SPECIAL PRIZES FOR DESSERT APPLES AND PEARS. CXCV 



specimens of paper plates recommended for the exhibition of 

 Apples and Pears. They are very inexpensive (4s. 6d. a 100), 

 light and indestructible. 



Her Majesty the Queen, Windsor (gr. Mr. Owen Thomas), 

 sent some Tomatos, 1 Frogmore selected.' 



E. W. Till, Esq., Eynsford, Kent, sent an Apple recom- 

 mended for Cider, 1 Winter Quoining.' The tree had been 

 planted in 1839 in a Cottagers' Allotment garden, and is still 

 thoroughly healthy, with a trunk 4 feet in circumference, and 

 yields an average crop of 13 bushels a year. 



SPECIAL PRIZES FOR DESSERT APPLES AND PEARS. 



For Amateurs and Gentlemen' 's Gardeners only. 



THE VEITCH PRIZES FOR FLAVOUR. 



With a view to the formation of a definite list of the best- 

 flavoured varieties of British-grown apples and pears for dessert 

 at all seasons, Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, in the 

 summer of 1896 placed a sum of £60 at the disposal of the 

 Council, who, in conjunction with the donors, drew up and 

 sanctioned the following scheme, commencing with the Society's 

 first meeting, in July 1896, and continuing till the last meeting, 

 in June 1898, the Temple Shows only being excepted : — 



Special Rules and Conditions. 



1. No exhibitor may enter more than three distinct varieties in each 

 or either class at each meeting. 



2. Six fruits (neither more nor less) of each variety must be shown, 

 the judges being at liberty to cut any three of them they please. 



3. Every exhibitor must guarantee that the fruit he exhibits in these 

 classes has been grown entirely out of doors. He should also state on the 

 name card " Wall tree," " Bush," or " Standard," together with the aspect — 

 north, east, south, or west — the nature of the soil ; the county ; and, when 

 known certainly, the stock on which the tree is grafted. 



4. The judges are requested to allot twelve points to a perfect dish of 

 fruit — perfect in flavour, in quality, in appearance, and in size — distributing 

 the points in the following proportions : — 



For flavour 6 points. 



For quality 3 „ 



For appearance .... 2 „ 



For size 1 



