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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 19, 1912. 



Beurre d'Anjoii, four entries, Mr. C. Page. 

 Beurre Base, eleven entries, Mr. T. Turton. 

 Beurre Dumont, two entries, Mr. A. Basile. 

 Beurre Hardy, sixteen entries, Mr. A. Baeile. 

 Beurre Perran, one entry, Mr. T. Turton. 



Beurre Superfin, eight entries, Mr. T. Steven- 

 gardener to E. G. Mocaitta, Esq., 



W. Allan. 



Woburn Place, Addlestone. 



Blickling, one entry, Mr, 

 Charles Ernest, eight entries, Mr. T. Turton. 

 Comte de Lomy, eight entries, Mr. A. E. 

 Allan. Conference, five entries, Mr. T. Tur- 

 ton. Doyenne du Cornice, eighteen entries, 

 Mr. T, Turton. Durondeau, eleven entries, 

 Mr. T. Turton. Easter Beurre, seven entries, 

 Mr. A. E. Allan. Emile d'Heyst. eight en- 

 tries, Mr T. Turton. Fondante d'Automne, 

 five entries, Mr. A. Basile, Fondante de 

 Thirriot, four entries, Mr. Messenger. Glou 

 Morceau, fifteen entries, Mr. E. Colman, gar- 

 dener to B. E. Eichardson, Esq., Hill House, 

 Stanstead Abbotts. Gratioli of Jersey, two 

 entries. Mrs. M. P. Mead, St. Mary's, Ted- 

 dington, Josephine de Malines, twelve en- 

 tries, Mr. T. Turton. Le Brun, two entries, 

 Mr. A. Basile. Le Lectier, ten entries, Mr. 

 J. Vert — very fine fruits. lK>uise Bonne of 

 Jersey, six entries, Mr, J. Taylor, Shrews- 

 bury. Marie Benoist, seven entries, Mr. T. 

 Turton. Marie Louise, twelve entries, Mr. 

 J. E. Smith, Goudhurst. Nouvelle Fulvie, 

 nine entries, Mr. T, Turton, Olivier des 



three competitors. Messrs. George Bunyard 

 and Co., Maidstone, secured a gold medal 

 for a very fine display of capital fruits set 

 up in dishes and baskets, with a few tall 

 stands and some palms to prevent any appear- 

 ance of flatness. Some of the finest apples 

 shown were Beauty of Stoke, Twenty-Ounce, 

 Norfolk Beauty, Newton Wonder, Eival, 

 Peasgood's, Blenheim Orange, Lord Derby, 

 King of the Pippins, Withington Fill basket, 

 Bramley's Seedling, Bow Hill Pippin, James 

 Grieve, New Hawthornden, Gilozie, and 

 Tower of Glamis. Especially good pears were 

 Duchess d'Angouleme, Beurre Alexander 

 Lucas, Pitmaston Ducheas, Conference, Emile 

 d'Heyst, Doyenne du Cornice, Beurre Clair- 

 geau, and Charles Ernest. 



Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, secured 

 a sliver-gilt Knightian medal for a very hand- 

 some exhibit and a well-arranged one. Parti- 

 cularly good were the large baskets of En- 

 core, James Grieve, Stirling Cattle, Lane^s 

 Prince Albert, Cox^s Orange Pippin, Charles 

 Eoss, Warner s King, Eival, Beauty of Stoke, 

 Alfriaton, Lord Derby, Chelmsford Wonder, 

 and Bismarck apples, and the new Beurre de 

 Naghan, and^the old Catillac pears. A silver- 

 gilt Knightian medal fell to Messrs. H. 

 Cannell and Sons, Svv^anley, for excellent 

 fruits, all well staged in pyramids on dishes 

 and baskets. The apples were uncommonly 

 good, especially such sorts as Bramley's Seed- 



for a very well-displayed set of well-gro^vn 

 fruits. Among apples the popular sorts were 

 capitally represented, and we noted pood 

 dishes of Egremont Eusset, Winter Quarren 

 den, Dumelow's Seedling, Bow Hill Piprjin' 

 Winter Eibston, Sandringham, and Kinsi 

 Acre Pippin and King's Acre Bountiful 



Messrs. W. Seabrook and Sons Chelmsford 

 were awarded a silver Knightian medal for 

 their exhibit of large baskets and dishes of 

 twenty apples and pears. Allington Pippin 

 was in fine form, as aleo were Biemarck 

 Cox's Pomona, Pea.sgood's, The Queen, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Lane's Prince Albert and 

 Eoyal Jubilee apples. ' 



Messrs. Laxton Brothers, Bedford, were 

 awarded a silver Knightian' medal for their 

 contribution of clean, bright fruits. Their 

 Cox's Pomona, Lane's Prince Albert, The 

 Queen, Thomas Eivers, Newton Wonder, Jas. 

 Grieve, Schoolmaster, and Allington Pippin 

 apples were particularly good. 



In the smaller class, the fruits arranged 

 on a space 12ft. by 6ft., Mr. Chas. Turner, 

 Slough, won a silver-gilt Knightian medal for 

 very fine fruits arranged over red oak leaves. 

 The new Arthur Turner apple that recently 

 gained an award as Turner's Prolific; Chas. 

 Eoss^ Peasgood's Nonsuch, Lord Derby, Eib- 

 ston Pippin, Lady Henniker, Cornish Giant, 

 and Bismarck apples. Messrs. G. Cooling 

 and Sons, Bath, were awarded a silver-gilt 



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E.H.S. FEUIT SHOW.-FIRST PRIZE EIGHTEExM DISHES 



Exhibited by Colonel J 



Pit- 



Serres, eleven entries, Mr. A. H. Allan, 

 maston Duchess, eleven entries, Mr. F. Kinfr 

 gardener to the Eev. H. A. Bull, WestffatS- 

 u" Barabe, three entries Mr 



\t' a m'^"''- ^" Congrres, three entries, 



VT ■ A ?f, Thompson, seven entries, 



Mr. A R. Allan— a beautiful dish. Triomphe 

 de Vienne^ two entries, Mr. J. Skelton. 

 Winter fvelis, seven entries, Mr. A. E. Gard- 

 ner, gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, 

 Esher. Any other early variety sixteen 

 entries Mr. A. Basile, with Marguerite 

 Marillat Any other late variety, twentv 

 entnes, Mr T Turton, with fine-" example; 

 of Beurre Baltet pere. In these two latter 

 classes eight fruits had to be staged " for 

 the ludges to be able to ta-ste two of them." 



. • J"*^^^ "'^r^ ^'aith in names 



and sight than in flavour, as not a single 

 example was eut in all the thirty-six 



RSERYMEN'S CLASSF^ 



OF PEARS, 

 wick, Norwic 



The chief of the several clas 



it n°'^x.,^^'^^^.^^' ^<^> Bra- 



bant Belle Fleur, Alfriston, Mrs. Barron 



A lington Pippin, Warner's King, Empero; 

 Alexander Bertigheimer Red, Norfofk Tau- 



Coiuity.'^ ^' ^""^ ^'"^ Tomkins 



20ft" bi^fi^^^ ""^n ^^'V^'^ allowed was 

 ^ft. by 6ft and here there were five en- 

 tries Mr. R C. Notcutt, Woodbridge was 



^fTl, t^-T^? •/^''^ <^-^hibit ff some 



of the brightest fruits in the show of Ribston 



Pippin, ,Lord IStradbroke. King of Tom 



Alexander 1 he Queen, Baumaunn's Red 



Str^'^'^'^'^y"^''^ ^'^^^^^t' Fearn's PipSn 

 Mere de Menage, Charles Ross, Annie Eliza' 



^ h Kinsr of tiie Pippins, Hollandbury and 

 truits. Messrs. S Spooner and Sons, Houns- 



for '/fine .it ^'^-^1* . Knightian m<^:i 

 pfff' c .41- ^P'v^ wherein Castle Maior 

 Pott s Seedling Newton Wonder, Bow Till 



iving apples vvere good, and there was a fine 

 stand of Lvedale's St. Germain pears 



Ihe Barnham Nurseries, Barnham Sussex 

 also secured a silver-gilt Kni^tbn Sai 



Banksian medal ; they had a fine dish of Pit- 

 maeton Duchess pears. Messrs. J. Peed and 

 ^on. y^est Norwood, secured a silver Knigh- 

 tian medal, and Messrs. Paul and Son a silver 



iianksian medal and each firm had a good 

 exhibit. 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES' COMPETITION. 



First prize in the Affiliated Societies' com- 

 petition fell to the Ipswich Gardeners' and 

 Amateurs' Association, Mr. F. W. Salmon, 



i?^u- ^^^^ Ipswich, secretary. This 



exhibit pnv,tained especially good dishes of 

 x,i aimers Seedling, Mere de Menage, Lord 

 Derby, Ribston Pippin, King of the Pippins, 

 w \ ^^^an^re Pippin, Peasgood's, Annie 

 Elizabeth, and Bismarck apples and Con- 

 lerence, Doyenne du Cornice, ' Pitmaston 

 lJuchess Durondeau, Glou Morceau and 

 JW'urre Baltet pere pears. Tlie Ea^t Anglian 

 Horticultural Society followed closely for 

 second place, and the Colcliester Gardeners' 

 Association was third with a meritorious col- 

 lection. Affiliated Societies' challenge 

 cup went to the Colchester Society, as both 



^ff T^''^? and East Anglian Societies have 

 won it during the last three years 



