cviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SPECIAL CLASSES AT THE EXHIBITIONS IN 1909. 



[THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMPETITIONS ARE HELD IN PLACE 

 OF THE GREAT AUTUMN SHOW.] 



Tuesday, May 4. 



Class 3. — Strawberries, 3 varieties shown in boxes as packed for 

 transit : not more than 36 or less than 20 Fruits of each variety. 

 Amateurs. 



First Prize, £1 ; Second, 15s. 



No entries. 



Class 4. — Box of 1 variety of Strawberries. Amateurs. 



First Prize, 10s. ; Second, 7s. 6d. 



1. Lord Foley, Euxley Lodge, Claygate, Surrey (gr., H. C. Gardner). 



2. Lord Howard de Walden, Audley End, Saffron Walden (gr. 



J. Vert). 



Class 5. — Three varieties of Strawberries. Trade Growers. 

 First Prize, Silver Knightian Medal ; Second, Silver Banksian Medal. 

 1. Messrs. J. & F. Chatfield, Southwick, Sussex. 

 No Second. 



Class 6. — Melons, 3 Fruits. Amateurs. 



First Prize, 15s. ; Second, 10s. 



No entries. 



Class 7. — Melons, 6 Fruits. Trade Growers. 

 First Prize, Silver Knightian Medal ; Second, Silver Banksian Medal. 

 No entries. 



Class 8. — Figs, 2 Dishes, distinct. Amateurs. 



First Prize, 15s. ; Second, 10s. 



No entries. 



Tuesday, May 18. 



Class 3. — Vegetables, 9 kinds, forced or not. Amateurs. 



First Prize, £3 ; Second, £2. 



1. Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, Elstree, Herts (gr., E. 



Beckett). 



2, Countess Cowper, Panshanger, Hertfordshire (gr., R. 



Stanard). 



Class 4. — Vegetables, 6 kinds. Amateurs. 



First Prize, £2 ; Second, £1 10s. 



No entries. 



