FOURTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT, cli 



Class 129. — President Barabe. 



1. Col. Hon. Chas. Harbord. 



2. Dowager Lady Hillingdon. 



Class 130.— St. Luke. 



1. J. B. Fortescue, Esq. 



2. No award. 



Class 131. — Thompson. 



1. Lord Hillingdon. 



2. Col. Hon. Chas. Harbord. 



Class 132. — Triomphe de Vienne. 



1. Lord Hillingdon. 



2. Major Petre. 



Class 133.— Winter Nelis. 



1. H. G. Kleinwort, Esq. 



2. Dowager Lady Hillingdon. 



Class 134. — Any other variety not named above. 



Four Prizes : 7s., 6s., 5s., 4s. 

 An Exhibitor may only enter one variety in Class 134, in which Class eight fruits 

 must be shown to a dish for the Judges to be able to taste two of them. 



1. W. A. Voss, Esq., Rayleigh. 



2. Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. 



3. H. P. Sturgis, Esq. 



4. J. T. Charlesworth, Esq. 



"Note upon the Award of Prizes in Class I." 



Dear Sir, — Having noticed our decision in the above class questioned 

 in the public Press, we, in courtesy to the parties interested, sent a copy 

 of the following letter to them, briefly stating the grounds on which our 

 decision was based : — 



" The awards of the four judges, whose names are appended, having 

 been publicly questioned, we, in courtesy to the parties interested, briefly 

 state the facts as follows : — Three collections of fruit were very carefully 

 ' pointed ' through, and in doing so we were very suspicious that two 

 bunches of White Grapes, by their appearance, were not true Muscat of 

 Alexandria, although named as such. Ultimately we decided to exercise 

 our right to taste the Grapes. This test of quality fully confirmed our 

 previous doubts, for, in addition to the suspicious shape of the berries, 

 there was a total absence of Muscat flavour, and an unusual thickness of 

 skin. As this was the unanimous opinion of all four judges, and in order 

 to render perfect justice to all concerned, there was no alternative but to 

 reduce the number of points awarded to these said Grapes previous to 

 tasting, which, of course, very materially altered the position of the 

 exhibit in question. It may be added that we accept no responsibility for 

 any naming of Mr. Lock's Grapes by other persons, nor for any previous 

 awards that may have been made to his ' Muscats.' — N. F. Barnes, 

 William Crump, John Doe, C. R. Fielder (Judges in Class I.)." 



