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& Son, Banham, Norfolk, who also exhibited various dishes of 

 Pears. 



From the Society's gardens at Chiswick came a small col- 

 lection of eighty-five varieties of Apples, all distinctly labelled 

 and true to name, thus forming a standard of reference. 



Mr. J. Clarke, Farnham, sent a very interesting exhibit of 

 twenty-seven bunches of Grapes, all of which had, it was stated, 

 been grown without any artificial heat, a wonderful thing for so 

 cold and ungenial a summer as that of 1894. The varieties 

 included Alicante, Alnwick Seedling, Gros Colmar, and Lady 

 Downe's, besides others. 



The Judges. 



The following gentlemen very kindly acted as Judges on this 

 occasion, and the best thanks of the Society are due to them for 

 their labours : H. Balderson, W. Bates, Geo. Bunyard, T. Camp, 

 J. Cheal, J. Cranston, A. Dean, W. H. Divers, J. Douglas, 

 M. Dunn, T. Glen, W. J. Grant, J. Hudson, W. Iggulden, 

 W. Jefferies, Peter Kay, F. Q. Lane, H. Markham, J. Mclndoe, 

 J. McKenzie, G. T. Miles, E. Molyneux, G. Norman, G. Paul, 

 A. H. Pearson, T. F. Bivers, C . Ross, 0. Thomas, A. Turner, 

 J. Walker, J. Watkins, J. Willard, A. Weir, J. Wright, and Geo, 

 Wythes. 



:The Luncheon. 



It was most gratifying to see the large number of persons 

 who responded to the invitation for holding a gardeners' 

 luncheon in connection with the Show. It was held at 1.30 o'clock 

 on Saturday, the 29th, in the dining-room attached to the Garden 

 Hall. T. B. Haywood, Esq., presided, and was supported by many 

 well-known fruit growers as well as by gardeners, both amateur 

 and professional, to the number of about 110. 



After the toast of " The Queen " had been duly honoured, Mr. 

 G. Bunyaed proposed " The Crystal Palace Company," coupled 

 with the name of Mr. Biggs. In doing so he said there was no 

 better place in the world for holding such a grand horticultural 

 exhibition as that which they had that day. 



