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dish of white Tomatoes. Mr. J. Woodbridge, The Gardens, Sion 

 House, sent Alnwick Seedling Grapes, for which a letter of thanks 

 was accorded. Mr. Elphinstone, Shipley Hall Gardens, sent fruits 

 of the Melon " Luscious and Melting." 



A collection of fruits of the Egg-plant was sent from Chiswick 

 comprising thirteen varieties, white, purple, yellow, and scarlet. 

 A collection of about one hundred Capsicums was also sent from 

 Chiswick. A first-class certificate was awarded for a variety 

 named Yellow of Nocerd, a peculiar three-lobed fruit. 



Special prizes were offered by Messrs. Freeman and Freeman of 

 Norwich for their Melon ''Luscious and Melting," and their 

 "Champion" Cucumber. In the former class M.J. Coomber, 

 gardener to J. A. Rolls, Esq., M.P., Hendre Park, Monmouth, was 

 awarded the prize for a well-ripened fruit. There were four 

 entries in the class for Cucumbers, the successful exhibitor being 

 Mr. C. Howe, Benham Park, Newbury, with two fruits, one 22 

 inches and the other 24 inches long, of admirable form and having 

 fine bloom. 



Messrs. Smith and Larke, florists, High Street, Kensington, sent 

 a sample of Oats grown on a piece of very poor land to which a 

 dressing of Clay's fertiliser had been applied at the rate of 3 cwt. 

 per acre, no other manure having been put on the land for some 

 years. The sample was of great weight, and a vote of thanks was 

 accorded. 



