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Robinson, gardener to R. Benton, Esq., M.P., F.PI.S., Engle- 

 field House, Reading ; Mr. Park, gardener to G. H. Vebnon, 

 Esq., East Retford ; Mr. William Carmichael, gardener to the 

 Countess of Dunmore, Dunraore Park, Falkirk ; Mr. E. Spivett, 

 gardener to J. A. Houblon, Esq., F.H.S., Hallitigbury Place, 

 Bishop's Stortford ; and Mr. Bain, gardener to Algernon 

 Perkins, Esq., F.H.S., Hanworth Park. Of these, all of which 

 ■were remarkably fine and unusually large, there were only two 

 dishes that were ripe. The First Prize was awarded to Mr. 

 Bain, and the Second Prize to Mr. Park. 



White Doyenne: — There were only two competitors: Mr. 

 Mason, Hill House, Mangotsfield, near Bristol, took the First 

 Prize, and Mr. Spivey the Second Prize ; but in both instances 

 the flavour was very inferior, which is doubtless attributable to 

 the coldness of the season. 



Fondante d'Automne: — There were two competitors : Mr. 

 Whiting, C.M.H.S., gardener to H. T. Hope, Esq., F.H.S., the 

 Deepdene ; and Mr. Snow, Wrest Park. Those of Mr. Whiting, 

 though considerably smaller than those from Mr. Snow, were 

 infinitely superior in flavour, and obtained the First Prize, the 

 Second Prize being awarded to Mr. Snow. 



Marie Lonise : — There were ten dishes exhibited. The fruit 

 ■were generally remarkably large and fine, but as all were unripe, 

 it was decided that the whole should be sent to the fruit-room at 

 the Garden, till they had ripened, to be then judged by a 

 Sub-Committee. The exhibitors were : — Mr. J. Hope, 

 gardener to Lady Buxton, West Ham ; Mr. W. Carmichael, 

 gardener to the Countess of Dunmore, Dunmore Park; Mr. 

 J. McLaren, Cardington, Bedford ; Mr. A. Henderson, 

 Trentham ; Mr. R. Marcham, gardener to E. Gates, Esq., 

 Hanwell; Mr. Pottle, Sufi'olk ; Mr. Robinson, gardener to 

 R. Benton, Esq., M.P., Englefield House; Mr. E. Spivet, 

 Hallingbury, Essex ; Mr. W. Bain, Hanworth Park, Hounslow ; 

 and Mr. Mason, Hill House, Mangotsfield. The Sub-Com- 

 mittee awarded the First Prize to Mr. Bain, and the Second 

 Prize to Mr. Spivet. 



OPEN CLASS.— In this class there were 1 8 competitions, 

 almost the whole of the fruit being unripe. The First Pnze was 

 awarded to Mr. Ralph, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, for 

 Gansel's Bergamot ; and the Second Prize to Mr. Whiting, 

 C.M H.S., for Beurre d'Amanlis. Among the others exhibited, 

 Beurre d'Amanlis, from Mr. Crambe, gardener to the Earl 



