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9. Messrs. William Paul & Son, The Nur series, Waltham Cross. 

 Examples clear and good. Some fine fruit of Mabbott's Pear- 

 main, a very fine dessert apple, Cox's Pomona, Golden Spire, 

 Hoary Morning, Stirling Castle, and Northern Spy. 



10. Mr. W. G. Pragnell, Castle Gardens, Sherborne, Dorset. 

 Examples below average size for this district. A variety 



named Ducat was noted. 



11. Mr. J. H. Rose, Lockinge Gardens, Wantage, Berks. 

 Fruits small and below the average. 



12. Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 



A good representative collection of medium size. The most 

 noted examples being Golden Noble, Gascoigne's Seedling, Frog- 

 more Prolific, Cox's Pomona, Yellow Ingestrie, Cellini, Stone's, 

 and Baumann's Red Winter Reinette. 



13. Messrs. Rivers & Son, Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 

 The greater part of the examples shown in this collection 



were grown under glass, and, therefore, presented a very strik- 

 ing appearance from their large size and delicate colouring. 

 The following were specially noted : King of Tomkins Co., 

 Ribston Pippin, Cox's Orange, Lady Henniker, Reinette de 

 Canada, Warner's King, Mannington's Pearmain, Betty Geeson. 



14. Mr. W. Roupell, Boupell Park, S.W. 



This collection was remarkable as having been grown within 

 the five mile London radius. The examples were both large 

 . and good. Specially noted : Peasgood's Nonesuch, The Queen, 

 Grenadier, Annie Elizabeth, Stone's, Blenheim Orange, and 

 King of the Pippins. 



15. Mr. C. G. Sclater, The Nurseries, Heavitree Bridge, 



Exeter. 



A very fine collection, highly coloured. Blenheim Orange, 

 Annie Elizabeth, Lady Henniker, and King of the Pippins noted. 



16. Mr. C. Turner, The Royal Nurseries, Slough. 



A fairly good collection ; examples rather under average ; 

 well and distinctly labelled, the cards stating the stock on which 

 the fruit had been grown. Pott's Seedling, Ringer, Lord Derby, 

 Blenheim Orange, Golden Noble, Mere de Menage, Frogmore 

 Prolific, Cellini, noted. 



17. Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, 



Chelsea. 



Fruit grown at Langley , Bucks. One of the finest and most even 

 •collections staged, the following being specially noted : Winter 

 Hawthornden,Lord Grosvenor, The Sandringham, Seaton House, 

 Tyler's Kernel, Bismarck, Bramley's Seedling, Frogmore Prolific, 

 Gellini, Cox's Orange Pippin, Cox's Pomona, Cockle's Pippin, 

 Stirling Castle, Lady Henniker, Striped Beefing, Tom Putt, 

 Warner's King. 



