404 
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
in it, as it is impossible to enumerate everything shown by 
free-lances not for competition. 
Dishes of 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
Apples 
1,027 
1,938 
1,083 
1,485 
1,494 
Apricots 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Bananas 
— 
1 
— 
— 
Blackberries 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
Bullaces 
5 
3 
1 
3 
1 
Cherries 
7 
12 
6 
1 
1 
Currants 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Damsons 
6 
18 
4 
5 
15 
Figs ... 
4 
9 
7 
26 
10 
Gooseberries 
1 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Grapes 
105 
97 
135 
120 
115 
Medlars 
— 
2 
3 
5 
4 
Melons 
— 
10 
7 
8 
5 
Nectarines . 
15 
18 
4 
11 
29 
Nuts . 
— 
26 
19 
10 
14 
Passiflora . 
— 
— 
1 
1 
— 
Peaches 
51 
80 
24 
77 
96 
Pears . 
829 
779 
795 
677 
694 
Pines . 
— 
— 
5 
3 
1 
Plums. 
90 
! 101 
38 
115 
214 
Quinces 
6 
14 
17 
1 
2 
Raspberries . 1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Strawberries 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Tomatos 
— 
67 
2 
3 
6 
Total 
2,148 
3,176 
2,152 * 
2,552 
2,711 
Entries for com¬ 
petition . 
1,301 
1,783 
1,234 
1,329 
1,332 
Visitors 
23,680 
36,293 
26,499 
27,242 
29,281 
For the following table we are indebted to the kindness of 
the Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine :— 
Apples. 
Varieties 
Dishes 
1898 1897 
1896 
Cox’s Orange Pippin 
89 . 
. 66 ... 
. 75 
Ribston Pippin 
73 . 
. 73 ... 
. 61 
Warner’s King 
70 . 
. 56 ... 
, 41 
Peasgood’s Nonesuch 
63 . 
. 39 ... 
, 33 
Worcester Pearmain 
51 . 
. 42 ... 
. 31 
Lord Derby . 
40 . 
. 34 ... 
. 27 
Blenheim Orange ... 
39 . 
. 43 ... 
. 28 
King of the Pippins 
38 . 
. 52 ... 
. 45 
Ecklinville Seedling 
35 . 
. 30 ... 
. 12 
Bramley’s Seedling 
34 . 
. 33 ... 
. 17 
Lane’s Prince Albert 
34 . 
. 32 ... 
. 33 
Varieties 
1898 
Dishes 
1897 
1896 
The Queen . 
33 
... 27 .. 
. 20 
Bismarck . 
32 
... 21 .. 
22 
Cox’s Pomona 
30 
... 38 .. 
.' 27 
Gascoyne’s Scarlet... 
29 
... 22 .. 
. 16 
New Hawthornden 
29 
... 10 .. 
. 11 
Mere de Menage ... 
29 
... 20 .. 
. 21 
Lord Suffield. 
28 
... 25 .. 
. 15 
Baumann’s Red 
27 
... 22 .. 
. 18 
Stirling Castle 
25 
... 20 .. 
. 12 
Stone’s, or Lodding- 
ton . 
24 
... 21 .. 
. 18 
