THE GARDENERS 
Е COMPETITIVE VEGETABLES. 
early, 
schedule, it will gro exceedin 
great nene exhibition of the К 
Collections. — lass for porum "kinds naturally 
included the SR меў 15 brought the N exhibitors. 
was taken by Mr. T. Wilkins, gr. to Lady 
T, apie, епз, Henstri idge, with 
ri Autumn Giant 
: Carrots, Peas, Mr. LLEY, Credi 
ton, was 3rd. p whole of the ise in this class were given 
by Messrs. SUTTON & Sons, , and were the only special 
ones 
Exhibitors in the — for nine эчү were excluded from 
. to the Hon 
was fex 
Cauliflowers, good Carrots. ‚Ре rfection ri 
Runner Beans, Snowball Turnips, нур "Onions Satis- 
faction Potatos, &c.; Mr. Empson, gr. INGFIELD, 
Ampthill, Beds, was 2nd d = Mr, —— pes me the Rev. О. 
L. 3 Weybridge, 
the class for six e a fresh lot of exhibitors com- 
peted, the "d being ox ? Po у 
Malsha anger, Basingstoke; Mr. LLOYD, Merton im Chis- 
wick, coming 2nd; сао G. No kingham, was 3rd. 
ing the classes now in schedule order, t there were eight 
ree Centidiowers: "Mr. EMPS 
fect heads; Mr. Ug А: 
Highclere Castle, Newbury, 2nd, with very solid ones; and 
Mr. Marrs was 3rd: 
Only two competed for Kale heads, Mr. Wythes, gr. to Ear! 
Percy, Syon House, Brentford; and Mr. PENTNEY, din 
taking the p rizes. 
Mr. BOWERMAN ber lst with ——— Dwarf Gem; Mr. 
Pore 2nd with Exhibition, larger. 
Мг. Емрзо% had the only dish of Spinach, good round 
There were thirteen 
exception all good. Mr. Marrs was 186, 
pretty smallish long white ; Mr. R. Lye, gr. to 
ш á 
MILL, Sydmo Court, Newbury, being 2nd, with oth 
ve andsome, and e larger. Cucumbers were fairly 
„ LYE — the best pair wit ; Mr. 
Warre coming 2nd wi 
Scorzonera in — es was Я 
Mr. Feriis had the best roots, and Me. WAITE had the best 
sorts of Salsafy. 
Of Runner Beans — — were of - scarlet type, Mr. 
LYE being Ist with e 
2nd, and Mr. WARD 3rd. The best tnree bunches of 
s Умыта азе bunc Sir WATTE was it and Mr. Lye 
ud, both with very handsome ball. Mr. WYTHES 
N, Esq., Beckenham, ete — — and very handsom 
К; Mr. WAITE co — 
rci arieties of Endive, 
r. PENTNEY was 2nd, both having we vian and Green 
r. LYE ca — she Lettuces, 
both Cos AITE кы ng 2 Cele s good, Mr. 
WILKINS having — = with — White and Алм Prize, 
< іоп a — enabled Mr. WX TE ES to win Ist place 
tion was set up eee in a 
West No Zrd. Mr. 0 
of ина | bestes of Herte in variety; 
2nd. The consola с for any other 
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2 bbages; and Mr. BERT, of Chiswi 3rd with 
Tomatos, ыдан, ы Rabi, huge — i &c., made up 
other variety her 
merous hi onorary exhibits. Foremost was 
lin "is ; Vilis, and interesting collection of vege- 
ardens, 
at these samples com- 
repr the 
t amount of labour. yi — 
EKnightian Meda warde 
88 0 76 collection came from Burford Lodge, 
r. Bain, gr 
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Gourd omatos, Bea nd sicums, Potatos an 
rrots, hu bergines, tiny Kohl Rabi, growing Mustard 
and Cress, &с. А er-gilt Knightian Med as ded. 
This exhibit, to which we must refe Poi was t 
original and acme in 
PS ad a large and excellen 
). Mr. Woop ice Wd 
‚Н. W. Warp had Carte ет?з Heartwell ell Cabbage, M 
Curled Lettuce, and t Cos do. & 
RYDER, 8 mye Мач ат er ot their wads 
some Tom Duke York, the fruits of medium size and 
perme — m ive Banksian ed 
gardens о! 
оѓ 
ae of the Fruit 
Committee at Chiswick ay last, and all of which 
received three marks for снаа excellence. Awards of 
Merit were recommende these, 
to 
tion of seven varieties of Peas ip so many dishes was 
h 
n 3, els 
ша: th — on тт ae 11. All the latter were ready 
w — — not very full. 
Two Сас pen called Frogmore Prolific, were — ыз 
Нег Majesty —— (gr., Mr. O. Thomas). 
medium-sized, de een fruits, obtained from Lockie's: = N 
fection X 
Mr. T 8, gt. to Lady THEODORA GUEST, 
T. Wilkin Inwood 
House, ‘Henstridge, sent a few fruits of neath for exhibition, 
BUNYARD & Co., Maids its are ee soli, th 
port — to a Peach, * basti prias d. 
YARD & Co. also had a dish оё пе fruits of fair Sudeley 
Apples. 
A seedling Plum, named Gordon Castle, was лүе by 
Castle Gardens, Ban 
thickly and 
The other was 
Fro the Royal Ga rdens, Windsor, Mr. О. Тном 
vie ex- 
hibited | stem of Tomato, Е den, with fruits, a sare 
good-looki ing variety; а жай an A.J. Warp, ere — show: 
a lot of first-class Т. matos, Chemi n Rouge, wh 
A pleasant-looking Apple named Marshall’ 
h had tm 
exhibited by Messrs. THos. RIVERS & Sox, Sawbri " 
and A, H. SMEE, Esq., The Grange, W ue ie prs 
fruits of an exceptionally solid culinary Apple Rem- 
i , green, but coloured deep 
eye —— of Merit). x 7 
" PERCY, Syon 
ford, exhibited haulm of a dwarf very prolific French bean 
Northumberland Prolific (Award of Merit). Two nice. 
looking red-fleshed Melons shown 
— —— A des tants o 
named Sutton 
Mr. Hupson from Gunnersbury Жане eie — dd 
CHRONICLE. 
(Sebreninee 14, 1995. 
Commended by the committee, Some frui 
named Burt's Surprise, from Mr. F. M. ihi * Tomata 
Worthing, were rather 8 long fruits of little es 
dish of very well-grown fruits of Pea lie du 
exhibited from the Royal Horticultural дай, D 
culturally Commended. 
essrs. S. СЕ & Sons, Hounslow, Mid 
uted a very commendable collection of trait, ae 
was other than ee in quality. e noticed a nice lot of 
good, well-known Septem! 
— ng like —— in appearance, b 
even, and rather larger; Lord Sufi 
Yellow 
һ of Hessle Pears, and a 
caver — Medal). 
w sorts of Plums | 
J. _CHEAL & Sons, Lowfield Nursery, Crawley, [ 
ho 
as well as fruits of Transcendent, , Golden Siberian, e 
mouth Crabs. Ara relot of Tomato stems in man у Vatietig р 
lad y cro E т were the means gf — 
obtaining for the Earl of CARNARVON the ttee’s 
is usual on such occasions as this, Messrs, 50ттох ё | 
ing, stag entative collection of vegetable 
Onions » 70. of which were e said to weigh 2 cwt., 
ere very > itis а 
to show that the Carrots. have penetrated t “depts of 3. 
ever, that is th 
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Tt 
of the roots shown, 
— is a cross bstwee ng Surre Int 
Carro as very noteworthy. Windsor Castle Potato and 
Little Gem Cabbage were also rele all prai e. 
p other vegetables were well repre 
coll 
ection of vegstables remarkable “fee h'gh cultural 
Ee was the exhibit from Messrs. R. VEITCH & Sox, Exeter, 
heir Monarc eks, el Carrots, Flyiog Dutchman 
Tomato, an Cauli- 
the different varieties of Onions, Carrots, 
fi other things, reflected very great 
on the Exeter firm, and a Silver Knightian Medal was 
а жы 
. CANNELL & Sons, Swanley, Kent, were mt 
ory ** СТ а targi Collection of vegetables fun 
their farm Swi r Knightian — ; 
were excell ao 
д banera e Beet, Carrots, Brussels PETE 
essrs. esera. ТАЗ. VEITCH & Sons, ] Royal Exotic Nursery, a $ 
Batavian -— — E. 
Green Curled Endive, Broad-l eav ved 
White Curled Endive, 
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- were all of g 
eitch were deservedly a 
“ш и Knightian — 
, gr. to Earl PERCY, Syon House, eir 
а similar 3 Medal for a very largo collection e mum 
rom & private garden, and represe 
all. kinds bow in season. 
s. роввтє & Co., Rothesay, Scotland, had 
able collection of vegetables, and their Parsley, Do 
elected, dese tion; it is one of the very finest 
selecti е n. Parsnips, Celery, and other Wl 
were included in this exhibit (Bronze Banksian Medal, = 
: R & Sox, King Street, t ewe 
an varieties of Tomatos cultivated in the 9p 
most of them of the Perfection type; also a nice lot at . 
Kale, both green and purple (Silver Banksian Medal). 
‘essrs. ONS, E exhibited a Scan 
ed Al, apparentlya 
good fleshy pods of rich green colour (Award of Merit). 
Lecture on Garden Manures. 
There — — interest manifested in! 
lecture give ML С. Watson, дей, vw 
ГАД 
which “ 
the author, M "nd as read e 
J. Weathers), and the 
ship m undertaken by А. W. Sutton, Ed. 
