GREAT EXHIBITION OF BRITISH- GROWN FRUIT. 



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' Cox's Pomona,' ' Warner's King,' 'Mere de Menage,' 'Annie 

 Elizabeth,' ' Blenheim Orange,' ' Golden Noble,' ' The Queen,' 

 ' Bismarck,' ' Ribston,' ' Jefferson,' ' Cox's Orange,' ' Autumn 

 Pearmain,' 'Hoary Morning,' 'Tyler's Kernel'; and amongst 

 the Pears, 'Grosse Calebasse,' 'Beurre Hardy,' 'Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme,' ' Huyshe's Prince of Wales,' ' Clairgeau,' ' Maire 

 Louise,' ' Van Mons Leon Leclerc/ 



Mr. A. Wyatt, Hatton, secured the second prize, a Silver 

 Knightian Medal, with a fine collection. 



Class 20. — Collection of not less than 30, or more than 50, 

 distinct varieties of Pears, in baskets or dishes, grown entirely in 

 the open air ; to be arranged on a table of about 24 ft. by 3 ft. 

 or an equivalent space ; Foliage Plants may be added and 

 branches of any fruit-bearing trees or bushes. 



First Prize Silver Gilt Knightian Medal, to Messrs. George 

 Bunyard & Co., Maidstone. 



A collection of Pears as large and clean and well coloured as 

 has probably ever been seen together. The varieties were : 

 ' Souvenir du Congres,' ' Conference,' 'Poire d'Auch,' ' Madame 

 Chaudy,' ' Grosse Calebasse,' ' Brockworth Park,' ' Zephirin 

 Gregoire,' 'Emile d'Heyst,' ' Marie Benoist,' 'Princess,' 'Doyenne 

 du Cornice,' ' Baronne de Mello,' 'Duchesse d'Angouleme,' 

 ' President Osmanville,' ' Comte de Flandres,' ' Baltet Pere,' 

 ' Gilogil,' 'Jean Van Geert,' ' Brown Beurre,' 'Beurre Fouqueray,' 

 ' Pitmaston Duchess,' 'Broom Park,' 'Beurre Bachelier,' 

 'Fertility,' 'Clairgeau,' 'Duchesse de Bordeaux,' 'Vicar of Wink- 

 field,' 'Madame Andre Leroy,' 'Marguerite Marrillat,' 'Marechal 

 de Cour,' 'Beurre Benoist,' ' Vineuse,' 'Durondeau,' 'King 

 Edward,' ' Catillac,' ' Marie Louise d'Uccle,' ' Fondante de 

 Thirriott,' 'Beurre de Jonghe,' 'Beurre Hardy,' 'Magnate,' 

 ' Bellissime d'Hiver,' ' Beurre Superfin,' ' General Todtleben,' 

 Beurre du Buisson,' ' Uvedale's St. Germain,' 'Belle Julie, 

 'Louise Bonne,' ' Beuire Diel,' ' Nouveau Poiteau,' 'Marie 

 Louise.' 



Mr. Berwick, of Sidmouth, won the Second Prize, a Silver 

 Knightian Medal, with an exhibit which did him the utmost 

 credit, and would at most Shows have easily secured the premier 

 position. 



