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admirable specimen), Mr. James Rushton. Scarlet Bizards: i. Perfection, 

 Mr. Rich. Greenhalgh ; 2. Fox-hunter, Mr. James Haslam ; 3. Lord Bag- 

 got, Mr.Wakefield; 4. Surpass Perfection, Mr. James Haslam. Pink Bi- 

 zards : 1. Seedling, Mr. John Wakefield ; 2. King Alfred, Mr. James Has- 

 lam ; 3. Rainbow, R. Holland, Esq. ; 4. Duke of Kent, Mr. Joseph Clegg ; 

 5. Lord Denbigh, Mr. James Rushton. Scarlet Flakes : I. Mountaineers, 

 Mr. W. Wakefield ; 2. Florentine, Mr. W. Faulkner ; 3. Enchanter, Mr. J. 

 Stewart; 4. Lord Anson, Mr. W. Lomax. Purple Flakes : 1. Knot's Al- 

 fred, C. Todd, Esq. j 2. Wellington, Mr. Wm. Lomax ; 5. Major Cartwright, 

 T. Booth ; 4. Seedling, Samuel Ogden. Picotees. Purple-striped : 1. Rob 

 Roy, Mr. W. Faulkner ; 2. Fair Helen, Mr. W. Wakefield. Purple-fea- 

 thered: I.Wellington, Mr. Joseph Clegg; 2, Cleopatra, Mr. R. Green- 

 halgh. Red-striped Seedling, W. Faulkner. Red-feathered, Sir Robert 

 Peel, Mr. W. Faulkner. Georginas : Double, Black Turban, W. Hulton, 

 Esq.; Single, Mr. Richard Greenhalgh. — Fruit. Pine, W. Hulton, 

 Esq. Grapes, best and heaviest, E. Ashworth, Esq. Seedling Nec- 

 tarines, Peaches, Apricots, and Plums, W. Hulton, Esq. Gooseberries, 

 heaviest: Red, Mr. John Bradshaw; White, Mr. Peter Norris ; Green, Mr. 

 Matthew Gaskell ; Yellow, Mr. .John Bradshaw. Plate of Gooseberries : 

 Red, White, Green and Yellow, Mr. M. Gaskell. Currants : White, Red, 

 and Black, Miss Pilkington. Raspberries : White and Red, Miss Pilking- 

 ton. Apples, Mr. George Greenhalgh. Pears, Benjamin Rawson, Esq. — 

 Culinary Vegetables. Onions, Mn George Greenhalgh. Celery, W. Hul- 

 ton, Esq. 



Extra-Prize. Basket of Flowers, Joseph Ridgway, Esq. {Manchester 

 Courier, Aug. 1 5.) 



Radcliffe Gooseberry Show. ^This show was held at the house of Mrs. 

 Leah Hampson at RadclifFe, near Manchester, August 29. The meeting 

 consisted of seventy-nine subscribers at 5s. each. Four very handsome sil- 

 ver cups, total value 9/., given by gentlemen desirous of encouraging the 

 meeting : eighteen copper kettles, value 1 1 guineas, two garden spades, and 

 11/. 125. in money were distributed. A fat goose also was offered for the 

 least berry of any colour. 



Maiden Prize: 1. Roaring Lion, isdwts. ISgrs,, Edmund Baines ; 2. 

 Roaring Lion, 18 dwts. 13 grs., Hampson Wood. Best Berry : Red, Roar- 

 ing Lion, 22 dwts., Geo. Leigh ; Yellow, Globe, 19 dwts. 15 grs.,Wm. Berry ; 

 Green, Angler, 17 dwts. 5 grs., H. Anderton, Esq. ; White, Eagle, 19 dwts. 

 11 grs., James Chapman. Best two Berries on a stem. Roaring Lion, 

 36 dwts. 1 gr., John Baker. Heaviest beaten Berry, Roaring Lion, 20 dwts. 

 18 grs., Richard Taylor. Red Berries: 1. Roaring Lion, 21 dwts. 17 grs,, 

 Geo. Leigh; 2. Bell's Fancy, 19 dwts., Jas. Cranshaw ; 5. Huntsman, 

 18 dwts. 22 grs., Robt. Kay ; 4. Trumpeter, 18 dwts., John Haslam ; 5. Lan- 

 cashire Lad, 18 dwts. Igr.,* Geo. Leigh; 6. Overall, 17 dwts. 1 gr., Wm. 

 Allen; 7. Seedling, 16 dwts, 22 gr., Wm. Horsefield ; 8. Seedling, 16 dwts. 

 21 grs., William Cooper; 9. Prince Regent, 16 dwts. 13 grs., John Barlow; 

 10. Squire Hammond, 16 dwts. 15 dwts.,* Abraham Rostron; 11. Seed- 

 ling, 16 dwts. 10 grs., John Saxon; 12. Sir John, 16 dwts. 9 gr., Robert 

 Smith. Yellow: J. Gunner, 19 dwts. 12 grs,, John Barlow; 2. Duckwing, 

 17 dwts. 12 grs., Wm. Hardman; 3. Cottage Girl, 17 dwts. 2 grs., Jacob 

 Wolstencroft ; 4. Bunker's Hill, 16dwts. 23grs., Jas. Birtwistle : 5. Globe, 

 16 dwts. 11 grs., John Worrall; 6. Rockwood, 16 dwts. 9 grs., Thomas Wal- 

 work ; 7. Viper, 16 dwts. 8 grs., Geo. Leigh ; 8. Husbandman, 16 dwts. 8 grs., 

 Jn. Barlow; 9. Sovereign, 15 dwts. 17 grs., Abraham Rostron; 10. Teazer, 

 15 dwts. 13 grs., Richard Taylor; 11. Old Queen 15 dwts. 11 grs., and 12. 

 Leader, 15 dwts. 5 grs., John Rothwell. Green: 1. Favourite, 16 dwts. 

 20 grs., Geo. Leigh; 2. Angler, 16 dwts. 18 grs., John Worrall; 3. Bang- 

 down, 16 dwts, 11 grs. ; 4. Peacock, 16dwts. 3grs., and 5. Seedling, 16dwts. 



* Lost their places,by not being weighed in time. 



