GREAT EXHIBITION OF BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT. 



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Division V. 

 (Prizes presented by Messrs. J. Veitch & Son.) 

 Class 136. — Best Flavoured Apple. 



First Prize, 10s., to Mr. H. C. Prinsep, for Cox's Orange. 

 Second Prize, 5s., to Mr. T. W. Startup, for Kibston Pippin. 

 Class 137. — Best Flavoured Pear. 



First Prize, 10s., to Sir W. Geary, Bart., for ' Thompson's.' 

 Second Prize, 5s., to Sir W. Geary, Bart., for ' Beurre Hardy.' 



MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS. 



Perhaps the finest exhibit of Apples in the whole Show — 

 certainly the finest from an amateur — was that of Major W. 

 Bythway (gr. Mr. Wilkins), of Warborough, Llanelly. It con- 

 sisted of 100 dishes, and it is hardly too much to say that there 

 was not one even second-rate dish amongst them — all were 

 excellent, and many surprisingly so, in cleanness, evenness, size, 

 and colour. In the face of such a collection it is hardly possible 

 to consider South Wales a bad district for Apples. 



The Gold Medal offered by the Worshipful Company of 

 Fruiterers, which was withheld in Class 14, was, by permission 

 of the Company, awarded to Major Bythway for this magnificent 

 exhibit. 



From the Society's own Gardens came a collection of Grapes, 

 intended to illustrate the characteristics of the different varieties : 

 Gros Colmar, Royal Muscadine, Canon Hall Muscat, Gros 

 Maroc, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Pince, Muscat Hamburgh, Golden 

 Queen, Muscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, Gros Guillaume, 

 Raisin de Calabre, Dutch Hamburgh, Foster's Seedling, Black 

 Monukka, and Alicante. There were also exhibited for the same 

 purpose about 30 dishes of Pears of the less well-known varieties. 



The Horticultural College at Swanley sent a large collection 

 of fruit and nuts. The fruit was of good quality, but much 

 alteration was required in the naming of the varieties. 



The collection sent by Messrs. Rivers & Son, of Sawbridge- 

 worth, Herts, was most beautifully set out, having little bush- 

 trees in pots, in the centre, laden with fruit ; and below, small 

 clumps of different varieties of Apples, Pears, Grapes, Peaches, 

 and Plums laid out without plates upon a carpet of fresh green 

 moss. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent a magnificent 



