Caroiell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide 
CHAMPIONSHIP OF LANCASHIRE, CUMBERLAND. AND 
WESTMORLAND. 
KIRKBY SOCIETY AGAIN WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 
They will ^Istdly hand up the Belt and £3 to whoever can beat them. 
Their exhibits were arranged with very artistic taste, 
and included some very fine specimens, particularly so in 
vegetables and fruit ; some of the apples and gooseberries 
were of extraordinary size. There were four Societies 
entered — Dalton, Askam, Milton, and Kirkby. All the 
exhibits were of a very high order, and each stand was 
erected and decorated very neatly. Askam and Milton 
both had the advantage in flowers, which w’ere, moreover, 
beautifully fresh, but this was counterbalanced by the 
excellence of the Kirkby vegetables and fruit. The Judges 
had a very difficult task before them, and considerable 
time uas spent before giving their awards, which were 
Kirkby 81 points, Askam 76, Milton 72, Dalton 66. The 
result w’as aw'aited with keen anxiety by a large number 
who were outside ; and as soon as the door was opened and 
the result made known, it was received with much cheering. 
The Judges were Mr. Shaw, of Muncaster Castle, and 
Mr. Hacker, Ponsonby Hall. After the judging, the 
Officials and Judges sat down to a splendid tea at “The 
Punch Bowl” Hotel. Upon the removal of the cloth, 
Mr. E. N. Lewis, Vice-President, presided, and proposed 
the toast of the Judges in felicitous terms. Mr. Hacker, 
in reply, paid a high tribute to the quality of the exhibits, 
and said he had been a Judge at many a Show, but the 
like of what he had seen that day fully convinced him it 
was the best Show in point of quality he had had the 
honour of judging. (Applause.) The Chairman next in- 
vested the Secretary, Mr. \V, Watters, with the coveted 
Sash of Honour, and at the same time complimented 
them upon again winning the Sash. (Loud applause.) 
Mr. Watters, in reply, said be had very great pleasure in 
accepting the Sash on behalf of Kirkby, and jiroposed a hearty vote of thanks {to Messrs. Caniiell for the great good they are doing 
alt over the country by offering a County Prize like the Belt. It makes the production of gardens considerably better, and he felt 
sure the whole company would give them their best support and wishes. 
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X895. DALTON - IN - FURNESS. 
1896. KIRKEY-IN-FURNESS. 
1897. KIRNEY - IN - FURNESS. 
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