SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
IHE. GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
395 
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Canon Hall Muscat, t a of Buccleuch, and 
Buckland Sweetwater : r. Wattam, gr., Shendi sh, 
Hemel mr was Ist, 
Fav ashingto 
Pond's M Sealing. large and very handsome ; Guthrie's 
Late Green, Belgium Purple, and s Bank, 
Fics,—Of twelve Figs, any sort, there ec eight 
exhibitors, and amongst the finest ample SW 
wick and B м e prizes xn to Mr. 
W. Chisholm, gr. to К, C. Taylor, Esq., Boughton 
Place, Maidstone, ani Mr. ари s Chard, 
быз: ts, and 
e former 
class Downton, Violette Hátive, Elruge, y elsi 
Ags e shown in fine order. Simi- 
Coleman the best tw 
жыры эе inm single dishes of Peaches 
were put welves d sixes like the Nectarines. 
In the chien = twelve, Crawford’s Early was shown 
varieties were 
Y. ох was ISL, 
best twelve came from Mr. Coleman, who was a fols 
lowed by Mr. T. Jones. 
APPLES.— Of Apples there were nearly 200 dishes, 
but v tables looked thin from the fact of the dishes 
only ining two ofa sort, 
softs of Mer varieties, two of each, t 
teen 9; ж and the varieties б represented 
were Early т of Oldenburg, Ribston 
Pippin eg ihe) Com rd Cox's Orange 
Pippin, Red Quarr Fearn’s Pippin, Kerry 
Pippin, Red Astra! rin "Reine tte du Laak, Cellini 
Pippin, and 
Mr, J. Pluck, Jersey; the 2d 
Lane, St. 
W. 
corresponding class for pp 
twenty-five competitors, and the 24 н 
an uncommonly good one, most of the samples 
being large and fine. Amongst the ied prominent 
were Lord Suffield, Waltham Abbey, Belle du Bois, 
Hollandbury, Ble nhei eim Orange, ted а 
Beauty of Kent, Nelson's Glory, th 
Keswick Codlin, Bedfordshire Foundling, Tower o 
Glamis, Mère "de Ménage, Kentish "Fillbasket, 
Warners King, and Alfriston. The prizes in t 
pn 
ent to Mr. W. Cocks, Monks Hall, Spalding, 
Gi Bashford. The best twelve 
d Mr, James Pluck had 
the six heaviest —London Pippins—weighing 4 1b. 
13 oz, 
es also made a capital show. Eight dishes 
be e class for the six TEM 
-— Grosse Calabasse (4 lb. 9 oz 
were seven dishes, but none rt them first-rate. 
The class бка six of any sort had mpeti- 
ongst the ties 
Real d оніо 
john, Worsley Hall, had the 
M an 
samples were of Louise f Jersey, 
Вале Clairgeau, Beurré Diel, Posen. Duchesse 
d'Angouléme, Marie Louise, Williams’ Bon Chretien, 
X 
of 
D. 
riz 
Court, and Mr. Holde 
winning и contained Самі owers, Cucumbers, 
fen my and M д. 
i icd 
heshire, was Ist ; a 
о 
Rivers 
fruit-bearing 
trees of the same subjects, 
tributed a good collection 
Plums 
of venei Apples, and from 
Hollen: poem his 
Co., Harlow, their hot-water apparatus ; and Mr, 
Yeats, Mortlake, specimens of his zinc garden n labels. 
the annual show 
d 
the occasion of a great outi 
of South 
Wonder 
er, Prestbury, Cheltenham. The. 
rench Beans, Celery, Peas, psicums, Turnips, 
n прса Paine Potatos, Beets, Par- 
snips, Onions, an s Sprouts—all of grand 
quib. Only two softens of salads were staged, 
beat both contained almost everythin 
g that could be 
and all of high quality. Mr. Smith, of 
Смак was Ist. 
MELONS.—Of green-fleshed Melons there were 
twelve, and the best was a round, nicely netted fruit, 
nnamed ; Worcester Hybrid, 
The best of eight TP fleshed Melons were Read's 
grum en and Hero of Bath. 
ае &c,— There wasa very 
«о: and the best pee е pieces from Mr. 
For mg bouquet 
e Nursery, а n Mer ете, 
x for three mmm Yi a ball- 
г, 
MISCELLANEOUS,—In this class Messrs, George 
Paul & Son 
arge and most interesting dis- 
6 
very neatly an 
on also 
Apples and Plums an 5 
of Apples, Pears, and 
Paul showed a large nre 
Mr. W. Soloman, gr. to 
Esq., came a gigantic Pumpkin that 
Mr. William 
Flooke, 
would a gladdened the eyes of the late 
Tom 
Неманя of Nat 
Reading ; 
From Mr. Wi 
айн ан E: choice plants. 
and сеже лана Stamford, _ staged 
illiams came two small 
Mr Matthews, the 
an 
А Оча аге, showed 
—€— pod n pots, ornamental Vases, 
e ns, Orchid outs кой baskets, &c. Mr. Voice, 
rd 
arden frames, Messrs. 
Bishop Auckland Horticultural : ere ro 27.— 
The — of this dei might be 
priately t 
North, for rer they ed in fes The 
very appro- 
t Floral orien of f os 
kland holds its pete floral 4 ey 
mble there in , and take with them 
flowers that are wo: expressions kill 
cultivators. For something like twenty-three years 
has been held—the first on a Wednes- 
ie show is as 
in the mining districts 
th Durham, and were the day wet it would be 
a social calamity. 
AII ts of the show were well sus 
for the promoters аб ib oy offering 
prizes, and their spirited policy has been amply re- 
warded, e classes open to Great Britain the 
of £10 ed for six stove and house plants ; 
; ; Marie, Hacon's Incom 
ФАтапііѕ, Beurré Bachelier, Daes du Comice, 
& Bouch. omas t residence of the Lord Bishop of Durham, the 
E c s Mie а entrance to is at the eastern end of the 
di being awarded to Mr, c market-place. In a glorious dell, round — stream 
VEGETABLES large and ca ood show, | known as th ess winds, wi mewhat preci- 
and the ае steam, OR nfined Vebcpally t to pitous rocky ascent on two sides, crowned with trees, 
Cheltenham growers, There were ze competitors and on the other sides by well-wooded slopes, the 
the class for six varieties, and the rst prize went des tents are set up ; and eastward of the tents, in a large 
Capital beeli which included — samples of | open s th an abundance of shady trees at hand, 
Veitch's Autumn | tt’s Prolific | the band is stationed, and so мааа do Ње nd 
Potatos, Veitch's Perfection Peas, iet inek Carrot, | cadences of the sweetest m 
‚апа French Beans, The second prize col- | on the winged air, that four АН are distinctly comi ind 
the hill-tops, Ll — crowded with visitors 
during the afternoo ooked at from that do 
position, with a dn ^ overhead, 
beauteous sun beaming through and shinin 
the scene is most animated, and it is one which leaves 
a powerful РЕ on the feelings when view 
for the first 
pa t 460 acres in extent, grandly 
undulated, and ое with trees, 
Close to the show 
ground is the aks,” a group of trees 
— by a famous Bishop Van Mildred many years 
another of the 
nds ; “res fine old Oaks having at one time 
flourished her it is also thought that it once 
fori the nine ey of Sherwood Forest. 
Turning now to the 
that it is extremel 
to the early hour at whic e public are admitted, 
As. soon as the judges have made their awards the 
The chief feature was the handsome special u> 
oftered for cut Roses, ray though several of the lead- 
ing growers exhibited, the tra жбан was 
limited to three ec ii етй Сеогре 
Ргіпсе, pe re rge Davidson, Hereford ; 
and Mr, rrison, Darlington e fine ex- 
so farahead of his rivals as to completely defy com- 
petition, were a t surprise, so large and beau- 
coloured were the flowers, М 
has not a Manetti stock in the 
good Roses, early an 
consisted. o of Prince- Camille. 
ni e j 
Wellington, very fine indeed, in the half-developed 
state ; Maréchal Niel; Baronne de Rothschild, very 
ne; Mau ernardin, Madame Victor Verdier, 
rich in colour ; Gloire de ob years Victor Verdier, 
Clémence Raoux, spotted and s with rose 
y 
кы; ad — a beautiful Rose. Mr, David- 
Mons, 
Woolfild, meme Rothschild Xavier Olibo, Y Black 
Christy, Anne Laxton, cre Sénateur 
Sen Marin ll, les of n Panes, 
AI uie D kson, a 
E rares deter d ower; Madame Victor Verdier, 
very bright; deg Christy, Бей). of Waltham, 
fin Mad ame oe 
L "Mr with twent vm 
аге ame: his teg flowers de Marie у, 
им р, Belle L eauty о 
from looms 
pnr Rothschild ; Mr, — n coming 2d, with 
the same variety ; and Mr. Harrison with Velours 
Pourpre, a dark and somew t^ dingy-looking Rose. 
here were also special classes 
amateurs, ere was 
TH the open cue for ‘twenty-four Dahlias there was 
= stands 
an excellent competition, several 
— X em Harrison, Darlington, was Ist 
th J. W. Keynes, Ovid, Queen of York, James 
Coke, Vice-President, Annie Neville, Julia Wyatt, 
Gipsy John S Oses, 
7. W. Key 
, Toison d'Or, 
essrs. A mend 
rs shown 
classes were of good ат and generally repetitions 
pier, and J 
E rom Nottingham. 
he best t 
чу e Wi ‘Carl 
ueen of teh Flossy Williams, Queen 
Mal, Butterfly, Fanny Sturt, E чк еы Pri Rev. 
E Camm, Mr. Saunders, Flow Wyatt, &c. Mr. 
до 2d in his class. 
Gladioli were splendidly shown, in immense spikes 
ve Fancy 
