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Exhibits at the Imperial Fruit Show. 



In the dessert class the Canadian Cox's Orange Pippin, the 

 Macintosh Eed. and Snows competed against the British Cox's 

 Orange J^ipjjin, Worcester Pearmain and AlHngton Pippin. The 

 first prize was awarded to a good sample of Cox's from Nova 

 Scotia. These apples, which were of medium size and packed 

 3 X 2 on end, bore a light crimson blush with broken streaks on 

 a bright orange yellow skin, though showing little russet. The 

 flavour, for which it scored full marks, was one of the best. 

 Nova Scotia certainly seems able to produce apples of the best 

 colour and with full flavour. 



The second prize went to a fine dessert sample of Snows with 

 clear skin lightly coloured red. Two English samples of Cox's 

 Orange Pippin came next : with the exhibit from Malvern 

 winning by one mark after appeal to the umpire. These exhibits 

 were both excellent, but lacked the colour and brightness of the 

 Nova Scotia apples. 



Many other exhibits in this section were excellent, though 

 some were on the small size. Two fine exhibits — Worcesters 

 from Reading and Cox's Orange Pippin from Kent — were dis- 

 qualified because the exhibitors did not comply with the rules. 



For culinari/ apples the Canadians relied mainly on Kings, 

 Greenings and Spy, and the English on Newton Wonders, of 

 which many fine apples were shown, I^ane's Prince Albert, and 

 Braraleys. Exhibits of Bismarck and Gascoygne's Scarlet w^ere 

 included. Some bright red Nova Scotia Kings looked attractive 

 and won the first prize. These were very evenly sized and uni- 

 formly coloured, but lacked quality. The exhibit of Bismarck 

 from Chelmsford secured the second award, wdth Newton Wonder 

 — rather on the small size — from Canterbury, third. 



There were some very good Bramley's Seedling apples, but 

 this variety does not show to advantage in boxes. Newton Won- 

 der and Lane's Prince Albert on the other hand, looked well in 

 boxes — the bright scarlet flush of the former and the red stripes 

 of the latter showing to advantage. There was one specially fine 

 exhibit of Lane's, which was disquolified by the Judges as the 

 pack did not conform to the rules, being " off-set." 



All the winning apples were packed 2x2 which may serve as 

 an indication as to the size for future selection of cooking apples. 



Pears. — In the Channel Islands and the Great Britain sections 

 there were many different varieties of pears, of which 

 Doyenne du Comice, Conference, Durondeau, Calebash, 

 Louise Bonne, Marie Louise, EmJle D'Hevst, Pitmaston 



