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about 4Jlbs. in weight. This exhibitor was awarded first honours 

 in the class for single fruit of Queens with a good and well-ripened 

 example. Mr. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Shardeloes, 

 Amersham, second with a rather larger fruit but not perfectly ripe ; 

 Mr. Coleman, gardener to Earl Somers, Eastnor Castle, being a close 

 third with a smaller but well-ripened specimen. In the Smooth - 

 leaved Cayenne class only one plant was staged by Mr. Sage, gardener 

 to Earl Brownlow Ashridge, and a second prize awarded. In the 

 class for any other variety Mr. Bates, gardener to J. E. Meek, Esq., 

 Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, was placed first ; and Mr. Breese, 

 gardener to Mrs. Akers, Moreton Hall, Congleton, second with 

 Charlotte Bothschild. Sixteen fruits were staged altogether. 



Grapes. — Of these there was an extensive and highly creditable 

 display. There were eleven exhibitors of three bunches of Black 

 Hamburghs, eight of any other black variety, ten of Muscat of 

 Alexandria, and fourteen of any other white variety— a total of 

 168 bunches. 



The competition in the Black Hamburgh class was very good ; 

 Mr. Lowden, gardener to F. Barnes, Esq., TheQuinta, Salop, being 

 worthily awarded first honours for full well- formed bunches, nearly 

 3 lbs. in weight, and good, regular-sized, and well-coloured berries. 

 Mr. Crump, gardener to the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim, was 

 placed second with small bunches, but fine, black, and well-finished 

 berries ; and Mr. Edwards, gardener to Mrs. Tristram, Fowley, 

 Liphook, Hants, third with medium-sized bunches and berries, but 

 admirably finished. Mr. Ross, Welford Park ; Mr. "Woodbridge, 

 Syon ; Mr. Sage, Ashridge ; and Mr. Johnstone, Bayham Abbey, 

 exhibited well in this class. 



In the class for any other black Grapes Mr. Lowden was again 

 placed first with handsome bunches of Buckhardt's Prince, very 

 fine and even in berry. Mr. Bolton, gardener to "W. Spottiswoode, 

 Esq., Coombe Bank, Sevenoaks, was an excellent second with Black 

 Prince, admirably finished; and Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord 

 Carington, Wycombe Abbey, third, with remarkably well-finished 

 examples of Muscat Hamburgh. Mr. Mowbray, gardener to the 

 Earl of Leven and Melville, Eulmer, Slough, exhibited very fine 

 bunches of Black Prince, but not fully ripe. 



