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[SEPTEMBER 4, 1875, " 
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Plum, a ME Y mud sent out by Mr. 
Mr. , Little Sutton, 
queror Cucumber came from rs, Kelway & 
an Tti is a smooth-skinned fruit, and appears 
ery free bearing. e largest specimen 
T 26 чаба long, and à inches in circum- 
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HLIA SHow.—This was a very thin show, both 
as to the чарте of subjects ee and the medi nom 
и visitors 
ames Cocker, 
Neville, and Arbitration, The enis contested S 
was that for twelve bloo amateurs, and her 
Mr. Glasscock, Rye Street; Bishop Stortford, de 
mith, New Villa, Edge Lane 
Eti Mr G , Ed- 
monton, 2d ; and Mr. Hc . Озаве, Brentford, * 
Mr. Glasscock had also th 
open class for ‘twenty-four - spikes < of “бъда 
introduced us new exhibitors 
ates Mese Robertson & OS Ingram Street, 
Glasgow—who took the Ist prize the first 
Ar eane, Seir ler, 9 nbridge 1 мра m m Та was 
For six, the е КЫША Occupied the sam 
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nice stands of quitled flowers. 
wo guineas offered by ГЕ essrs, T sie Sons for 
twenty-four blooms went to Mr. J. » gr. to 
Major Scott, Wray Park, "Кё, who had ч the = 
of three collections, the next c ——— why Mr. Ben 
am, Bagnor— —fine quilled flo owers. о some 
ена do all they can to detract nd the merit of 
their flowers by using frin and lace papers under 
thom? If roves make 
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a great mistake, for Baie. which attracts 
the eye from the flowers prevents full justice being 
res to fog latter; besides being an offence against 
ns of good taste, which rebels against natural 
Sees ing primera by artificial means. The 
only six Liliums, ms, in nice condition, came 
from Mr. Turne 
aa were коше classes for fruit, but the Sie rei 
S very poor, LP eei owing to the nearness 
rine dra show. Prizes were offered for 
ears, and 
grumbling as could 
e fo much greater pretensions, from 
the inability of the partes concerned to agree, in 
some cases, which were the right, and which the 
wrong, sorts shown шег а names, For instance, 
in the class for Irish Peach dre. there were two 
«ЫБ, the one showing a sort of Codlin-shaped 
green apple, 
Astrachan. 
and the other liat: we know as the Red 
The Ist prize was awarded to the 
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vinee elg moli away. 
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СА Dein amie, 
Alexandra Желк September 2, 3, and 4.—The 
International zm t Show, which opened at the Alex- 
andra Palace on Thursday last, may be taken to be 
on the Moe fairly сона, though it was not so 
extensive as we had expected, which may perhaps be 
утен Өү for by the fact that about one hundred 
entries were made by persons who did not bring their 
ose eee arre which is most annoying to 
w managers esides this, a lot of foreign fruit 
vis on the way, but could not be got up in 
time, The show " held in the central hall— 
he collectio Grapes, an os TS 
the table наат С cupying four rows of tables 
up gud ce e" M ile e APR and Tears ve амы 
and m ous sd rs occupie den ages on 
either WA "We had hoped that with Pru expe 
rie rrangemen "xj made for conducting these 
shows would have been simplified and improv 
we regret to say that the same slow, clumsy, and 
roundabout Way i gtl ds still obtains. 
COLLECTIONS OF FRUIT.—In зе class for a col. 
lection of sixteen sehe of fruit there were four com- 
made a most admirable г Tbe 
best came from Mr. "Col eman, e. omers, 
Eastnor Castle, and the high 
finish of all his things 
good, as might be expected. ‘The dish of Wa 
ross was a novelty and the three bunches cut from a 
pot Vine were very nice, but spotted towardsthe apex. 
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Mr. Col this prove a good pin 
Grape, the spotting much detracts from its 
appe " and it would be interesting to know if 
this is pu canens Th fruits tà nice 
Smooth сата пе and Mo gut , fine 
Golden Gem and Victory “of B Мей. 'go bod 
dishes of Kirke? s and Jefferson’s “Thine large and 
handsome Bellegarde Peaches, Elru 
ured ; first-rate 
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iod Pine; his Grapes goo 
y the e Lady D Downe's, which} showed : кы 
lack Ha mburghs were also good. 
ni an excellent lot of fruit, 
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dr ured ; good 
Nectarines, and Apricots, b gos dishes of Jargonel 
Pears and Red Astrachan Apps Mr. e, gr. 
idge, e, was 4th. 
mpetitors rin: the class for twelve 
dishes of fruit, exclusive of Нн) апа Мт. С. Gough, 
Little M Malvern Court, ost meritorious lot of 
fruit, which included very - Buc ее 
water 
rapes, Apricots, Kirke's and Green 
Elruge Nectarines, Brown 
Pe and Morello Cherries. The 1 
awarded to this collection. A good c ө сыно adeo 
came from Mr. ushmore, Tendring b 
Stoke, who 2d, and which included nice mee 
ck Hamburgh Grapes, very fi 
Violette Hátive Nectarines, Beeg arde Peaches, Ert 
rown Turkey Figs, Cosfor illiams' Bon 
atien, tered Gage and Ki 
creditable DM wer 
fine 
dish of Murrey Nécfarines Fin em Gage Plums, 
and a dish of home-grown O 
The next ich n seram only two com- 
petitors, was for twelve аны of fruit, exclusive of 
s, and here Mr. Cox, gr 
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rk Apricots, fine Jargonelle 
len Gem Melon, and Jeferson s and Kir " s 
James Chard, gr. to Sir F. Bathurs 
Clarendon Fai Salisbury, was Maca the 2d e 
or 
om ауе 
PINES were not shown in such large numbers as 
vee had ME ae xr twenty-two fruits being put up. 
hem con- 
sisted of twelve in sixteen 
pg ME We 
There were only 
with ** Two Smooth С, ? and 
three in the dier for , while nly made 
an M es in the class for Charlotte Rothschild 
they were and not Char 
at all, Fortuos mooth Cayennes, Mr. David 
Fortescue, Castle Hil, South Molton 
and Mr, Jones, Frogmore, 2d, 
best two Queens cames from Mr, 
биле Gardens, S wansea 
James Harris, | 
G very goo d show as to mihi — ! 
produced nothing $ sensational, though the were go | 
quality. io 4 
making 
wood Muscat, Foster's ce (very good), B 
Prin nce. These came fro 
the Earl of ioe Worsley Hall, Man . 
and well won the 1st prize. Messrs. Н, Lane cst 
+ 2d, and Mr, №. Earp, gr. to J. S. S 
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Tower, Bournemouth 3d. Олу two 
сно of four несне, were staged, and 
t was very second.r he winning collection, 
whi f "Col 
siis m cw and 2d in the order named. 
some larger bunches with capital berries, be 
it d colour or bloom. mon. 
were Ist. 
field Court was fairly well s 
the best coming from its raiser, 
three dishes of Black recs oo ‘best came fron, | 
ance, Chadwell 
"N. e wn if 
class for the heaviest single bunch of black G 
i it he hea 
were remark: 5 quality. 
мност weighed 64 lb ck rgh, quite 
all in the berry, a shrivelled ; the other thre 
mecs were not mentioning. Only t 
whites were shown, the heaviest being T 
biano, 53 1., and ve ood for the 
a would have = considered very 
ere deficie in colour, Fos 
own in ably | со: 
brought o 
fine sam s 
aged 1 in the dl class for that variety, while there 
five competitors with single po Lad 
nd me Ф from vus Colem 
The 
was again 
Eleven dishes were staged in 
of finest flav БЫ black, and the varieties я 
ed M Hamburgh 
