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C. Collection of twelve dishes of ripe fruits, grown in 

 an orchard house not more than two distinct varieties 

 of one kind ; grapes excluded. 



D. Four bunches of grapes, two bunches of a black 

 variety and two of a white variety. 



E. One green-fleshed melon, to be judged by flavour. 



F. Four dishes of dessert plums, distinct. 



G. A collection of apples, twelve distinct varieties, 

 five fruits of each, ripe or unripe. 



H. A collection of apples, grown in (here state the 

 county or district), distinct varieties, five fruits of each, 

 ripe or unripe. 



/. Six dishes of dessert apples, six distinct varieties, 

 three fruits of each, all fit for table use. 



J. Dish of forty dessert gooseberries, one variety. 



K. Dish of forty cherries, one variety. 



L. One pint each of (l) black currants; (2) white 

 currants; (3) black currants; (4) loganberries; (5) 

 raspberries. 



* # * KINDS mean, as a rule, genera : e.g. Melons, 

 Pears, Figs, Peaches. VARIETIES are merely forms 

 of the foregoing, as Hero of Lockinge or British Queen 

 varieties of Melons ; Doyenne du Cornice and Louise 

 Bonne of Jersey varieties of Pears ; and so on. 



SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS 



When collections of fruits are desired to be decorated, 

 a note to the following effect ought to be appended 

 after the statement of the conditions of the class. Thus : 

 " Each collection must be decorated ; flowering or foliage 

 plants (in pots not exceeding 5 in. in diameter) ; also cut 

 flowers or foliage in glass or ware, or loose, allowed at 

 exhibitor's discretion." As a rule, cut flowers are used, 

 the most popular at summer shows being Francoa, 

 Chironia ixifera, and Montbretias, with Asparagus. 



