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Tggulden, gardener to Capt. D. Wingfield, Orsett Hall, Komford, 

 the exhibits in each instance being of great merit. 



Nine exhibitors responded to the offer of prizes by the Messrs. 

 Sutton and Sons, Beading, for twelve dishes of vegetables, the 

 competition being very close indeed. The kinds were stipulated, 

 but the varieties were left to the option of the exhibitors. Mr. G. 

 Miles secured the premier award with excellent Nantes Horn Car- 

 rots, Early White Naples Onions, Canadian Wonder Beans, Seville 

 Longpod Broad Beans, Culverwell's Telegraph Peas, Tender and 

 True Cucumbers, Walcheren Cauliflowers, Wilmot's White Cos Let- 

 tuce, and good dishes of Munich Turnips, Pine Apple Beet, Victoria 

 Cabbage Lettuce and Improved Lapstone Kidney Potatoes. Several 

 of the collections staged for the remaining prizes followed very closely 

 on the premier collection, the Judges experiencing considerable 

 difficulty in awarding the prizes. The second prize was awarded 

 to Mr. G. W. Meads, gardener to Viscount Barrington, Beckett 

 Park, Shrivenham, who staged among other good dishes of Nantes 

 Horn Carrots, Improved Lapstone Potatoes, Italian Tripoli Onions, 

 Leviathan Broad Beans, and Duke of Connaught Cucumbers. Mr. 

 Haines, gardener to the Earl of Badnor, Coleshill House, Berks, 

 followed, his collection including good Seville Longpod Beans, Nantes 

 Horn Carrots, and Suttons* Improved Telegraph Cucumbers. The 

 remaining prizes were awarded to Mr. J. Muir, Mr. W. Iggulden, 

 and Mr. J. Austen, gardener to Sir G. Smythe, Ashton Court, Bristol, 

 in the order named. The latter exhibitor staged a wonderfully fine 

 dish of Giant Bocca Onions. 



Messrs. Webb and Sons* (Wordsley Stourbridge) prizes were 

 offered too early in the season, which accounts for there being two 

 competitors only. The prizes were for six kinds of vegetables, 

 which include Webb's Triumph Pea (a main crop variety), and 

 Webb's Banbury Onion. In addition to the stipulated varieties Mr. 

 Iggulden staged good dishes of Woodstock Kidney Potato, Early 

 London Cauliflower, Trophy Tomatoes, and Nantes Horn Carrots, 

 and was awarded the first prize. Mr. W. Crump, gardener to the 

 Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim, secured second honours with credit- 

 able dishes of Hathaway' s Excelsior Tomatoes, Webb's Perpetual 



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