SEPTEMBER 28, 1895.] 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
GREAT vr enr hea OF BRITISH- rece FRUIT 
Y8TAL 
меа 26, 27, 3. 
Tue Show was — y the m of the City 
of — eons and Sheriff Samuel, and 
She riff — e о drove €: " the Palace и 
State, п by Sir or 
A dine. To President ot p^ Royal Horticultural 
Society, and member e Council, and conducted 
over the Exhibition, 
gardeners’ luncheon subsequently took place 
the Grand Saloon, 
Society in the chair, 
the President of the 
he 1 toasts wer 
honoured, the President referring, amid applause, 
to the f. hat Her esty was а patron of the 
Society, and took a deep interest in its welf 
evidenced by the magnificent display of hardy fruit 
from Her Majesty’s gardens. Th esident, in 
giving the health of the “Sheriffs of the City of 
London,” said they were 
ey were 
what з тыи duties the 
sheriffs of London discharged, and they were much 
obliged to the — for being кени. се px 
8 of the 
tlemen from 0 kingdom who had been 
ind enough to contribute to the show. е was 
quite sure that the dr plan n of fruit culti- 
vation in country ive a ver 
'or fillip from the. shee, Ste thought 
the could рг 
in this country hardy fruit which could not za 
— in any part 2 the world, Referring to the 
corr ondence whic n - in the 
senting а ann А ver 
d be * fruit-dryi ing, there was no doubt 
that we could butter of the highest quality, 
When farming , 16 did not say much 
for the ing classes if they could 
P 
on such ons as the present to testify by their 
xen how much they desired to see British in- 
duatries flourish, 
proposed the Royal Horticultural 
. He a upon the growth of the 
and said there was no kn 
wale Berens ior Condition; He said 328 
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ere. 
ow a success, which he sin- 
cerely hoped it would be уез ре ы and otherwise. 
The President next gav toast of The 
Judges," — — 2 Fer for all they 
had so kindly d 
r, Dann, — to the Dake of Buccleuch, 
responded, 
Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, proposed the toast of 
“The Press— Horticaltural and General, caa Mr. 
Barnes, Standard, responded ; pot the proceedings 
Тнк S 
The schedule is divided as follows: Division I. 
containing seventeen skein Y for fruits grown er 
s or „ open to all, Division II., in- 
cluding six аса еп бо men only, ivi- 
ion III., con taining учу pis classes, for _ 
grown » e open air, open to gardeners au 
teurs у. IV., con taining sixty-four 
classes, for single dishes of — grown in t 
air (amateurs only). Division . 
containing бә omo ‘for „еа И ae not 
ruit 
be othe Nil * and 
Divi В эмы VI. containing. 5 ee for which special 
prizes were offe we give a report of the 
first three of these ттн and the other three, 
together with important exhibits by the trade, 
must be deferred until next wee 
D L 
FRUITS GROWN UNDER GLASS OR ting de 
е leading class in this open divisi 
for a collection of twelve dishes of ripe frait, "not ewe than 
Six kinds, nor more than two varieties of а d. Thr 
exhibitors con 
Sir JOSEPH PEASE, Bt., M. tt 
rks, His three bunches of Foster’s Seedling Grapes an 
mier Md rapes were g al. Pears, Pit 
chess, and e &imirable; Peach 
Golden Eəgle and gee excellent in colour 
excepting one, ve 
hel ^e "ud Wigs (Brown 4 un 
good ; Apple (ашкач TUS 
(Yorkshire Fioni completed the collect 
d prize was taken b 
who үт Black Alicante an 
ictoria and Pineapple Nectarines, d Sea 
Eagle отт, Brown Turkey Figs, a seedling Melon, feat Hero 
of Locki =: Melon een Lada bi 
6 Ib. 10 Plums; 
onia p exhibit, which was good i 1 фаш, 
but not e — r. McIn * 
es the Earl of wmm ak Elvaston 
Castle, — wie ted: and his fruits w ity. 
The collection of eight bomen including ed Stake and ани 
а kind—Pines 
азага 
walt vis iy es: бы a olds, gr. to Mes 
бза та 
nersbury Par Park, Acton, Middlesex, Gros Maroc 
with’s few bad berries; capital Sea Eagle and Thames 
P pple Nectarines, Sutton’s Al Melon, ned 
Сое'в Gold 
Pippin d E^ rather poor Gol p Plums were 
ineluded. F. Lady 8 ET, Led- 
b * bed petition, in Peer exhibit we remarked very 
commendable Gros pes, ca en Drop Plums, 
Pine-a 
pple Nectarines, with b high * : н а a fine dish 
of Gladstone Peach W. J. Mrs. 
WINGFIELD, Ampthill, was 3rd. 
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RAPES. 
Mr. GooDACRE staged thoroughly rum if ин ж ехітаогаіпагу, 
Granes i +h 1 £4, IH a: 
and well secured first place. His diri we Lady Downes, 
Colmar, Muscat of Alexandria, one bunch, 
жа and Alicante. 
he 
were poor. . Belcher, 
Cranleigh, Surrey, was 2nd, with d We 
Black Hamburgh, three bunzhes.—Mr, Wm. Taylor, gr. to 
petite n ee oc Hee was lst in this olass 
bunches, of good е for wore date 
$nd, Mr. W. 
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Kingdom. He bore testimony to the ban eres Court, three bunches.—Mr. J. Day, gr. to C. J. 
work done by all conce rned, especia Шу Y, Esq., Garliestown, won in these classes, but he was 
ioning the valuable services rendered by heir vety Tittle before Mr w. Dor 
Assistant- Secretary, Mr. John Weathers, in the Forest — ae eee en "unb ice we 
regret absence through illness of eir i amine dea — лен нин e er e 
Secretary, the Rev. Wilkes, at e " е 3. — this olass 
bunches, rng 
with — highly coloured berries, and moderately sized com- 
pact bun AY was d a tittle b behind him, and the 
b J. A. TULK, 
by M 
bunches less ta. highly coloured, but the berries small 
mr ggg 4 М E, Esq., Park Hill, Streatham Common (gr., 
Mr. 4 The 
own came from Mr. J. BURY, Byfleet. There were 
six Mie exhibits. 
k, three 
Mrs. Pince (Black Muscat) won in this class, s were — 
* — - MITCHELL, Romsey, Hants. 2nd prize was 
Lady wnes, exhibited by C, S. 8. — Ee 
ded to d qs 
Coolhurst, Honham, Sussex (gr., Mr. A. Kemp); and the 3rd to 
xhibit osse i 
uillaume, 
"hardly finished, and exhibited by C. BOYER, Esq., Forest Hill 
gr., Мт, W Taylor) There were five other exhibita. 
Muscat of Alezandria.—The finest bunch la: 
which there were seven entri 
D'AR 
^^ 
INGFIELD, Ampthill, was 3rd with 
ether white, —Mr. Taylor, gr. BOYER, Esq., Ft 
Hill, was well lst, having edd Buckland 89 the 
finish. 
berries showing very fine Reynolds, gr. to the 
Messrs. ROTHSCHILD, Gun versbury Park, was E th excel- 
lent Chasselas Napoleon; and Mr. Robinson, gr.to W. Law- 
mnt Esq., Sittingbourne, was 3rd with — Sweet 
ToMATOS 
These were in wonderful form, there being ten lots of four 
arieties, though We 
verit es was too disce e, gr. 
of Streath 
deeply red Trophy, ee selec 
and Sutton’s Perfection; Mr. A. RYDER, Orpi z as 
with very handsome Duke of York, Ignotum, Mayflower, and 
T y; Mr. CARRAWAY, Pulbrook, ing 
here were sixteen single dishes, Mr. H AN, (rage 
aving th Ty handsome Polegate; Mr. DN 
SANDERS, Tring, coming 2nd, with Ha 
and Mr. Richards, gr. to 
. ARBUTHNOT, а 
Вехі the old Red, capital clusters; Mr. J. 
HILL, Mew Malden, being 3rd, with Conference. 
ORCHARD-HOUSE FRUITS. 
Apples, Ре rs, ' Peaches, Р ums, Cherries, and all 
very fine, . Potts, gr. to Si COLLETT, Sevenoaks, 
as 2nd with very fine and somewhat similar fruit; Mr. 
McIndoe, gr. to Sir J. PEASE, Guisborough, being 3rd, with 
forty dishes, all good. 
DIVISION II.—NURSERYMEN ONLY, 
e first prize а collection of fruit trees bearing fruit 
in pote in this important won by Messrs, T. RIVERS 
& Sons, Sawbri » who & magnificent collection 
it in the ap i 
trees of Apples, including Wagener, Cox's 
Orange ы Beauty of Kent, Pea:good's Nonsuch ; 
ears, Louise е of Jersey, Parrot, Princess, Conference, 
apro Trebbiano, Golden , Black 
Tisserard, and White Tokay; "besides 
ts. 
Were excellent, and were 
— dy the — of uth 
