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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 16. 
Class 8 .—-Chicken.—N o first prize. Second prize, T. and E. Booth, 
Marsden, Burnley. Third prize, J. Bousfield, Esq., Broom Close, 
Kendal. 
Class 9.— Brown and Partridge. —No first prizes Second prize, W. 
Wanklyn, Esq., Green Bank, Bury. 
Class 10.—Chicken.-— No first prize. Second prize, H. Butler, Shelf, 
Halifax. 
Class 11.— White. —First prize, E. Calvert, Warwick Bridge. Second 
prize, Daniel Harrison, Esq., Singleton Park. 
Class 12.— Chicken. —First prize, W. Cannan. Second prize, Samuel 
Taylor, Esq., Ibbotsholme. 
Class 13 .—Black.—N one sent. 
Class 14.— Chicken. —First prize, W. Wanklyn, Esq. Second prize, 
W. Cannan. Commended.—H. Butler. 
Class 15.— Malays.— No first prize. Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 16 .— Chicken. —No entries. 
Class 17 .— Game Fowl (White and Piles).—First prize, W. Wil¬ 
kinson, Brigsteer. Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 18.— Chicken. —First prize, J. Thackray, Hawkshead. Second 
prize, M. Itidgway, Dewsbury. Highly Commended.—F. Atkinson, 
Lord’s Plain. 
Class 19 — Black-breasted and other Reds.— First prize, R. 
Bateman, Kendal. Second prize, H. Beldon, Bradford. Commended. 
—R. Thompson, Heaves Farm. W. Cannan. 
Class 20 .— Chicken.— First prize, E. Wells, Kendal. Second prize, 
Hartley, Sluttard Marsden, Burnley. Commended.—R. Thompson. 
(Two pens.) 
Class 21.—Best of any other variety.— First prize, F. Atkinson. 
Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 22.— Chicken. —First prize, W. Cannan. Second prize, E. 
Wells. 
Class 23.—Hamburghs (Golden-pencilled).—First prize, W. Sharp. 
Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 24.— Chicken. —First prize, G. A. Gelderd, Esq. Second prize, 
Daniel Harrison, Esq. 
Class 25.— Golden-spangled. —First and second prizes, J. Conyers, 
Esq., Leeds. 
Class 26 .— Chicken. —First prize, W. W. Ruttlidge. Second prize, 
T. and E. Booth, Marsden. Commended.—E. Driver, Keighley. J. 
Robinson, Orton Hall, Orton. 
Class 27.—Silver-spangled. —First prize, H. Lickbarrow, Kendal. 
Second prize, T. and E. Booth. Commended.—G. A. Gelderd, Esq. 
Class 28.— Chicken. —First prize, S. Taylor, Esq. Second prize, H. 
Beldon. Commended.—Isaac Hitching. 
Class 29.— Silver-spangled. —First prize, J. Conyers, Esq. Second 
prize, H. Beldon. 
Class 30.— Chicken. —First prize, W. Cannan. Second prize, J. 
Conyers, Esq. Commended.—T. and E. Booth. E. Driver. 
Class 31.— Poland Fowl.— First prize, J. Conyers, Esq. Second 
prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 32.— Chicken.— No prize awarded. 
Class 33.— Golden. —First prize, J. Conyers, Esq. Second prize, H. 
Beldon. 
Class 34.— CniCKEN. — First prize, R. Barker, Bolton-le-Sands. 
Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 35.— Silver. —First prize, W, Cannan. Second prize, T. K. 
Atkinson, Esq., Carden Lodge. 
Class 36.— Chicken.— First prize, W. Cannan. Second prize, M. 
Ridgway, Dewsbury. 
Class 37.— Bantams (Gold-laced).—First prize, C. R. Titterton, Bir¬ 
mingham. Second prize, W. Wanklyn, Esq. 
Class 38.— Silver-laced. —No first prize. Second prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 39. Black. —First prize, M. Ridgway. Second prize, W. 
Cannan. 
Class 40.— Any other Variety.— First prize, J. Pickthall, Esq., 
Mint House. Second prize, T. Robinson. 
Class 41.— Any other Breed.— First prize, J. Conyers, Esq. Second 
prize, W. Cannan. 
Class 42.— Chicken. —First prize, D. Harrison. (Bramah Pootras.) 
Second prize, W. Dawson. (Bramah Pootras.) 
Class 43.— Spanish. —Prizes for Single Cocks of any age.—G. C. 
Whit well, Tolson Hall. Commended.—W. M. Pye. G. A. Gelderd, 
Esq. R. B. Parkinson. 
Class 44.—Dorking. — W. Bownass. Highly Commended. — W. 
Bownass. Commended.—T. Ullock, Esq. 
Class 45.— Cochin-China.— G. A. Gelderd, Esq. Commended.— 
J. Bousfield, Esq. 
Class 46. Game. — H. Rauthmell, Esq., Hutton. Commended.— 
r. and E. Booth. R. Thompson. J. Sisson, Kendal. J. Conyers. R. 
Bateman, Kendal. 
Class 47.— Geese, —First prize, W. Talbot, jun., Lane House. Second 
prize, D. Harrison, Esq. Commended.—J. Stamper, Penrith. W. 
Ellison, Esq., Sizergh Castle. 
Class 48. — Ducks (Aylesbury).—First prize, W. Whitwell, Esq., 
Toltson Hall. Second prize, G. A. Gelderd, Esq. Commended.—J» 
Waugh, Warwick Bridge. G. Banks, High Gale. G. Robinson. 
Class 49 .— Rouen. —First prize, J. Conyers. Second prize, W. C. 
Strickland, Esq., Sizergh Castle. 
Class 50.— Any other Variety. —First prize, J. Waugh. Second 
prize, J. Stamper, Penrith. Commended.—G. A. Gelderd, Esq. J. 
Bousfield, Esq. 
Class 61.— Turkeys.— First prize, J. Conyers, Esq. Second prize, D. 
Harrison, Esq. 
Class 52.— Chicken. —First prize, Dr. Gill, Alston. Second prize, 
W. Ellison, Esq. 
Class 53. — Guinea Fowl. —First prize, J. Rookes, High Barn. 
Second prize, G. A. Gelderd, Esq. 
Class 54.— Pigeons (Carriers).—First prize, C. R. Titterton. Second 
prize, T. Robinson. 
Class 55.— Almond Tumblers. —First prize, T. E. Atkinson, Brad- , 
leyfield. Second prize, J. Monkhouse, Kendal. 
Class 56,— Jacobins. —First prize, J. Monkhouse. Second prize, j 
H. Beldon. 
Class 57 .— Fantails. —First prize, J. Monkhouse. Second prize, C. 
R. Titterton. 
Class 58.— Trumpeters. —First prize, C. R. Titterton. Second prize, 
J. Monkhouse. 
Class 59 .— Pouters. —First prize, C. R. Titterton. Second prize, R. 
Barker. 
Class 60 .— Any other Breed. —First prize, C. R. Titterton. Second 
prize, H. Beldon. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
GARDENING. 
THE CHAIOTE. 
“ I beg to enclose you a sketch of a fruit presented to me 
under the name “ Chaiote,” described as an esculent fruited 
climber, and common in the Canaries, on the high lands; 
it has somewhat the appearance of the Gourd tribe, but is 
evidently a kind of Nut, or one-seeded fruit, as the shoot is 
now just breaking at the end opposite the stalk; it has a 
pale green, hard rind, covered with spines. If by this feeble 
description, and the aid of the sketch, you, or, pprhaps, some 
of your correspondents, could tell me the botanical name, I 
should feel greatly obliged. I have a plant of Dcndrobium 
Nobile and Picrardii showing bloom. Is the temperature 
| 00° to 00° sufficient ? Will a plant of I), calceolaria , with 
I bulbs eighteen inches long, bloom next year ?—H. K., 
Peclcham." 
' [Your plant is an annual, and a native of the West Indies, 
where it is common. It is the Scchiiim edulis of botanists, 
and the “ Eatable Choko” or “Choko Vine" of the English 
residents in the West Indies. It belongs to the Natural 
Order of Gourds (Cucnrbitacere). The fruit is about four 
inches long, shaped like the White Lily’s flower-buds, five- 
furrowed, and covered with bristly hairs. Jaequin states : 
that this plant is known in South America under the name 
of Choko and Chaiole. The fruit is green, and shining on 
the outside, hut whitish and fleshy within, varying in size, 
and singular in structure, containing one seed each, which 
is sometimes an inch long, and placed at the very top of the 
fruit; when it is ripe it protrudes itself a little, and puts 
forth many fibres at its extremity. In many of the West 
Indies, the inhabitants put the fruit into soups or puddings, 
or boil it as a substitute for turnips or greens, in which 
state it is looked upon as wholesome and refreshing ; but it 
is too insipid to be much liked. The fruit serves to fatten 
hogs in the mountains, and inland parts of Jamaica, where 
the plant is much cultivated. The natives of Cuba notice two 
j varieties; that which is most common they call simply 
Chayotc; it is beset with harmless prickles, sometimes in 
great abundance, sometimes with very few, and is about four 
inches in length. The other, less frequent, called Chayote 
frances, is generally destitute of prickles, and is about the 
size of a hen’s egg]. 
CURING A SMOKY FLUE.—ARTIFICIAL HORNS 
TO FOWLS. 
“ About two months since, I had a brick flue erected in 
my greenhouse, intended to be used only in the case of 
\ frost. We have used it half-a-dozen times only; twice it 
