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Cape of Good Hope. — A Prize Medal has been awarded to the fine 

 collection of dried fruits from the Cape Colony exhibited by R. Cla- 

 rence ; of these the most remarkable are good sugary pudding-raisins, 

 and a small black kind from the Constantia grape ; flat dried pears, 

 good ; soft-shelled white-meated walnuts of great merit ; good but 

 flavourless almonds with formidable shells, and dried sliced peaches 

 and apricots. 



Wurtemherg. — Dried fruits for home consumption, and apparently 

 much appreciated in the country, ai"e exhibited ; such as bilberries 

 preserved in great quantities, which are flavourless ; also some apples, 

 pears, and cherries, which are better. 



Spain. — The collection of Spanish dried fruits deserves Honourable 

 Mention for general excellence. There are dried raisins, dried 

 peaches, prunes, and thin-skinned figs ; walnuts of great size and good 

 flavour ; almonds, Barcelona nuts, ground-nuts, pistachio nuts, ches- 

 nuts, and belotes. 



Portugal. — The series from this country is particularly fine, and 

 consists of copious samples put up in large bottles, all of good qua- 

 lity. Those contributed from Villa Real, by Pinto da Fonse^a Vaz, 

 consisting of plums, figs, pears, peaches, and apricots, have been 

 awarded a Prize Medal. A Prize Medal is also awarded to J. L. 

 Gomes, for his magnificent figs ; and Honourable Mention is made 

 of the dried pears of Pinto da Fonse§a Vaz. Besides the above, there 

 are from these and various other exhibitors almonds, walnuts, filberts, 

 chesnuts, belotes, raisins, plums, &c. 



Tea. 



The exhibitors are few in this division, and have confined them- 

 selves to imports from the eastern world, whence this product is, how- 

 ever, admirably illustrated. China tea is exhibited in abundance, and 

 of the finest quality. The British Indian produce, again, has never 

 before been displayed in England as it is here by the Assam Tea 

 Company, and the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India 

 Company, who send good samples of the Himalayah and Java growths 

 in the best condition. The Jury regret the absence of samples from 

 Madeira, and especially from Rio de Janeiro, as also fi-om Chittagong, 

 and various other countries in which the cultivation of tea has been 

 attempted with more or less success. 



China Teas. — The collection formed by P. W. Ripley, at Canton, 

 expressly for this exhibition, is quite unrivalled, whether we regard 

 the excellence of the siseciracns, the completeness of the series, the 



