EXHIBITION OF BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 229 
tons ! — was enough to satiate even their greatest admirers. The 
fruits had all been grown out of doors, demonstrating both the 
wonderful improvement that has taken place in the Tomato and 
the exceptional magnificence of the summer of 1895. From an 
educational point of view this exhibit was of great utility, as it 
enabled anyone to at once compare one variety with another in 
regard to shape, size, colour, and fertility. 
The Apples and Pears shown by Messrs. Bunyard, Messrs. 
Pearson, Messrs. Jefferies, Mr. Berwick, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Tayler, 
Messrs. James Veitch, Messrs. Lee, Messrs. Cheal, Messrs. Laing, 
Mr. Wells, Messrs Paul, Mr. Taylor, Messrs. W. Paul, Mr. Wyatt, 
The Earl of Eadnor, Messrs. de Eothschild, Messrs. Spooner, 
Messrs. Peed, and others were truly wonderful, exhibiting the 
perfection of cultivation. 
Nor must the exhibit sent by Her Majesty the Queen be over- 
looked, consisting as it did of 100 dishes of the finest fruit of all 
seasonable kinds. 
The following gentlemen very kindly gave their help towards 
the prize fund, viz. : — 
List of Subscribers to the Prize Fund. 
Balderson, H.,' Corner Hall, Hemel Hempstead . 
Bartrum, Kev. Dr., D.D., Wake's Colne, Halstead, Essex . 
Bunyard & Co., The Old Nurseries, Maidstone . 
Dunn, Malcolm, Dalkeith Palace Gardens, N.B. 
Empson, J., Ampthill House Gardens, Bedford . 
Haywood, T. B., Woodhatch, Keigate .... 
Kay, Peter, Claigmar, Finchley 
Laing & Sons, J,, Forest Hill, S.E 
Mclndoe, J., Hutton Hall Gardens, Guisborougli 
McKenzie, J., Linton Park Gardens, Maidstone . 
Milner, R., Penrice Castle Gardens, Swansea 
Pearson & Sons, J. R., Chilwell, Notts .... 
Peed & Sons, J , Roupell Park Nurseries, W. Norwood, S.E. 
Rivers & Son, T., Sawbridgeworth, Herts .... 
Smith, R., Shrewsbury ....... 
Spooner & Sons, S., Hounslow 
Sutton Sc Sons, Reading . ^ 
Thomas, Owen, Royal Gardens, Windsor . 
Turton, T., Maiden Erlegh, Reading 
Veitch & Sons, J., Royal Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea . 
Veitch & Sons, R., Royal Nurseries, Exeter 
Walker, J., Ham Common, Surrey 
Watkins, John, Pomona Farm, Withington, near Hereford 
Whiteley, William, Westbourne Grove . . 
Woodward, Geo., Barham Court Gardens, Teston, Maidstone 
The Worshipful Company of Gardeners .... 
Weir, Archibald, Bendarrock, Ottery St. Mary, Devon 
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