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great admiration ; and thus altogether their presence gave quite an international 

 character to the exhibition. They were received vifith the most marked kindness 

 and attention. The President and Vice-President called upon them the morning 

 after their arrival, and invited them to all their meetings and to a grand banquet 

 given by the Central Society to welcome all the other societies and leading pomo- 

 logists who bad come to attend the Congress. The banquet was held the follow- 

 ing morning, and here again the representatives of this Club were so warmly 

 received that Dr. Bull had to rise and respond to their kindness. This he was 

 fortunately able to do in such a manner as to create a very lively satisfaction to 

 their French entertainers, who received his remarks with much applause and 

 shaking of hands. 



In the evening of the same day, the President and those of the chief author- 

 ities of the Council waited on Dr. Hogg, and presented him personally with a 

 medal, as a mark of their high estimation of his life-long work as a pomologist. 



It is not necessary to give the names of the apples and pears in the Hereford- 

 shire collection, because they have been so often seen at our show. It will suffice 

 to say that the first plate in the whole show was that of Peasgood's Nonsuch, 

 grown by Mr. Edwards, gardener to Henry Higgins, Esq., of Thing-hill. This 

 was admirably supported by fruit of the finest character from the gardens of 

 Stoke Edith, of Holme Lacy, of Bryngwyn, of Wessington Court, with several 

 dishes from other places, in which the Woolhope Club know where to seek them. 

 On all sides this bold and successful effort met with the kindest assistance : Lady 

 Emily Foley, Earl Chesterfield, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Rankin, and everyone indeed 

 from whom fruit was asked gave of their very best, with the greatest readiness 

 and interest. The victory is due to this cordiality, for the Club was thus enabled 

 to place fruit of the highest character on every plate, and for shape, size, fresh- 

 ness, and beauty of colour that pervaded them throughout, they were quite un- 

 surpassable, and it was said the gold medal was awarded them without hesitation. 



The exhibition of cider fruits, cider presses, and every mechanical contrivance 

 for orchard management and cider making, was under the control of the Associa- 

 tion Pomologique de I'Ouest. Here everything was in strict competition, and 

 the number of exhibitors very large. There was a whole room full of cider, for 

 example, dozens of bottles of all sorts and sizes, small barrels, queer jars and jugs 

 of the oddest shapes. It was quite clear that the jury would have a very difficult 

 task before them. It did take them nearly three days to accomplish it, and it is 

 to be hoped that they kept their heads clear to the end. It was said that some of 

 the Herefordshire ciders were passed by, as having brandy put into them, and 

 though this was scarcely likely to be the case, if it were so, it was a just cause for 

 their disqualification. 



In the end, however, a second prize, which consisted of a silver gilt medal, 

 was given to the Herefordshire cider made from mixed varieties of fruit ; and a 

 third prize, consisting of a silver medal, was awarded to the Herefordshire cider 

 made from a single variety of apple, viz., the Foxwhelp. It was also said that 

 some of the Herefordshire cider was not so bright and clear as it should have been 

 to obtain an award, and this was very probably owing to the long jcjurney it had 



