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examined them very kindly with much care. The Woolhope representatives also 

 went through the whole exhibition, and it was no light task, for there were said to 

 be two thousand plates staged ; but the unanimous verdict was that they were 

 dissimilar, though in one or two instances there was a close resemblance. Last 

 year it will be remembered that a large collection of cider apples was sent from 

 Normandy to Hereford, and not one resembled those of Herefordshire. Thus our 

 so-called Normans are not Normans at all, but most probably Herefordshire Seed- 

 lings, to which, having no name of their own, the fashionable one of Norman has 

 been given. 



On Thursday there was a grand "c^r^monie solennelle," which means a full 

 dress ceremony of state, held in the H6tel de Ville, to distribute the prizes. There 

 was first a reception in the Council Chamber, and a grand procession of all the 

 leading pomologists present to the great hall of the Hotel de Ville ; a military 

 band, and a full attendance of people. Some speeches were made, and the wiimers 

 of the prizes successively called to the front to receive them, with more or less 

 applause as the case might be. The representatives of the Woolhope Club found 

 the kindness which had surrounded them from their arrival continued to the end, 

 and were exceedingly well received. A bold attempt has thus been very successful, 

 and the name of the Woolhope Club, the beauty of the Herefordshire fruit, and 

 the fame of Herefordshire cider and perry, have become more widely extended. 



