ; whilst Golden Hamburgh 

 ■was also well represented. Duchess of Buccleuch. a variety raised by 

 Mr. \V. Thomson, Dallveith, and possessing a Muscat flavour-, was also 

 rji'iown. 



Awai-ds. — For a collection : First, Mr. Hill ; second, withheld ; third, 

 Mr. Tansley, gardener to Mr. Moss, Chadwell Heath. 



For Black Handiurghs : First, Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl Bro^-nlow, 

 Ashridge ; second. jMr. M. Henderson, gardener to Su- G. Beaumont, 

 Bart., Cole Ortou Hall ; third, IVL-. Wallls, gardener to J. Dixon, Esq., 

 Astle Park, Congleton. 



For Muscat Hamburgh : First, Mr. G. Osborne. 



For Mill Hill Hamburgh : First, Mr. M. Henderson. 



For Black, any kind : First, Mr. Hill ; second, Mr. 'W^allis ; cqu.al 

 fhird, Mr. Squibbs and Mr. Brown. 



For Muscats : Equal first, Mr. Sage and Mr Tyler ; second, Mr. 

 .■Stonihsh ; third, Mr. Tausley. 



For Canon Hall : First, Mr. Bu.ld. 



For "White, any kind ; Fii-st, Mr. W. Thomson ; equal second, Mr. 

 Beasley and Mr. Cross ; third, Mr. Busby. 



Peaches were not numerous, but we remarked some beautiful dishes 

 .of Gi-osse Mignoune, Bellegarde, aud Violette Hative ; also a seedling 

 from Mr. Ligram, ver^- beautiful m colour, rich orange yellow where 

 -shaded, dark ci-imson next the sun ; fruit i-ather small, and with a 

 shallow suture. Of Nectarines but few dishes were shown, and of 

 these the best were Elrnge and Violette Hative. 



A^irards. — For Peaches, two dishes : Fii-st, Mr. Tilleiy, gardener to 

 the Duke of Portland, iVelbeck ; second, Mr. Osborne : thii'd, Mr. 

 Bain aud Mr. H. Whiting. For single dish : First, Mi". Tiller)' and 

 Mr. WaUis ; second, JSIi-. Osboi-ne ; third, Mr. W. Lane, gardener to 

 J.. Miles, Esq., Fryem, Barnet. For Nectarines: First, Mr. Sage; 



second, Mr. Lane : third, Mr. Eogerson, gardener to E. Brown, Esq., 

 Actou, and Mr. Tillerv. 



Ll Figs an excellent dish of Bro\ra Turkey, from Mr. Whiting, The 

 Deepdcne, had a first prize ; tlie same kind," from Mr. Eogerson, was 

 second ; and White Marseilles, from Mr. Cross, gardener to the 

 Dowager Lady Ashburton, Romsey. had a first prize in the White class. 



Cherries consisted of veiT good dishes of Morello, from Mr. Marcham, 

 Mr. Squibbs, and others ; Black Tartarian, very fine, from Mr. Whiting ; 

 Florence, from Mr. Higgs ; Bigarreau Napoleon, from Mr. Tillery ; 

 Elton, and Mav Duke. 



Awards.— Fot Black : First. Mr. Marcham. For White: Fu-st, Mr. 

 Cruickshanks : second, Mr. Higgs ; tliird, Mr. M. Henderson. For a 

 siugle dish : First, Mr. Tilleiy and Mr. .J. B. Whiting ; second, Mr. 

 K. Marcham ; third, Mr. Squibbs. 



Of Plums onlv a few dishes were shown. Mr. Squibbs was first 

 with Black Morocco ; Mr. Beasley, gardener to T. Wood, Esq., Acton, 

 second ; Mr. Whiting third. 



At this late period of the season Strawberries could not be expected 

 in quantity. The only exhibitor in the class for four dishes was Mr. 

 TiUeiy, who had a first prize for Empress Eugenie, Welbeck Seedling, 

 Rifleman, and Frogmore Pine. Mr. Earley, gardener to F. Pryor, 

 Esq., Digswell, had a second prize for Elton ; and a third was awarded 

 to Mr. Phipps. 



Of other subjects, some good Gooseberries were shown by Mr. Carr, 

 and Mr. Y'oung, gardener to E. Barclay, Esq., Highgate ; some of 

 those from the former were vei-j- large. The first prize was awarded 

 to Mr. Can-, the second to Mr. Young. 



Of Currants. Bed, White, and Black, excellent dishes were shown 

 by Mr. Can-, Mr. Ford, gardener to W. Hubbard, Esq., Horsham, 

 aiid Mr. Beasley, Twyford .\bbey, who had prizes in the order in 

 which they are ' named. Raspberries were chiefly coufined to the 

 Fastolff; Mr. Moffat, gardener to Viscount Mayuard, was first, and 

 Mr. Clarke, gardener to Colonel Long, second, both exhibiting that 

 kind. In Green-fleshed Melons the fii-st prize went to Mr. Wright, 

 gardener to the Earl of Nonnanton. Ringwood, for Sir John Sebright's, 

 and the second to Mr. Squibbs, for Hybrid Perfection, prettily netted. 

 In Scarlet-fleshed Windsor Prize from Mr. Weir, gardener to Mrs. 

 Hodgson, Hampstead, took the first prize. Mr. Standish exhibited 

 Vines in pots, each beai-ing from five to nine good bunches ; the 

 kinds were Black Hamburgh, Golden Lady Dowue's, and two seed- 

 liugs, one from Chasselas Masque, but with black berries, and the 

 other called CitroneUe, a white kind. Mr. Eraser, Lea Bridge Eoad, 

 sent orchard-hou.se trees ; Mr. Carr, Peaches ; and Mr. Eogerson, Figs 

 in pots ; Mr. Carr, fruit of the long Mango Papaw, somewhat resem- 

 bHug a Vegetable Man-ow, gi-een changing to yellow ; some good .^.pncots 

 came from Mr. Whiting and others ; Apples from Mr. Young ; Muscat 

 Champion Grape, an excellent variety, raised by Mr. Melville, 

 Dalmitny Park, from Canon HaU aud Muscat Haiiiburgh, from Mr. 

 Veitch;'au excellent basket of Golden Hamburgh Grapes from Mr. 

 Cross, aud a wevy good one of Black Hamburgh from Mr. M. Hen- 

 derson. 



^-EGET.1BLES. 



The show of vegetables had a much better .appearance on this oc- 

 casion than such shows usually present ; and most classes of vegetables 

 were well represented. 



In collections of not less than eight kinds, Mr. Budd, gardener to 

 Earl Damlcv, was first with Globe Artichokes, Parsley, Onions, 

 Veitch's Pei-fection Peas, ICidney aud Broad Beans, Dawe's Kidney 

 Potatoes, Cabbage. Vegetable MaiTov.-s, Cabbage Lettuce, Cucumbein, 

 Mushrooms, Beet and Carrots. Mr. Eariey, Digswell, was second; 

 and Mr. Whiting and Mr. Exell, gardener to Mrs. Sweetlove, thu-d. 

 A good collectiou also came from Mr. Veitch. 



In collections of not less than six kinds, Mr. Exell, gardener to 

 .1. Hollingwoith, Esq., Maidstone, was first with Carrots, Potatoes, 

 Broad aud Kidney Beans, Peas. Oniims, Lettuce, Globe Artichokes, 

 Rhubarb, Cabbage, Herbs, aud Horseradish ; Mr. Hill, Highgate, was 

 second. 



For four kinds of Peas, Messrs. Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, were 

 first with Hooper's Incomparable, King of Manows, Veitch's Per- 

 fection, and Imperial Wonder, with beautifully tilled pods ; Mr. Veitch, 

 second, with Veitch's Perfection, Mammoth Uwaif Green Marrow, 

 Earlv Emperor, and Noupareil Wiinkled MaiTow. The best single 

 dish was Veitch's Perfection, from Mr. CaiT. 



Of Potatoes, both Kichiev and Round, excellent, sound, clean tubers 

 were shown by most of tbe'exhil itors. For four kinds of Kidney, Mr. 

 Whiting was first with Suttou's Early Racehorse, Rivers's Royal Adl- 

 leaf, Jackson's Ashleaf, and Eugenie, white flushed with red. Sir. 

 Moffatt, gardener to Viscount Maynard, was second. In Round kinds, 

 Ml- Whitiu" was again first, with Napoleon, Early Shaw, Dalmahoy, 

 and a laroe" kind unknown. The best twelve Kidneys were Edgcott 

 Second Early, from Mr. Neale ; the best twelve Round, TranseUs 

 Seedling, from Mr. Moffatt. 



Among Can-ots some beautiful roots of the lutci-mcdiate were sent 

 by Mr. Exell, gardener to Mrs. Sweetlove ; also good Early Short 

 Horn, from Mr. ExeU, gardener to J. HoUingworth, Esq., and Mr. 

 Whitinn. Tui-nips, Beet, Shallots, Onions, Cabbage, Cauliflowers, 

 Lettuce's, Kidney and Broad Beans, were also well represented ; and 

 there were exhi'bitious of Rhuljarb, Mushrooms, Celer>-, but smaU; 

 Potherbs ; a collection of cUfferent forms of Vegetable MaiTows, from 

 ' Mr. Veitch, and of edible Gourds, from Mr. Young, Highgate. lor 



