TWELFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT. 113 



TWELFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BBITISH- 

 GROWN FRUIT. 



Held at the Society's Hall, Vincent Square, S.W., 

 October 10, 11, and 12, 1905. 



This Show was held for the second time in the Society's Great Hall, 

 which was well filled with a most excellent collection of fruit. The 

 number of exhibits was somewhat less than in 1904 ; but for this the un- 

 favourable weather in the spring is responsible, as it shattered the hopes 

 of most fruit growers, and caused the crop to be considerably below the 

 average in quantity. The quality of many of the exhibits, however, was 

 very striking, and some truly magnificent fruit was shown. A Gold 

 Medal and the Sherwood Cup, which the Council had decided should 

 be awarded in 1905 to the best collection of British-grown Fruit, were 

 gained by Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, for the best exhibit of Orchard House 

 Fruit and Trees. This collection showed the perfection to which the art 

 of cultivating fruit under glass has attained. Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., 

 Maidstone, gained the Second Prize in the same class, a Silver-gilt Hogg- 

 Medal, and also the First Prize, a Gold Medal, for " Fruit grown entirely 

 out of doors," with a splendid collection of fruit which made a very 

 notable display. The First Prize for a smaller exhibit of fruit grown out 

 of doors, a Silver-gilt Hogg Medal, was won by Mr. J. Basham, Newport, 

 Mon. The Second and Third Prizes, the Silver-gilt Knightian Medal 

 and the Silver Knightian, were gained respectively by the King's Acre 

 Nurseries, Hereford, and Messrs. Paul & Sons, Cheshunt. 



LIST OF SUBSCBIBEBS TO THE PEIZE FUND OF 1905. 



£ s. d. 



Austin & Co., St. James's Works, Kingston-on-Thames . . . . 0 10 6 

 Basham, John, Bassaleg, Newport, Mon. . . . . . . . 0 10 6 



Bell, W. H., Seend, Melksham 110 



Brown, J., Orford House Gardens, Market Kasen 0 5 0 



Bunyard, G., & Co., Boyal Nurseries, Maidstone 10 10 0 



Bythway, Major, Warborough, Llanelly 110 



Carlisle, A., Henlow Grange Gardens, Biggleswade . . . . .050 



Challis, T., Wilton House Gardens, Salisbury 0 5 0 



Cornford, J., Quex Park, Birchington 0 5 0 



Eddy, J. Bay, The Grange, Carleton, Skipton 10 0 



Edwards, K., Beechy Lees Gardens, Sevenoaks 0 5 0 



Fowler, G., 78 Bark Street, Maidstone 10 0 



Heilbut, S., Holyport, nr. Maidenhead 110 



Hutchesson, F., Queen's Boad, Guernsey 0 5 0 



Kay, P. E., Claigmar, Church End, Finchley, N 110 



Lee, John, Higher Bebington 0 10 6 



McLaren, Mrs. E., 56 Ashley Gardens, S.W 110 



Munro, Miss, 27 Eaton Place, S.W 0 2 6 



Paulin, W. T., Broadfields, Winchmore Hill 2 2 0 



Pearson, J. B., & Sons, Lowdham, Notts .... Prizes and 1 10 0 



Perkins, T., & Sons, Northampton 2 2 0 



Pyne, G., Topsham, Devon 0 10 6 



Beid, J. W., St. Croix, Leamington Spa . . . . . .050 



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