630 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICIAL PRIZE LIST. 



(The address and the Gardener's name are entered on the first occurrence, but 

 afterwards only the Owner's name is recorded.) 



Division I. 



Fruits, groion imder Glass or otherivise. 



Open to Gardeners and Amateurs only. 



Note. — Exhibitors can compete in one Class only of Classes 1, 2 ; and of Classes 3, 4. 



Class 1, — Collection of 9 dishes of Ripe Dessert Fruit : — 6 kinds at 

 least ; only 1 Pine, 1 Melon, 1 Black and 1 White Grape allowed ; not 

 more than 2 varieties of any other kind, and no two dishes of the same 

 variety. 



First Prize, Silver-gilt Knightian Medal and £4 ; Second, £4 ; 



Third, £2. 



1. Earl of Harrington, Derby (gr. J. H. Goodacre). (Fig. 270.) 



2. Lady Henry Somerset, Ledbury (gr. G. Mullins). 



3. C. Swinfen Eady, Esq., Weybridge (gr. J. Lock). 



Class 2. Collection of 6 dishes of Ripe Dessert Fruit : — 4 kinds at 

 least ; only 1 Melon, 1 Black and 1 White Grape allowed ; not more than 

 2 varieties of any other kind, and no two dishes of the same variety. 

 Pines excluded. 



First Prize, Silver Knightian Medal and £S ; Second, £2. 10s. ; 



Third, ^1. 5s. 



1. Sir Charles Russell, Bart., Reading (gr. F. Cole). 



2. Lady Tate, Streatham Common (gr. W. Howe). 



3. R. Bedingfield, Esq., Roehampton (gr. J. Sparks). 



Class 3. — Grapes, 6 distinct varieties, 3 bunches of each, both Black 

 and White must be represented. 



First Prize, Silver Challenge Cup, value Fifty Guineas, and £S ; 



Second, ^3. 



The Challenge Cup was presented to the Society by Messrs. Wm. Wood & Son, 

 of Wood Green, in celebration of the Jubilee Year of their Firm. The Winner will 

 hold the Cup for 12 months only, when it will be again offered for competition, until 

 it eventually becomes the property of the Exhibitor who shall have won it three years 

 in succession. 



1. Earl of Harrington (third year of winning the Cup). 



2. No award. 



Class 4. — Grapes, 3 distinct varieties, 3 bunches of each. 



First Prize, £2. 10s. ; Second, £1. 10s. ; Third, £1. 



1. Lord Hastings, Melton Constable (gr. W. Shingler). 



2. Capt. Forester, Battle (gr. W. Camm). 



3. Sir Charles Russell, Bart. 



