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Messrs. J. Laing & Son filled a large table with boxes and 

 baskets of Apples and Pears, some of the latter being of great 

 size and beauty. Grapes were also included. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, exhibited very fine Apples and 

 Pears and some Eoyal Muscadine Grapes which had been grown 

 out of doors. 



Messrs. J. E. Pearson & Sons, of Chilwell, Notts, brought only 

 one variety of Apple, 'Newton Wonder,' but of it they had 20 

 magnificent dishes and three large basketfuls. It is a very fine, 

 large, solid, late-keeping, cooking Apple of sterling merit. 



Mr. J. Watkins, of Hereford, showed a large and interesting 

 collection of named Cider Apples, most of them being of superb 

 colour. Although most of them were very inferior as dessert 

 Apples, they were said to be far more valuable for cider-making 

 than any of the choicest table fruits (sec p. 199). 



Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son, Hammersmith, sent a fine collec- 

 tion of 100 dishes and baskets of Apples and Pears. 



Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow, staged their Apples 

 and Pears in pyramids. The fruit was clean and of good 

 quality. 



Messrs. J. Peed & Son, Norwood, sent a very interesting 

 collection of Apples and Pears of fine colour and quality. 



Messrs. Gaymer & Sons, Attleborough, Norfolk, sent a large 

 and varied collection of Cider Apples. 



Messrs. Young & Dobinson, Stevenage, sent a collection of 

 Tomatos, chiefly ' Young's Eclipse.' 



Messrs. Fellowes & Eyder, Orpington, Kent, exhibited a 

 magnificent display of upwards of 800 fruits of Tomato ' Duke of 

 York.' The fruits were all perfectly clean and free from spot, 

 and remarkably even in size and appearance. 



Mr. W. Home, Perry Hill, Cliffe, Eochcster, showed 12 

 varieties of excellent Apples and Pears. 



Mr. B. Wells, Crawley, sent a collection of very fine Apples. 



Mr. H. Becker, Jersey, exhibited 4 Eoyal Jersey Pear- 

 main,' a finely coloured Apple, and several other Jersey-grown 

 fruits. 



Mr. Crump, Leamington, showed a new black Grape, ' Eoyal 

 Leamington,' a variety with handsome bunclies and large dark 

 oval berries. They were not fully ripe, so that it may possibly 



