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GEORGE BUNYARt) & OO.'g FRUIT CATALOGUE. 



In connection with the careful Gathering and Storing 1 of 

 Fruit, we beg to insert a Drawing, and to call attention to the 

 ingenious trays patented and introduced by Mr. Henry Adaje 

 Oee, of Bedford. The advantage of these trays is that the 

 fruit can be placed upon them direct from the tree, and then 

 be stored one upon another in a very limited space, and at 

 the same time be readily seen and examined. This handy 

 contrivance was deservedly awarded a Silver Medal by the 

 R.H.S., and specimens can be seen in our Fruit Boom. 

 Orders and enquiries should be sent to Mr. Oee direct. 



PEACHES and NECTARINES ripen in the ORCHARD HOUSE, July to September. 



Show Gooseberries on the Trellis system are interestings in June and July. 



FRUIT for SALE. — We have spare selected Fruit of Peaches, Nectarines, Grapes, Tomatoes, Dessert Pears, 

 Kent Cob Nuts, Dessert and Kitchen Apples, which can be sent, very carefully packed, to any part. 



WHEN TO STORE AND PICK HARD FRUIT.— We are frequently aBked for rules as to this. 

 Early Pears are best gathered before they are quite mature — later sorts are tit to pull when the stalk 

 swells over the spur, and they readily part from the spur when lifted up ; do not hurry picking, 

 because a few fall, as they are generally maggoty. Late Pears should remain on the tree as long as 

 possible to perfect. In Apples — The Summer Dessert Fruits are best eaten direct from the tree, and 

 Autumn Kitchen sorts the same, or they can be stored for a limited time. In later Apples, wait till 

 they drop a little, and if the fallen fruits are perfect, cut one open, and they are ready to store if the 

 seeds (pips) are black ripe. Every care must be used to prevent bruising ; read also carefully the other 

 remarks made with the various Fruits. 



Exhibitions of Hardy Kentish. Fruits. 



G. B. & Co. have for 13 years been the Champion Exhibitors, and it must be conceded that the grand 

 specimens set up by them have gone far to raise the standard of Fruit Culture in this Country, and show the 

 public what can be done in this direction, and demonstrate how infinitely superior British fruit is to that 

 imported. To show the wide range our Prize Exhibits have taken, we may say that the following Cities and 

 Towns have been visited with collections : 



Aberdeen 



Ashford 



Axminster 



Bath 



Beddington 



Belfast 



Bradford 



Brentwood 



Broadstairs 



Birmingham 



Brighton 



Blackheath 



Bromley 



Carshalton 



Canterbury 



Cheadle 



Chester 



Chelmsford 



Chingford 



Colchester 



Chiswiek 



Chertsey 



Claydon 



Croydon 



Cran brook 



Dublin 



Dundee 



Edinboro' 



Ellesmere 



Exeter 



Evesham 



Falmouth 



Folkestone 



Gillingham 



Greenhithe 



Gravesend 



Hamburgh 



Hereford 



High Halden 



Leicester 



Lichfield 



Liverpool 



London, Aquarium 

 „ Earl's Court 

 „ Crystal Palace 

 „ Colonial Exhibition 



Guildhall 

 „ Agricultural Hall 

 „ Lord Mayor's Show 

 „ Royal Horticultural 

 „ „ The Temple 



Manchester 



Margate 

 Newport, Mon. 



Isle of Wight 

 New Brompton 

 Newbury 

 Oban 

 Pershore 

 Portsmouth 

 Reading 

 Rochester 

 Staplehurst 

 Settle 



Southampton 

 Shrewsbury 

 Sheffield 

 Stirling 

 Stone 

 Tavistock 

 Tonbridge 

 Tredegar 

 Trowbridge 

 Truro 

 Winchester 

 Worcester 

 York 



First Frizes, Gold and Silver Medals, and Certificates, were awarded at all the above 



