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well  made  and  of  good  quality,  which  would  develop  on 
maturity.  Double  and  single  Gloucesters  were  well  repre- 
sented. The  texture  and  flavour  of  these  makes  were  both 
good  and  of  uniform  quality,  so  that  great  care  had  to  be 
exercised  in  awarding  the  honours. 
Cider  and  Perry. — The  Judges,  in  presenting  their  report 
of  what,  in  their  opinion,  was  without  doubt  the  world’s 
record  show  of  Cider,  state  that  the  exhibits  as  a whole 
showed  a vast  improvement  in  quality  and  get  up,  and  that 
there  was  a general  advancement  as  regards  purity.  There 
were,  however,  still  too  many  exceptions,  and  these  gave  the 
Judges  the  greatest  difficulty.  Saccharine  had  undoubtedly 
been  used  to  sweeten  some  exhibits,  while  in  others  the 
analysis  showed  the  presence  of  preservatives.  As  the  latter 
did  not  comply  with  the  conditions,  they  were  disqualified. 
In  Class  454  (Casks  of  Dry  Cider)  many  exhibitors  sent  sweet 
or  very  acid  cider,  but  the  prize  samples  were  very  nice. 
Class  455  (Casks  of  Sweet  Cider)  was  a large  one  of  good 
ciders.  Here  some  mistakes  were  made  in  not  allowing  the 
cider  to  ferment  sufficiently.  Owing  to  the  constant  shifting, 
secondary  fermentation  had  been  set  up  in  several  exhibits. 
Class  456  was  very  poor  both  as  to  entries  and  quality. 
Class  457  (Dry  Cider,  bottled)  contained  some  excellent  ciders, 
a few  were  rather  too  acid,  and  some  sweets  were  obviously 
in  the  wrong  class.  Class  458  (Sweet  Cider,  bottled)  as  a 
whole  was  very  fine,  most  of  these  ciders  being  clean  and 
well  ma.de.  Class  459  was  fairly  good,  with  a superb  first 
prize  lot,  exhibited  by  Messrs.  Tilley,  to  whom  the  Champion 
Cup  was  awarded.  The  prize  and  commended  exhibits  were 
all  of  fine  quality.  Class  460  was  decidedly  indifferent,  a 
most  unusual  case  in  a dry  perry  class.  Class  461  (Sweet 
Perry)  was  very  fine  indeed.  Some  exhibitors  had,  however, 
sent  dry  perry  which  would  have  won  high  mention  in  the 
other  class.  The  first  prize  exhibit  was  of  very  fine 
flavour. 
The  following  are  the  results  of  the  chemical  analyses  of 
the  samples  gaining  prizes  : — 
Class  454. — Cask  of  Dry  Cider,  not  less  than  18  and  not  more 
than  30  gallons,  made  in  1908. 
No. 
Specific 
gravity 
Alcohol 
Total 
solids 
Acidity 
A -wards 
4080 
1-0181 
per  cent. 
4-70 
per  cent. 
6-07 
per  cent. 
-495 
1st  Prize 
4065 
1-0213 
5-70 
7-24 
-670 
2nd  Prize 
4076 
1-026 
3-65 
7-14 
-479 
3rd  Prize 
