GREAT EXHIBITION OF BRITISH- GROWN FRUIT. 131 



(Classes 186 and 137)— prizes which they repeat at every Meeting 

 of the Society from July, 1896, to July, 1898. The Worshipful 

 Company of Fruiterers also offered two Gold Medals ; and a large 

 Silver Medal was given by the Williams Memorial Trustees. 



The Prizes given by Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., of Maid- 

 stone, were given in celebration of the centenary of the foundation 

 of their firm, and cannot, therefore, be looked for again, making 

 it all the more necessary for the friends of British fruit growing 

 to make up the deficiency for 1897. 



The following table may be interesting as comparing the 

 number of dishes of each fruit exhibited in the three years during 

 which the Show has been held. In each case only the exhibits 

 for competition under the schedule have been included, it having 

 been found impossible to enumerate everything contained in the 

 miscellaneous exhibits not for competition. 



Dishes of 



1894 



1895 



1896 



Apples 



1,027 



1,938 



1,083 



Apricots ..... 



2 



1 



1 



Banana ..... 





1 





Bullace 



5 



3 



1 



Cherries ..... 



7 



12 



6 



Damsons ..... 



6 



18 



4 



Figs. . . . . 



4 



9 



7 



Gooseberries .... 



1 







Grapes ..... 



105 



97 



135 



Medlars ..... 







3 



Melons ..... 







7 



Nectarines .... 



15 



18 



4 



Nuts 





26 



19 



Passiflora .... 







1 



Peaches 



51 



80 



24 



Pears ..... 



829 



779 



795 



Pines ..... 







5 



Plums ..... 



90 



101 



38 



Quinces ..... 



6 



14 



17 



Tomatos ..... 





67 



2 



Total . 



2,148 



3,176 



2,152 



Entries for prizes 



1,301 



1,783 



1,234 



Visitors . . . . 



23,680 



36,293 



26,499 



