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364 THE 
GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 18, 1875, 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS, 1875. 
29 and 30.—Potato Show at the Alexandra n. Sec., 
Mr. P. McKinlay, а Upper Thames Seed. ae 
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iam Pallett, 55, Barter atr Loughborough. 
25. Roya! Horticultural S rud of Ireland. Private Winter 
Exhibition. Sec., A. Balfe, 28, Westland Row, Dublin, 
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1. —Roya! emen Society, South MARE. 
Meeting 
of Fruit, Floral, a 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1875. 
wah let FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
MONDAY, Sept. 20 — Sale of Dutch Bulbs, at Stevens’ Room 
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TUESDAY, rs 21 { Show ot bod and cere eir Products at rath 
gas 22 — Sale of Dutch adi at Stevens! Rooms. 
= Society of Aberdeen : 
‘THURSDAY, pi шу c s Show. 
SATURDAY, jn 25 | Sale ot Dutch Bulbs, at Stevens’ Rooms. 
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HE GREAT INTERNATIONAL FRUIT AND 
FLOWER SHOW, held in the Music Hall 
and Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, on Wed- 
nesday and Thursday last, was certainly one of 
the best which has been seen in this country, 
and in the display of high-class Grapes prob- 
ably the most important which has ever been 
held. Unfortunately the building in which it was 
held was much too small for getting it properly 
displayed, and the space far too даса ы {һе 
convenience and comfort of the visitors, on 
account of the crowding and the ену over- 
heating. Unfortunately, dh the не алаган ements 
for directing the course ng of people 
some increase of expense for the judges' 
accommodation, but this should be more than 
counterbalanced by the increased time available 
for receipts. 
To revert to the show itself. The display of 
Grapes was its grandest and special feature. 
Mr, JOHNSTON’S(gr.to the Earl of STRATHMORE, 
Glamis Castle) bunch of Muscat of Alexandria, 
and Mr. REED’s (gr. to A. H. MONCURE, Esq., 
Dundee) bunch of Mrs. Pince's Black Muscat, 
to which the Veitch Prizes and Medals were 
awarded, were as perfect examples of Grape 
growing as one could desire to see ; while the 
sensational element was amply satisfied in the 
bunch of Raisin de Calabre, weighing 261b. 4 0z., 
which was shown by Mr. CURROR, gr. to 
DOUGLAS, Esq., of Eskbank, and to which the 
Veitch Prize and Medal for the most ейдеен 
bunch of white Grapes, not S 
awarded ; and the seedling from “ Darkane " 
weighing 121 Ib., shown by Mr. 
the Earl of DURHAM, Lambton Ca 
some well-shouldered bunch, nicely swelled, but 
not fully coloure 
Next to the Grapes perhaps the Peaches were 
most remarkable for their size and colour ; those 
selected for prizes out of the many whi r 
staged were grand examples of this delicious 
fruit, and the colour of the Ist prize lot was 
superb, Nectarines, Plums, and Apricots were 
all shown in considerable pier ad and were 
fully up to the average in quality ; while Pears 
and Apples were shown in large ee and 
the Apples especially were remarkably fine, 
clean grown examples, including some varieties 
not common in the South. 1 these matters 
will be found recorded in detail in their proper 
place in the report at 
The prizes for collections of fruit were well 
contested for, and were ii id creditable to the 
eral growers, Mr. JOHNSTON taking the lead ; 
so also меге those for the collections of eight 
"n te nci hich clace Mr Ыттмтєрр ¢ 1. 
tten nce. once in, 
there no possi sible egress, no не but 
to pass up and down the whole series of narrow 
avenues to the end ; whereas, had there been a 
ening here and there, it might have 
saved the less horticulturally-inclined visitors 
many a weary step, and have tended to relieve 
the pressure of the crowd upon those who were 
most interested in the exhibits 
reason set forth for holding this A" 
which took place under the auspices of t 
Royal ee Horticultural Society, is that 
the great London and English provincial 
societies acil is principal exhibitions only in 
summer, so that a large and important class of 
autumn fruits would not be brought before 
the public in any other way. Hence the 
Edinburgh autumn. show come to 
the best fruit show which takes place in Great 
Britain, and many of those gardeners who have 
the opportuni a professional tour 
to make 
about this season contrive to take Edinburgh ex 
route, so that it has come to be a great gather- 
ing place of members of the craft. This brings 
e to notice one very commendable feature in 
arrangements connected with these pm 
sows held by the Caledonian Society. 
ing committee provide РЕ having both 
fret К and plants judged. in 
they have the exhibition place all to themselves, 
after which—namely, at, II 0 'clock—the gar- 
clearout 
k and to those also of the general public 
The 
ers have thus an opportunity of d 
pu Some 
arrangement of this sort is much nedded at the 
great London and provincial shows, It involves 
the precedence, beating his opponent through 
the size and evenness of his bunches rather than 
by superiority in berry and finish. 
ants and cut flowers was 
be g intermi 
coccinea with a splendid spike of flowers, and 
grown by a labouring gardener, the Veitch 
Prize and. Medal for the best Orchid in the 
show was awarded. essrs, VEITCH & SONS 
and Mr, B. S. WILLIAMS, amongst English nur- 
serymen, and the Lawson Seed Nursery 
Company 
of decorative plants, while in the various ante- 
rooms were to be found in profusion first-rate 
owers of Dahlias, ‘Hollyh ocks, Asters, and 
Gladioli. ` ' 
50 many attractions; and fine weather to 
boot, the show should have proved i in every way 
successful. The 
petition ke 
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enough, let us hope, to compensate the Society 
for its risk an outlay ; for it is well that the 
recollections of these major horticultural gather- 
ings should be pleasant to all concerned, 
IN many instances the GREED of TRADE, or, 
o speak in more polite terms, the enterprise of 
commerce, largely benefits the community, but 
at times it results in shopkeepers placing before 
the public goods which it is a disgrace to expose 
for sale. In no instance is such indifference 
| shown asto the quality of the stock as with 
ngrocers, and at no time is it so apparent 
gree 
as at the present season. At all large markets, 
and in most of the shops where fruit and vege- 
tables are sold, may now be seen b 
ushels of 
Plums only just turning colour— Apples that 
are merely windfalls, or which are gathered so 
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and vigorous English was always 
emplo od it in denouncing shams, and a 
simple, straightforward living, condem 
rage, which even in his days began 
strongly exhibited, of seeking to have things ощ 
of season, 
y things out of season, we do not wish it to 
be ibus cH that we allude to the splendid pro. 
ductions of the hothouse and orchard- house, 
for by such means we bring the cultivation of the 
fruits of warm climes to our own doors, and pro. 
duce them finer than they grow in their native 
habitats ; nor, when we mention the shops where 
fruits are sold, do we allude to the large 
fruiterers, where the produce exposed for sale is 
generally a marvel of skilful cultivation, both as 
regards size and flavour. It is in the ordinary. 
shops, frequented by persons who, if not poor, 
are limited in means, that there is so often dis. i 
played fruit which is not only not tempting i in 
appearance, but absolutely unfit for consumption 
in a raw state, the only possibility of utilising it 
being by means of thorough stewing 
to see them 
consider that those who buy should be the best 
judges of what they purchase, but such a plea 
would not save the butcher who exposed bad 
h 
which is left for a proper time upon the tree; 
this is verified every day by the fact that im- 
port gem fruit is never worth so much as English 
grow 
The power of the solar rays upon the y 
ance was exquisitely expressed when it was 
said of a beautiful woman— 
7 U* Her cheek was: like the Catherine Pear— 
The side that’ s next the sun. | 
Of the superiority of freshly gathered to packed. 
fruit and vegetables there can be no doubt, but 
so great is the demand in the metropolis that 
the immediate environs cannot supply its wants, 
and we are, perforce, compelled to depend upo? 
tant home supplies, which 
from | packing and 
which in a little time would have been ca 
by Nature’s never-failing processes into pre 
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ot fruit iine which is gathered imme | 
packed in boxes, pon nly just chang! 
their original green to pale yellow tinged i 
ink; while the trade is so eager to SUPP 
Nuts ‘that they are sent to market almost befi 
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