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JOURNAL OS HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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the collection containing some splendid dishes, especially of 

 Edgcott Seedling, which is similar to Snowflake, Porter's Excel- 

 sior, which closely resembles Early Handsworth, Rector of 

 Woodstock, and Model; and amongst kidneys we notioed Sedilla 

 and Lady Paget as attractive. Mr. Pink was placed third ; Mr. 

 Miles, Wycombe Abbey, fourth, his collection containing a 

 splendid dish of Schoolmaster ; and Mr. Miller, Northdown, 

 Margate, fifth, each staging admirable collections. 



In Class C, for twelve diBhes of Potatoes, English varieties, 

 distinct, nine tubers of eaoh (open), all the prizes were given 

 by the President, James Abbias, Esq., J. P., and amounted to 

 £13 13s. Eight collections were staged, Mr. Porter again win- 

 ning with grand and finely polished examples of Napoleon, Blue 

 Ashleaf, Champion, Excelsior, Ashtop Fluke, Round Blue, Early 

 King, Bountiful, Rector of Woodstock, Crimson Walnut-leaf, 

 Golden Eagle, and Grampian. Mr. Ironside, Aberdeen, being 

 placed Becond ; the most attractive dishes being Carter's Main 

 Crop, Early Handsworth, Eenn's Bountiful, and Yorkshire 

 Hero. Mr. Minchin, the Nurseries, Hook Norton, being third 

 with rather large tubers, the best being Model. Mr. Pink 

 had the fourth place with clean handBome dishes of tubers, 

 which must have been considered a trifle too small, or the 

 collection would have been placed a step higher. Turner's 

 Union, around red variety, was very good in this collection, as 

 also were Model and Waterloo Kidney. 



In Class D, twelve dishes of American varieties, the prizes 

 also amounted to £13 13s., the first prize of £6 6s. being given by 

 Messrs. Daniels Brothers, seedsmen, Norwich. In this class 

 there were eleven competitors, and the produce was decidedly 

 more coarse than that in the preceding class. The first prize 

 went to Mr. PiDk for medium-sized tubers of King of the Earlies, 

 Early Rose, Eureka, Ruby, Climax, Brownell's Beauty, Bresee's 

 Prolific, Early "Vermont, BreBee's Peerless, Oneida, Early Good- 

 rich, and Snowflake, all good. The second prize was awarded to 

 Mr. Lumsden, Bloxholm Hall Gardens, who had grand dishes of 

 Breadfruit, Snowflake, and Bresee's Peerless, the remaining 

 sorts being somewhat coarse and large. The third prize went to 

 Mr. Minchin for a good level collection, the best dishes being 

 Snowflake, King of the EarlieB, and Hundredfold Fluke; the 

 fourth prize going to Messrs. Lott & Hart, Faversham, for a 

 creditable collection. 



Class E, nine varieties of Potatoes, distinct, nine tubers of 

 each (open). All the prizes were given by Mr. John Coutts, 

 JameB Street, Covent Garden, London. Nineteen oolleotions 

 were staged in this class, most of them being of high merit. Mr. 

 Porter was again in the ascendant, his tubers being " got up " in 

 the "highest style of art." Nothing could be more perfect than 

 his dishes of Excelsior and Snowflake ; the others, which were 

 the same as those in Collection A, being also superior, but Borne 

 of them too large. The second prize went to Mr. Finlay, Wrox- 

 ton Abbey; Mr. Farquhar, Fyvie Castle Gardens, Aberdeen- 

 shire, being placed third, Early DiminiBk, a roundish flat Potato, 

 being splendid; and Mr. Ironside fourth. A dish of Early 

 Handsworth was very fine in this collection ; indeed, all were 

 good. 



Class F, six dishes of Potatoes, distinct varieties, nine tubers 

 cf each, open to gentlemen's gardeners and amateurs only ; first 

 jrize, a silver cup, value £5 5s. All the prizes in this class were 

 given by MeBsrs. James Carter & Co., seedsmen, High Holborn, 

 London, and brought forward not less than twenty-eight excel- 

 lent collections. The silver cnp waB well won by Mr. Porter with 

 such tubers as he alone can grow, dress, and show ; the second 

 p:ize also going to Scotland, Mr. Littlejohn, Corsendal House, 

 Aberdeen, securing it with big Potatoes. Mr. Miles, Wycombe 

 Abbey, was awarded the third prize. In this collection was a 

 grand dish of Schoolmaster, a variety having the shape of 

 Victoria with the scaly Bkin of York Regent. The fourth prize 

 went to Mr. Finlay, Edgcott Seedling being in splendid 

 condition. 



Class G, six dishes, three round and three kidney, distinct 

 varieties, nine tubers of each (open). The first prize of £i is. in 

 this class was given by the Lawson Seed Company, Edinburgh 

 and London. Fifteen exhibitors competed, Mr. Porter being 

 first, Mr. Littlejohn second, Mr. Pink third, and Mr. W. Finlay 

 ionrth, who all staged admirable examples of popular show 

 varieties. 



Class H, four dishes, distinct varieties, nine tubers of each, 

 open to gentlemen's gardeners and amateurs only. All the 

 prizes in this class were given by Messrs. Hooper & Co., seeds- 

 men, Covent Garden, London. Twenty-five collections were 

 staged, Mr. Miller, Northdown, winning with Carter's Main 

 Crop, Ashtop Fluke, Breadfruit, and Snowflake ; Mr. Lumsden 

 being placed second with Main Crop, again fine ; also a capital 

 dish of Excelsior. A collection without an owner's name was 

 placed third, and Mr. Reynolds, Beech Cottage, Horsham, fourth. 

 In these collections Main Crop and Snowflake were pre-eminent. 



Class I, two dishes of English varieties, one round and one 

 kidney, nine tuberB of each (open), all the prizes being given by 

 T. Kyffin Freeman, Esq., Pinner Wood, Middlesex. In this 

 class eighteen competed. The prize-winners were, first Mr. 



Finlay with splendid dishes of Lapstone and Rector of Wood- 

 stock; second Mr. Frisby, Blankney, with equally superior ex- 

 amples of Lapstone and about the best dish of Porter's Excelsior 

 in the Show ; third Mr. Littlejohn with Early Handsworth and 

 Champion Kidney ; and fourth Mr. Lumsden with Conqueror 

 and Rector of Woodstock. 



Class K, two dishes, American varieties, one round and one 

 kidney, nine tubers of each (open). In this class there were 

 twenty-four competitors ; the first prize going to Mr. Carwill, 

 High Street, Lewes, for grand dishes of Snowflake and Bresee's 

 Prolific, Mr. Farquhar being second with Snowflake and Brow- 

 nell's Beauty, Mr. Pink third with Vermont Beauty and Snow- 

 flake, and Mr. Lumsden fourth with Snowflake and Early Good- 

 rich : a very imposing class. 



Class L, dish of any white round Potato, nine tubers (open), 

 all the prizes being given by Mr. John Harrison of the firm of 

 Harrison & SonB, seedsmen, Leicester. This was also a very 

 fine class, the exhibitors, thirty-two in number, staging admir- 

 able produce. The first prize was awarded to Mr. Porter for 

 Excelsior; the second to Mr. Bennett, Enville, Stourbridge, for 

 Schoolmaster ; the third to Mr. Farquhar for round and hand- 

 some specimens of Snowflake ; the fourth to Mr. Boss, Wreford 

 Park, Newbury, for Criterion, a seedling resembling School- 

 master. 



Class M, dish of any coloured round Potato, nine tubers (open), 

 all the prizes being given by Mr. RichardDean, Ealing, London. 

 Thirty-six exhibitors competed in this class, and much of the 

 produce was coarse. Mr. Lumsden won the first prize with the 

 most handsome dish of Main Crop that has perhaps ever been 

 exhibited, Mr. Ironside being second with the same variety, 

 Mr. Farquhar being third with Princess of Wales, which much 

 resembles Main Crop, and Mr. Ross fourth also with Main Crop. 



Class N, dish of any white kidney Potato, nine tuberB (open). 

 Thirty-one competitors entered the lists in this class, and many 

 dishes of splendid quality were staged. Mr. Reynolds was placed 

 first with Devonshire Seedling, a handsome white kidney ; Mr. 

 Mcintosh, Corsendal House, Aberdeen, being second with Non- 

 pareil, Mr. Lumsden third with Ashtop Fluke, and Mr. Finlay 

 fourth with Edgcott Seedling. The prize dishes were very 

 excellent. 



Class 0, dish of any coloured kidney Potato, nine tubers (open). 

 Twenty-nine dishes were staged in this class, many of the 

 tuberB being coarse, and none really tempting in appearance. 

 Mr. G. Bagerley, Sylverstone Lodge, Newark, was placed first 

 with Early Vermont ; Mr. Miller, Hampstead GardenB, New- 

 bury, being second with a better diBh of Late Rose ; Mr. Porter 

 third with unwieldy specimens of Blue ABhleaf; and Mr. 

 Treacher, The Marsh, High Wycombe, fourth with Early 

 Vermont. 



ClasB P, dish of any variety of Ashleaf variety of Potato, nine 

 tubers (open), all the prizes being given by Messrs. George 

 Gibbs & Co., seedsmen, Down Street, Piccadilly. Twelve dishes 

 were staged in this class, each of them being very good. The 

 first prize went to Mr. Reynolds for handsome examples of La 

 Belle d'Orleans, second to Mr. Farquhar for Sandringham Kid- 

 ney, third to Mr. Lumsden for Veitch's Improved Ashleaf, and 

 fourth to Mr. Miller for Royal Ashleaf. The prize dishes were 

 very superior. 



Class Q, dish of any white Regent Potato, nine tubers (open). 

 Twelve dishes were also staged in this class, Mr. Finlay being 

 first with Manchester Hero, Mr. Lumsden sscond with Rintoul's 

 White Don ; Mr. Armstrong, Goldington, Bedford, third with 

 York Begents; and Mr. Baldwin, NewBrompton, fourth with 

 Early Don. The tubers in this class, excepting the prize- 

 winners, were coarse. 



Class R, dish of Victoria variety of Potato, nine tubers (open). 

 We expected to find dishes of higher quality in this class. Out 

 of seventeen competitors Mr. Finlay won first honours, followed 

 by Mr. Abrahams, Firgrove Lodge Gardens, Weybridge ; Mr. 

 Kerr, Dargavie, and Mr. McKinlay, Beckenham. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to Mr. Barker, Littlehamp- 

 ton, for a dish named " Superior." It is a red kidney variety, 

 the tubers were of the correct size for cows, being too large for 

 pigs ; to Mr. Lye for Lye's Seedling, a handsome white roundish 

 variety with rnssetty eyes ; to Mr. McKinlay for International 

 Kidney, a large and beautiful white tuber, also for Alexandra 

 Seedling, a fine white variety; to Mr. Lumsden for Conqueror, 

 a seedling from Paterson's Victoria, but of kidney shape, with 

 a rough crackling skin, by far the most promising seedling kid- 

 ney in the Exhibition; to Mr. Fenn for Worthington G. Smith, 

 an exceedingly handsome round white tuber of the Rector of 

 Woodstock type ; and to Mr. Ross for Garibaldi and Criterion. 



There were also large miscellaneous exhibitions. Messrs. 

 Carter & Co., High Holborn, exhibited a hundred varieties of 

 Potatoes, including some splendid examples of Snowflake from 

 the farm of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, also a large collection 

 of Gourds, ornamental Beet, and fruits of a Cucumber of great 

 promise, the result of a cross between Tender and True and 

 Telegraph. Messrs. Daniels Brothers, Norwich, exhibited up- 

 wards of eighty varieties of Potatoes, and Messrs. Harrison and 



