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Van Diemeirs Land, and on the Himalayah mountains, with various 

 success. The exhibition is, on the whole, good. 



Great Britain.^-A Prize Medal has been awarded to J. M. Paine, 

 for his Farnham Golding's hops, grown on the phosphoric marl. 

 These are fully ripe, and of fine flavour. The soil of this district is 

 the very finest for the production of hops, but the growers often pull 

 them too green. 



Canada sends the best hops that have ever been imported from 

 that country, and which, had they less of the " currant-leaf" flavour, 

 would fetch a good price in our market. 



Van Diemeii's Land has gi'own hops for some years, and, it has 

 been said, with success ; but the specimens now exhibited are hardly 

 recognisable, perhaps owing to defects in the packing, or accident 

 during the voyage. 



Belgium exhibits fair hops and of several varieties : these rank 

 next to the Canadian in point of flavour. 



Grand Duchy of Hesse. — The Mayntz hops are of good flavour, 

 well harvested, though rather small, and have been awarded a Prize 

 Medal ; the Exhibitors are Stein and Schroder. Some Strasbourg 

 hops are also good, resembling Golding's. 



Russia sends a sample of unripe hops, better than usual, and which, 

 were they sufficiently ripened, would probably rank next to the Eng- 

 lish in quality. This appears to be a common imported variety of 

 the English " grape hop," and is from Count Koucheleff" — it deserves 

 Honourable Mention. 



Dried Fruits and Seeds. 



The series of dried fruits is very extensive, and the articles gene- 

 rally, excellent in quality. Little novelty, either in product or import, 

 is remarked, and none of invention in preservation. The divisions of 

 this Sub- Class, proposed by the Royal Commissioners, are not here 

 retained, the articles being considered in the aggregate, under each 

 exhibiting country. Those preserved in sugar have been referred to 

 another Jury. 



From the West Indian Islands there are fruits, entire, of the Bra- 

 zil nut [Bertholletia excelsa), from Trinidad ; tamarinds and cashew 

 nuts from Barbadoes. Demerara sends excellent fresh souari (butter 

 nuts) ; dry bananas in slices, sweet but very poor ; the monkey-pot 

 fruit entire ; limes ; and bilimbi fruit preserved in pickle. 



Van Diemen's Land exhibits good dried apples grown in the 

 colony. 



