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GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



October 8. ig* 



canton showed a box containing three layers of apples thirhr fi»« t • ' 

 but without any packing material beyond the blue paper £ J* r ^ 



no award, as they did not think the method superior to SL. ■ he J ud 8 es made 

 pears, two varieties, in two packages, each containine abo, t V T C " F< * 

 In fulfilment of the promise made in our issue of October i, we give thecontinua- was a fair competition, the first prize falling to Mr. A. Wyatt II t there 

 tion and conclusion of our report of the great exhibition of British grown fruit held good Williams' Bon Chretien and Pitmaston Duchess in th» u. i/ n '. who h *d 



royal Horticultural Society's Great Fruit 



Show. 



tion and conclusion of our report of the great exhibition of British grown fruit held 

 at the Crystal Palace on September 29 and 30, and October 1 . We 



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our 



readers with five illustrations of leading and interesting exhibits. Messrs. 

 ( ;. Bunyard and Co.'s gold medal exhibit was one of the chief attractions at the 

 show, as readers will readily understand from a glance at our reproduction from a 

 photograph, and the descriptive account on p. 643. The first prize, won by Mr. 



First Prize Box of Peaches (packed), shown at the Crystal 



Palace, by Mr. J. Gore, Polegate. 



A. R. Allan, gardener to Lord Hillington. Hillington Court, Uxbridge, with the 

 three fine bunches of Muscat of Alexandria grapes represented, was a handsome 

 clock, valued at £$, and presented by Messrs. Wood and Son, Wood Green, 

 a noted firm of horticultural sundriesmen. 



Considerable interest attaches to the new departure of the society in providing 

 a section for market growers, for while the exhibits as a whole taught us little 

 that was new, it served in very many cases to show what to avoid in the way of 

 packing, and, in some very few cases, presented features worthy of compliment. 

 The most interesting exhibit was that of apples packed and grown by Mr. Basham, 

 of Bassaleg, and referred to in detail in another column ; Mr. Gore's method of 

 packing peaches was simple in the extreme and effective ; while Mr. Wyatt, of 

 Ilatton, also used shallow boxes for his samples of Darondeau pears, and the fruits 

 had all carried well. 



Market Growers' Classes. 



This was a most interesting section and quite a new one ; it was also educa- 

 tional as showing packing methods and suggesting various improvements. In the 

 class for a single layer of black Hamburgh grapes, not less than 12 pounds, in a 

 baby basket, no prize was awarded, as in the only basket shown the fruit had carried 

 l)adly. Ir a similar class, but for any other black grape but Black Hamburgh, 

 Mr. G. Thompson, grower to Messrs. W. and E. Wells, Ilattonhurst, 

 I lounslow, seemed first prize with well finished Gros Maroc that were as good as 

 if only just cut ; apparently no second prize was awarded though there were other 

 competitors. No prize was awarded for white grapes in a baby basket. Mr. J. 

 Gore, Polegate, Sussex, won first prize for grapes packed in any other than a baby 

 l)osket, his fruit being packed in a cotton-wool and paper-lined cross-handled 

 basket, a line method of packing for market. 



The best set of four varieties of cooking apples shown in baskets or boxes con- 

 taining 42 pounds net, came from Mr. E. Basham, Griffin Gardens, Bassaleg, 

 who sent his fruit in white wicker flats packed in two layers ; the varieties were 

 Bismarck, Lord Derby, Ecklinville, and Lane's Prince Albert; this was a first 

 class method of packing, and each layer contained about three dozen fruits ; the 

 second prize was awarded to Mr. A. Wyatt, Ilatton, Middlesex, who staged rounds 

 of Manks Codlin, Stirling Gastle, Golden Noble, and Loddington. Mr. Wyatt 

 scored for four packages of dessert apples containing about 20 pounds each ; he 

 sent half-sieves of Duchess Favourite, Worcester i Pearmain, Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 and King of the Pippins, all finely coloured and not at all damaged; Mr. G. 

 Tebbutt, Isleworth, came second with Worcester Pearmain, Yellow Ingestre, 

 King of the Pippins, and Blenheim Orange. For a package of 42 pounds of 



First Prize Box of 



Crystal Palace, by Mr. Wyatt, Hatton, ' II ounslow. 



packed Pears. Duronpbau, shown at the 



good Williams 5 Bon Chretien and Pitmaston Duchess in th ^ftS^S who had 

 fruits were well graded, and had carried well ; Mr G TehhLf 1CVes ; th « 

 packages were shallow wicker baskets, but, though the fruits wS e\!?T? \ lwo 

 packing material was evident, and no award was made 8 ° d * ,ack of 



There were four packages containing from two to four dozen fruits of a ^ 

 dessert pear, packed for market, and here the first prize was won bv Mr A w T 

 who sent fine examples of Durondeau, packed in a single laver on wn,Jf ^ 



a «h*llnw hmr ; *ach fruit Was wranrW ' m Dink Vf^f 0n . W( >°d Wool in 



m pimc paper, but leaving one chei ' 

 Only a second prize was awarded for t 



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exposed ; Mr. G. Thompson, second. 



w«^^v.v. , . v^. — , ~ — . vyui^ a becunu prize was awards 



packet of 28 lb of cooking .plums these being examples of Sandell, neatl/packed 

 m a half-sieve, by Mr. G. Tebbutt ; the square basket from Wham was rei^ 

 Mr. A. Wyatt bad the best basket of damsons. k S rejected - 



Mr. J. Gore had the best box of peaches, packing his fruit in a thin wrap of 

 cotton wool and embedding them in fine wood wool ; they carried well and n 

 sented an attractive appearance. Mr. J. Miller, gardener to Lord Fo'lev Esher* 

 gained second prize, but it seems to us that he should have been disqualified for 

 the schedule states that 1 'gentlemen's gardeners or amateurs, who sell surnlu. 

 fruit, and nurserymen, are excluded from this division." Mr. C. MarchamL 

 Somerfield Plantation, Maidstone, sent his peaches in bags of a soft material but 

 not otherwise packed ; not a good method, we think. The best package of 

 filberts or cob nuts was a 20-lb. square wicker basket of fine nuts sent by Mr T 

 Tenner, Tonbridge ; Mr. J. Durling, Ightham, second, with a similar packet of 

 'vent cobs. The best package of tomatos, about 12 lb., was a cross-handled 

 basket of two layers of fruit, sent by Mr. J. Gore ; Mr. W. Iggulden, Frome 

 second, with a similar package. Shallow boxes were again passed by the judges 

 in this class. Altogether this section was not so educational as we had expected 

 it would be ; however, doubtless it will be a greater success in future if con- 

 tinued. Mr. Basham's display was the only really distinctive feature in it. 



Special District County Classes. 



In this division the counties of England were divided into six districts ; one 

 district combined some Welsh and English counties ; another district took all but 

 four of the Welsh counties ; while Scotland and Ireland each formed a separate 

 district. Two classes were provided for each district, making a total of twenty 

 classes, one for six dishes of apples, and one for six dishes of pears. Two prizes 

 were offered in each class, and in both cases the third-class railway fare of the com- 

 petitor was the award coupled with £1 and 15s. respectively for first and 

 second prize-winners with apples, and £1 10s. and £1 respectively in the case of 



pears 



class 



Basket of Apples, Ecklinville. packed by Mr. E. Basham, 



Bassaleg, Newport. 



Mr. W. Stowers, gardener to G. Dean, Esq., Sittingbourne, was first with superb 

 fruits of Peassood's Nnntnrh Fmrvmr Alexander. Worcester Pearmain, Cox 



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gardener to the Marquis of Camden, Lamberhurst, second. In the Kent grower> 

 class for six dishes of pears there was but one entry, the first prize being awaken 

 to Mr. G. II. Sage, for first-rate examples of Souv. du Congres, Williams Hon 

 Chretien, Beurre Bachelier, Doyenne du Cornice, General Todleben, ani 



Pitmaston Duchess. 



nasion uucness. 



The second county district included Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Somerset, 

 ron, and Cornwall ; here there were eight lots of six dishes of apples, the firm 



Ca 



^uucy, oussex, wno showed Kibston ttppio, tox s uran^c 1 ipu»*t . 

 Menage, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Stirling Castle, and Warner's King ; Mr. < .. 1- 

 gardener to B. II. Hill, Esq., Newcombes, Crediton, was placed second ; toe JJ 

 grand fruit, but it had been highly polished and so probably lost points, in "» 

 divison, the best six dishes of rears came from Mr. W. Slogrovc, g a ' den 7^ *£ 



£r m ^» jersey, i^urre d Amanlis, Souv. d 

 Pitmaston Duchess ; Mr. T. Witt, gardener 



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in mc ciass ior growers from Wilts, Gloucester, uxioru, «u^*, . — -> 

 and Middlesex, there were ten exhibits of apples, and Mr. T. Turton, , 

 to G. Gorden NicoL Ran U.U M fM«oh_ Reading, came first, with hoe rni 



. • ~"V -uc icil CAU1UIL3 ui ay^-^-y 



den Nicol, Esq., Maiden Erleigh, Reading, came n 

 Orange Pippin, Ribston Pippin, Loddington, MAre 



ruige 



good's Nonsuch, and'WarnerTKingT Mr. W. f. Empson, g"d«°« £ 

 Wmgheld, Ampthill, second There were eicht sets of pears staged 



Mr*. 



turning irom Mr. W. A. Cook, gardener to Major Heneagc, y^~ ^ e 



Pippins, shown bv Mr M.v ^ e ^ ert a PP les was a half-sieve of Cox's Orange 

 Ton P brici Re . cameX^ond i BfadIey ' Ley lands,. Meopham ; Mr J. Jeune, 



l>oxe S did not c4 th. faJr? f*^ 6 Variet y and a simi,ar P 30 ^ ; the *l uare 

 apples, show n- tenrnvS °vf ?* jud S es - In the c,ass for a ^ lb ' P* ck *Z e oi 



mg ,n °P rove< i methods of packing for market, Mr. W. Galpin, Win- 



Mr. R. Chamberlain, gardener to F, M. Lonergan. 

 Keading, second. 



c J hC , c P mbil ? ed aunties of Essex, Suffolk, (Norfolk, Cambridge 

 Rutland, brought out a display of only five sets of apples, the best be m'P 

 samDles of P««<wwi'. m„J y , r^IlL r. - Pinnin. Ribston 1'ippm. dt* 



Hunts, 



easgood's Nonsuch, Cox's Orange Pippin, Mbswn « ^ - ^ 

 Jing, Loddington, an d Warner's King, from Mr. J. Bowery, g««— 



