CONDITIONS FOU ESSAY 



ON 



PKOFITABLE FBUIT GKOWING 



FOB 



COTTAGERS & OTHERS WITH SMALL HOLDINGS. 



1. A prize of twenty-five guineas, together with a Gold Medal, will 

 be offered by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers for the best Essay 

 on the above subject, and which shall not exceed 20,000 words. 



2. The object is to encourage fruit culture by cottagers and others 

 with small holdings, as a substitute for, or adjunct to, the ordinary 

 methods of cropping their gardens and allotments with roots or other 



3. The Essay must convey plain details on the selection of the most 

 suitable varieties of fruits, and the planting, pruning, and other 

 essential operations in the management of fruit trees and fruit bearing 

 bushes, also on gathering, storing, and disposing of the crops. 



4. The conditions are : O) No person shall be eligible to compete 

 who has not had at the least ten years' actual experience in the culti- 

 vation of fruit, and a declaration to that effect will be required from 

 each competitor, setting forth in what part of the country and in what 

 locality this experience has been obtained ; (b) The nom de plume or 

 motto of each competitor is to be plainly written on the top of his 

 MS., and his name land address with motto are to be sent under seal in 

 a separate envelope. The envelope containing the Essay is to be 

 marked on ^he top left-hand corner with the words " Fruit Essay." 

 Any departure from either of these conditions will disqualify for 

 competition. 



5. The envelopes containing the names of the competitors will not 

 be opened until after the prize has been awarded, and Essays (except 

 the successful one), will be 'returned to those writers of them who 

 send stamped directed envelopes for that purpose within one month 

 from the date on which the result appears in the gardening papers. 



6. The Essays are to be addressed to the Clerk of the Worshipful 

 Company of Fruiterers (0. C. T. Eagleton, E&q.), 40, Chancery Lane, 

 W.C., not later than July 31st, 1889. 



