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Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
CANNELLS’ COMPETITION IN GARDEN PRODUCTIONS 
AT THE SHOW TO BE HELD AT KNOLE PARK, SEVENOAK8, AUGUST, 1895. 
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Open to all Gentlemen’s Gardeners in the Counties of Kent and Sussex only. 
T he object of these Prizes is— 1st, to urge Gardeners to grow everything for their employers to the highest possible point of excellence; 
2nd, that there shall be an opportunity to prove his abilities as a first-class all-round gardener in the three most essential branches— Fruit, 
X*‘lowers, and Vegetables; fird, that he shall have a personal distinction to prove his efflciency and skill in after years as a llrst-class 
professional. 
Each Exhibitor must declare everything he shows for this Prize is positively his own production, and from his employer's garden. If proved 
to the contrary the prize will be forfeited, and his action exposed and censured. 
All competitors must intimate their intentions to the Secretary aud to Messrs. Cannell a week before the Show. 
All exhibitors and their freinds are asked to meet at our special tent at five o’clock, when someone of distinction will present the Crown and 
Star, fasten it on the victor’s breast, and give an address. The money prize will, in all probability, be paid at the same time. 
THE STAR CAN ONLY BE TAKEN ONCE ' BY THE SAME PERSON. 
Mr. Potter, gardener to Sir Mark Collet, St. Clere, Kemsing, Kent, nobly won and carried ofB the Star of Honour at the 
Sevenoaks Show at Knole Park, proving himself to be certainly one of the best all-round practical gardeners in Kent. He now 
retires, and in future he must not compete or in any way assist any other gardeners in competing for this distinction. He is a 
most unassuming and intelligent man, and his employer holds him in veiy high esteem and confidence (see Sir Mark Collet’s letter). 
The following is a list of his exhibit : — 
VEGETABLES. 
Peas 
Potatoes i . 
Frenoh Beans 
Carrots . . 
Beet 
Turnips . . 
Duke of Albany. 
The Dean. 
Ne Plus Ultra. 
Intermediate. 
Nutting’s Dwarf Red. 
Early Snowball. 
Onions .. .. 
Tomatoes 
Cucumber 
Cauliflower 
Vegetable Marrows 
Broad Beans . . 
Globe Tripoli. 
Perfection. 
Telegraph. 
Autumn Giant. 
Long White. 
Exhibition. 
FLOWERS. 
Bougainvillea Spectabilis. 
Anthupium Andreanum. 
Allamanda Hendersonii. 
Montbretia Crooosmseflora. 
Lilium Auratum. 
FRUIT. 
Carnations, Tea Roses, &o. 
Grape 
Mrs. Pince. 
Plums 
T ransparent Gage. 
Banana 
Buokland Sweetwater. 
Apples . . 
Pears 
Duchess of Oldenburgh 
Williams. 
Melon 
St. Clere Hybrid. 
Cherries.. 
Morello. 
Peach 
Early Albert. 
Apricot . . 
Kaisha. 
Nectarine 
Humboldt. 
Gooseberries 
Yellow Champagne. 
ST. CLERE GARDENS, KEMSING, SEVENOAKS. 
I tlumk yon very' mnch for your letter, and for the very liberal present for my foreman, which I will hand to him. I was much pleased at 
winning your handsome prize at Sevenoaks. It is kind of you to wish for my photograph. — Yours very truly, Kobebx Pottbr. 
[Arthur Owens, who is foreman to Mr. Potter, received £1, He threw his whole time and strength into the work to win. He is certainly a very 
promising young gardener, and will some day, in our opinion, take a high standing in the horticultuml world.] 
GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE, August 18th, says;— 
I Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons’ Star of Honour ami prize was carried off by Mr. H. Potter, gardener to Sir Mark Collet, Bart., St. Clere, Kemsiug, 
I for excellent culture — a wonderfully' extensive collection, comprising both flowers and vegetables, including even bananas ; Mr. R. Edwards, 
gardener to G. Barclay Field, Esq., Beechy Lees, Otford, Kent, whose collection was quite as good though less extensive, was a good second; 
I Mr. A. Hatton, gardener to Mrs. Swanzy, The Quarry, Sevenoaks, tliird. 
i JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE, 23rd August, 1894. 
I Skvenoak.s Show — A unique feature of the exhibition was Cannells’ “ Star of Honour’’ for good culture, carried off by Mr. R. Potter, gardener 
I to Sir Mack Collet, St. Clere, Kemsing. 
I STANDARD, lOth October, 1894. 
I Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, take a prize for one of the finest collection of Vegetables of all kinds we have seen. 
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 13th October, 1894. 
A most e.xtcnsive lot of garden produce was shown by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sous, Swanley, Kent. This consisted of 34 varieties of Onions, most 
of Dcveriir.s varieties, also Nutting’s Golden Ball, Inwood Favourite, Lulliiigstone Park Hero, Neal’s Advancer, Royal .1 ubilee, Canuell’s Globe, aud 
I others, ’fhese Onions were all of extra size and selected for seed-saving purposes. Other exhibits were Early Rose Celery, a qumitity of very flue 
j examples of Carrots, including James’ Improved, several of the so-called stump-rooted varieties so well adapted for shallow land, Coleworts, Savoy, 
I good Egyptian Beetroot. &c. Good things shown in mach abundance. (A Silver Knightian Medal.) 
