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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 8, 1898. 



to H. Burnard. Esq., Hingham, Norfolk; Mr. J. C. Tallack, Livermere Park 

 Gardens, Bury St. Edmunds, came second. Only two sets of pears came from 

 these counties, the first prize being awarded to Mr. A. Andrews, gardener to the 

 Hon. W. Lowther, Campsea Ash, Wickham Market, for dishes of Beurre Hardy, 

 Marechal de la Cour, Williams' Bon Chretien, Doyenne du Cornice, Souvenir de 



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Esq., Sewardstone, second. 



Three competitors came forward in the class open to growers from Lincoln, 

 Northampton, Warwick, Leicester, Notts, Derby, Shropshire, and Cheshire, Mr. 

 T. Lee, Higher Bibington, Cheshire, scoring for apples with Worcester Pearmain, 

 King of the Pippins, Alfriston, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Ecklinville, and Warner's 

 King ; Mr. Divers, gardener to the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir, second. For pears 

 Mr. T. Bennett, Shavington Gardens, was first in this division with very fair 

 samples of Louise Bonne of Jersey, Marie Louise, Williams' Bon Chretien, Beurre 

 d'Amanlis, Pitmaston Duchess, and Beurre d'Anjou ; Mr. Divers second. 



Two collections of apples came from the combined areas of Worcester, Here- 

 ford, Monmouth. Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, the best being Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Worcester Pearmain, Bramley's Seedling, Stirling Castle, Peas- 

 good's Nonsuch, and Lord Derby, staged by Mr. R. M. Whiting, Credenhill, 

 Hereford ; Mr. Bateman, Leominster, second. No pears were shown. 



In the class for growers in other counties of Wales than previously specified, 

 two sets of apples were forthcoming, Mr. G. Squibbs, gardener to the Dowager 

 T^dy Winn, Llangedwyn, Denbigh, coming first with Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 Ribston Pippin, Mere de Menage, Lord Suffield, Tower of Glamis, and Alfriston ; 

 Mr. H. Austin, gardener to L. P. Pugh, Esq., Abermaide, Aberystwith, second. 

 Mr. Squibbs and Mr. Austin were first and second respectively for pears. 



A class was provided for growers in the six northern counties of England, and 

 in the Isle of Man ; here the competition was by no means keen, two sets of 

 apples and no pears being set up ; Mr. W. J. Jeffrey, gardener to the Earl of 

 Harewood, Leeds, was first prize-winner with Worcester Pearmain, Cox's Orange 

 Pippin. Potts' Seedling, Stirling Castle, Lord Suffield, and Alfriston ; Mr. R. J. 

 Hind, Formeby, near Liverpool, second. 



Among growers from Scotland Mr. J. Day won first place for six dishes of 

 apples, with first-rate fruits of Worcester Pearmain, James Grieve, The Queen, 

 Loddington, Peasgood's Nonsuch, and Warner's King. Mr. Day, who is 

 gardener to the Earl of Galloway, Garlieston, Wigton, was also first for pears, 

 with splendid examples of Gratioli of Jersey, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Madame 

 Treyve, Williams' Bon Chretien, Doyenne Boussoch, and Pitmaston Duchess. 

 There were no exhibitors in the class for growers from Ireland ; this is a great 

 pity, as good fruit can be grown in the sister isle, and the inducement of railway 

 fare for prize winners should have had the effect of bringing out a few of the best 



growers 



Nurserymen's Fruit Displays. 



The numerous non-competitive exhibits put up by the leading nurserymen 

 added considerably to the effect of the show as a whole, but these exhibits would 

 have been even more interesting had they been entered for competition. 



The Hogg Memorial medal was awarded to Messrs. T. Rivers and Sons, Saw- 

 hridgeworth, for a magnificent display of fruit chiefly grown with the help of an 

 orchard house ; the specimens of Peasgood's Nonesuch, Ribston Pippin, and Cox's 

 Orange Pippin were revelations of high culture, as also were the grand examples 

 of Pitmaston Duchess, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Parrot, and Beurre Hardy pears. 

 There were splendid lots of Gladstone, Sea Eagle, Thomas Rivers, Lady Palmer- 

 ston, and Princess of Wales peaches, in neat baskets ; boxes of luscious and finely- 

 bloomed Admiral, Jefferson, Decaisne, Pond's Seedling, Monarch, Grand Duke, 

 Golden Transparent, President, and Autumn Compote plums ; handsome clusters 

 of highly-finished Gros Maroc and Alicante grapes ; and freely fruited pot trees of 

 apples, pears, and plums. Half a-dozen fruits of Warner's King apple, shown by 

 the Sawbridgeworth firm, were enormous examples. 



Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea were awarded a Hogg Medal for a large, 

 comprehensive, and attractive exhibit of fruit. In the centre they had pot trees of 

 apples, pears, and figs, all freely fruited ; these were flanked by mounds of 

 extremely pretty and quaint ornamental gourds, while dishes and baskets of apples 

 and pears filled out the long tables. Among the apples we noted very fine baskets 

 of Lord Grosvenor, Warner's King, Sandringham, Seaton House, Cellini, 

 I Ian well Souring, Bramley's Seedling, Lane's Prince Albert, King of the Pippins, 

 Peasgood's Nonsuch, Blenheim Orange, Cox's Orange Pippin, Tyler s Kernel, 

 Standard Bearer, King Harry, Fearn's Pippin, and Court Pendu Plat. Among 

 pears we made note of Marie Louise d Uccle, Beurre Superfin, Princess, Pitmas- 

 ton Duchess, Beurre Fouqueray, Doyenne Boussoch, Souv. du Congres, 

 Marguerite Marillat, Clapp's Favourite, Charles Ernest, Marie Louise, Gidley's 

 Beurre, Beurre Clairgeau, and Glou Morceau among about a hundred varieties 

 well showr. Negro Largo figs, Morello cherries, Late Devonian peaches, Mac- 

 kinley and Popham pears, Beacon, Sir J. Banks n and Livermere Favourite apples, 

 late blackberries, and St. Joseph strawberries were also shown by this firm. 



A silver-gilt Knightian medal was awarded to Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, 

 Crawley, for their exhibit of apples, pears, plums, &c, arranged with cut dahlias, 

 young fruiting apples, pears, and figs. The exhibit was a large one, and made a 

 good display ; down the centre were some very large mounds of splendid Bismarck 

 apples, also big baskets of Lord Grosvenor, Bramley's Seedling, Pott's Seedling, 

 Jubilee, Walthamstow Beauty, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Nanny, Old Nonesuch, 

 Colonel Vaughan, Blenheim Pippin, Frogmore Prolific, and Warner's King ; this 

 was a splendid contribution, and not so monotonous and flat as many. The dis- 

 play made by Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, Norwood, S.E., was a great attraction, 

 and well deserved the silver Knightian medal awarded. From the corners some 

 vines were extended, so as to meet in the centre, and the alternate rows of depend- 

 ing bunches of black and white grapes tied along the rods were very realistic. 

 Below were fine baskets of highly coloured fruir, the mounds of Bismarck, Emperor 

 Alexander, Cox's Orange Pippin, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Beauty of Kent, King of 

 the Pippins, Tyler's Kernel, and Mere de Menage being very fine ; pears 

 equally good, and the collection comprehensive. 



Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, had a very comprehensive and attractive 

 display of tomatos, no other fmits being shown ; they were represented by scarlet 

 golden, red, and peach-coloured sorts, also round and pear-shaped varieties. The 

 truitmg plants in pits were the gnat attraction, and especially worthy of rote were 

 lMn^Tf'w 0 ! G olde , n c N ^Ket, Abundance, Ai, Best of All, Peachblow, Fxlipse, 

 i er Kr^lh^ 8 ' ^ " all introductions of the Reading firm ; a 



3nl£ S m l dal Was awarded - We may add that the fruit in baskets had 

 W CvS° rLi n °$% m °? trial grounds of the firm. Cider was shown 

 S~£C aoT ™ S ° n ; M **""°\ Norfolk ; this firm also sustained their 



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C. Notcutt, Broughton Nurseries, Ipswich, sent a reallv good W r , 

 what can be done in the Eastern counties ; there were fir st a- L 1 showi ng 



what can be done in the Eastern counties ; there were fW M u a* i* 

 Orange Pippin, Cellini, Warner's King, Bramley's Seedling !Jwlv?dkh.° f ^ 

 ing sixty pounds-Ribston Pippin, The Queen, Mere d? Menwe r * WC,gh " 

 Scarlet, Dr. Harvey, and Ecklinville, among many others 5 Ah^^^ 01 ^ 

 From Forest Hill, Messrs. J. Laing and Sons brought a fine u ^' 



fruit, staging their apples and pear. i n baskets and dishes ; pot trees of «nni ? 

 pears, carrying good crops, made an attractive centre to the group while Vk* 1 

 of Grenadier, Alfriston, Bismarck, Cellini, Peasgood's Nonsuch Co J! P 

 and Emperor Alexander apples made a splendid show ; in the collection L ona ' 

 noted Souvenir du Congres, Dr. Jules Guyot, Duchess d'Aneoule^r WC 

 Todleben, Beurre Bachelier, Beurre Superfin, Pitmaston Duchess and TSo 

 Boussoch as being especially well represented ; silvar Knightian medal Mr "rf 

 Wells, Crawley, sent a few samples of good apples, his dishes of Peasgood's Nnn 

 such, Worcester Pearmain, very fine, Bismarck, Lord Suffield, Adelaide and C n 

 Orange Pippin were first rate ; Mr Wells also showed samples of native seedhW 

 crab stocks, which he considers hardier than the usual >free stock Mr W 

 Taylor, Hampton, gained a bronze Banksian medal for a small but select collection 

 of apples and pears staged mostly in neat baskets ; Hawthornden, Jubilee Bismarck 

 Stirling Castle, and Cox's Orange Pippin apples, and Gratioli and' Pitmaston 

 Duchess pears were the best samples. 



An attractive exhibit came from the Horticultural College, Swanley • there 

 were good samples of popular apples, pears, plums, and nuts, set on a ground- 

 work of wood wool and amid maidenhair fern ; three towers made of bottled 

 fruits of various kinds attracted a good deal of attention, as the fruits were preserved 

 whole in every case, even down to raspberries. From Messrs. S. Spooner and 

 Sons, Hounslow, came a collection of clean and nicely-coloured apples and pears 

 altogether about one hundred and fifty dishes or baskets of fruit ; though not over 

 large, the fruits shown by the Hounslow firm were especially clear skinned 

 throughout ; a silver Banksian medal was awarded. Mr. G. J. Squibbs, gardener 

 to the Dowager Lady Williams Wynn, was awarded a silver Banksian medal for 

 a collection of about seventy dishes of highly. coloured apples and well- developed 

 pears, grown at Llangedwyn, Denbighshire ; the Williams' Bon Chretien, Duron- 

 deau, Pitmaston Duchess, Doyenne Boussoch, Catillac, and Marie Louise pears, 

 and the Magnum Bonum plums were very good. 



From the Royal NurserHs, Handsworth, Sheffield, Messrs. Fisher, Son, and 

 Sibray sent about eighty varieties of apples and pears ; this exhibit seemed to show 

 that good colour can be obtained in outdoor apples even as far north as Sheffield ; 

 the specimens were clean and of fair size, and represented those varieties that 

 succeed best in the northern and colder midland counties. This firm grows con- 

 siderably over a hundred thousand apple trees of various forms and varieties. 

 Messrs. Fisher v Son, and Sibray also showed four fine melons, a green fleshed 

 variety named Countess of Derby, and obtained by crossing Knowsley Favourite 

 with William Tillery ; it has a dark skin, and light netting that is very pretty. 

 The variety has already gained numerous awards, and is first-class in size, crop- 

 ping powers, and flavour. 



Floral Exhibits. 



Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, Forest Hill, had a pretty corner group near the 

 orchestra, making a tasteful display with begonias, caladiums, palms, heaths, and 

 an assortment of orchids. On the opposite corner a group of ivies was put up 

 by Mr. J. Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Richmond ; this was a very interesting 

 display, for the ivies were well grown, well coloured, and represented in great 

 variety; Hedera arborea Silver Queen, H. arborea Russelliana, H. a. aurea, and 

 II. a. Regneriana were first-rate plants largely shown. Messrs. J. Laing and 

 Sons also made a bright display with Michaelmas daisies, dahlias, Physalis Fran- 

 chetti, rudbeckias, and other late autumn flowers ; they also had a big group of 

 trained bays, Acer Negundo Ivariegata, araucarias, ferns, bamboos, and other 

 suitable furnishing material. 



Messrs. II. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, put up a brilliant group of cannas 

 produced in the usual first- rate style one expects from the Home for Flowers. 

 Messrs. W. Cuthbush and Sons, Highgate, contributed a goodly display of flowers, 

 plants and fruits, their exhibit consisting of mounds of carnations, Begonia 

 Gloirede Lorraine,well-grownbouvardias, pernettyas, nerines and crotons ; around 

 these mounds the firm grouped dishes of fine apples and pears, plums, tomatos, 

 and Excelsior onions of great size ; the firm sent three bunches of the somewhat 

 new Lady Hutt white grape, and gained for the whole display a silver Banksian 

 medal. Messrs Paul and Son, Cheshunt had a group of roses that were very 

 fragrant and made an acceptable display— a sort of " last rose of summer n exhibit 



Mr. E. Beckett, gardener to Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree, 

 Herts, showed fruiting growths of eighteen varieties of ricinus ; a silver Banksian 

 medal was awarded. The kinds represented were : R. Gibsoni, R communis, 

 R. communis major, R. carboriensis arboreus, R Gibsoni mirabilis, R. viridis, R. 

 glaucus, R. atropurpureus, R. purpureus, R. corboriensis, R. cambodgenMS, K. 

 afneanus albidus, R. sanguineus, very attractive ; R. Belot Defourgeres, R. san- 

 guineus tricolor, R. africanus, R. zanzibarensis, and R. macrocarpus ; an effective 

 group of sub-tropical subjects that not a few gardeners tDok care to make notes 

 about. Mr. J. R. Box, West Wickham, Croydon, showed a table of cut begonia 

 blooms staged in crosses, circles, and other devices; ferns and palms were ined 

 among the flowers. 



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example of Gynerium argenteum Rendatleri, carrying a number of elegant plumes 

 of a rosy-silver hue. This was a very useful exhibit. A bright but rather too 

 regular display of dahlias came from Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham. The centre 

 of the group was composed of handsome cactus dahlias, the golden Mrs- C. 

 Turner being conspicuous ; pompon dahlias were grouped at one end, while at 

 the other were baskets of very tine tuberous begonias, double and single '« * 

 variety of pleasirg colours. 



Sundries. 



Messrs. Wood and Sons, Wood Green, N., had quite an artistic display of 

 sundries, and it would be difficult to mention many things required by +gff** 

 which the firm did not represent • there were' manures of various kinds, chiefly their 

 own specialities, weed killers and insecticides, orchid baskets, samples of peat and 

 loam, raffia, bast, labels, baskets of many kinds, knives, saws, blinds, stakes, 

 watercans jardinieres, & c ., all roa king quite an attractive exhibit. Mr. J. 

 Pinches, Camberwell, exhibited a large assortment of the metal labels that have 

 rendered bis name fam * ^ • - -«•«•!•• «■« afiancea 



with a few plants and nowers. Highly c 

 Pinches for his useful and durable libels. 



; his display was arranged 

 was the award made to Mr. 



