196 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Medlars. 
Dishes Dishes 
Varieties 1897 1898 1899 Varieties 1897 1898 1899 
Dutch 2 ... 1 ... 5 ■ 
Quinces. 
Champion ... 0 ... 0 ... 3 ] Pear-shaped 1 ... 2 ... 2 
Mulberries. 
Black 0 ... 0 ... 2 
Walnuts. 
Thin-shellecl 0... 0... 1 
Cobs and Filberts. 
Kent Cobs 0 ... 0 ... 3 1 Pearson's Prolific 0 ... 0 ... 2 
Eed 0 ... 0 ... 2 1 True Kentish 0 ... 0 ... 2 
OFFICIAL PKIZE LIST. 
(The address and the Gardener's name are entered on the first occurrence, but 
afterwards only the Owner's name is recorded.) 
Division I. 
Fruits grown under Glass or otherwise. 
Open to Gardeners and Amateurs only. 
Note. — Exhibitors can compete in one Class only of Classes 1, 2 ; and of Classes 
3, 4. 
Class 1. — Collection of 9 dishes of Ripe Dessert Fruit : — 6 kinds at 
least ; only 1 Pine, 1 Melon, 1 Black and 1 White Grape allowed ; not 
more than 2 varieties of any other kind, and no two dishes of the same 
variety. 
First Prize, M ; Second, £4: ; Third, £2. 
1. Lady H. Somerset, Ledbury (gr. G. Mullins). 
2. Sir J. W. Pease, Bart., Guisboro' (gr. J. Mclndoe, V.M.H.). 
3. Earl of Harrington, Derby (gr. J. H. Goodacre). 
Class 2. — Collection of 6 dishes of Ripe Dessert Fruit : — 4 kinds at 
least ; only 1 Melon, 1 Black and 1 White Grape allowed ; not more than 
2 varieties of any other kind, and no two dishes of the same variety. 
Pines excluded. 
First Prize, £3. 15s. ; Second, £2. 10s. ; Third, £1. 5s. 
1. Col. H. Walpole, Winchfield (gr. A. Maxim). 
2. M. Biddulph, Esq., M.P., Ledbury (gr. J. Dawes). 
3. W. K. D'Arcy, Esq., Stanraore (gr. W. Tidy). 
Class 3. — Grapes, 6 distinct varieties, 2 bunches of each, both Black 
and White must be represented. 
First Prize, Silver Challenge Cup, value Fifty Guineas, and £S ; 
Second, £S ; Third £2. 
