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White Magnum Bonum, Goliath, and Coe’s 
Golden Drop. Mr. Bailey was second with 
Victoria, Washington, and Prince of Wales ; 
and Mr. Shoebridge, gardener to E. C. Goad, 
Esq., Carshalton, third, with Goliath, Jeffer¬ 
son, and Washington. Mr. Gilbert, Stoke, 
Slough, had a fourth prize for the first and 
last, and Pond’s Seedling. Excellent orchard- 
house fruit of Transparent Gage, Coe’s Golden 
Drop, and Beine Claude de Bavay, came from 
Mr. Wilson, Weybridge. 
Of dessert Apples the best four dishes were 
Bed Pearmain, Bed Astrachan, Col. Vaughan, 
and Beinette du Laak, from Messrs. Lane, 
St. Mary’s Cray; Mr. Gilbert, Stoke, was se¬ 
cond with Bishop’s Pippin, Devonshire Quar- 
renden, Cox’s Orange Pippin, and a red- 
streaked seedling ; Mr. Webb, Beading, third, 
with Bed Astrachan, Scarlet Nonpareil, Bib- 
ston and Cox’s Orange Pippins; and Mr. 
Beester, Goring, Sussex, fourth, with Pearn’s 
Pippin, Bed Astrachan, Bull’s Golden Beinette, 
and Cellini. Among other kinds we noticed 
Early Strawberry, pretty, but not of much 
value as regards flavour, Kerry Pippin, Ash- 
mead’s Kernel, King of the Pippins, Pear¬ 
son’s Plate, Early Bed Margaret, and Irish 
Peach. The first prize for kitchen Apples 
was taken by Mr. Willmore, Hoyle Place, 
with good examples of Alexander, Bed As¬ 
trachan, Blenheim and Stone’3 Pippins. Mr. 
Mortimore was second with a kind called 
Putt’s Pudding, Cellini, Lord Derby, and Lord 
Suflield. Messrs. Lane, St. Mary’s Cray, 
were third, and Messrs. Gadd, Dorking, fourth. 
The best three dishes of Pears were ex¬ 
hibited by Mr. Gilbert, of Stoke, Slough, who 
had good examples of Williams’s Bon Chre¬ 
tien, Louise Bonne of Jersey, and Duchesse 
d’Angouleme. Mr. Harrison, Oatlands Palace 
Gardens, had fine dishes of the two last-named 
kinds and Beurre Clairgeau; Mr. Bichbell, 
gardener to — Heath cote, Esq., Epsom, good 
Beurre Diel and Beurre Clairgeau; and Mr. 
Bonner, gardener to the Bev. J. Cooper, 
Woking, Cansel’s Bergamot, Duchesse d’An¬ 
gouleme, and Marie Louise. The prize for 
the heaviest dish of twelve was awarded to 
Mr. Gadd, gardener to J. Jaffray, Esq., for 
Uvedale’sSt. Germain, weighing 10 lbs. 4 ozs. 
G. F. Wilson, Esq., was second with one of 
Marechal de la Cour, weighing 8 lbs. 4 ozs., 
and Mr. O. Goldsmith third. Pears shown 
for flavour consisted almost exclusively qf 
Williams’s Bon Chretien and Jargonelle. The 
second and third prizes were awarded to the 
former kind shown by Mr. Grover, of Ham¬ 
mersmith, and Mr. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, 
whilst the first went to a variety unnamed, 
exhibited by Mr. Thorneycroft. 
Mr. Toomer, gardener to J. Perrett, Esq., 
Herne Hill, exhibited a Black Hamburgh 
Vine bearing splendid bunches. Messrs. 
Lane & Sons and Mr. Hope, gardener to W. 
Murrell, Esq., also exhibited beautifully fruited 
specimens, and some good pot Vines, though 
of smaller size, came from Mr. Geirs, Nor¬ 
wood. Vines, Pear, Apple, and Plum trees 
in pots, were shown by Mr. Fraser, together 
with excellent dishes of ripe fruit from pot 
trees; and pot Plum and Peach trees came 
also from Mr. Vertigan, Clapham Common. 
Mr. Webb, of Beading, furnished twenty 
kinds of Filberts, among which were several 
of his own raising, and Mr. Kemp, gardener 
to E. Bentail, Esq., a cluster of Musa Caven- 
dishii, on a stem upwards of a foot in diameter, 
which had been an unrooted sucker but four¬ 
teen months ago. Mr. Sage, gardener to Earl 
Brownlow, likewise exhibited a cluster of the 
same Banana. A good dish of Victoria Bed 
Currant came from Mr. Vertigan, Clapham, 
also one of Sir Charles Napier Strawberry. 
From Messrs. Barr & Sugden came a collec¬ 
tion of Onions; and from Messrs. Cutbush 
very fine bulbs of the Nuneham Park Onion, 
all of which were said to weigh at ^ast 1 lb. 
each, and one as much as 24^ ozs. The same 
firm also contributed dishes of their Giant 
Kidney Bean, which, though the pods were 
large, was crisp and succulent. 
In the floral department of the Show, the 
stands of Dahlias were numerous, and the 
blooms for the most part excellent. In the 
class for forty-eight, Mr. Keynes, of Salis¬ 
bury, was first with fine blooms of Golden 
Admiration, King of Sweden, Matilda, Queen 
of Primroses, Delicata, Edward Spary, Baron 
Taunton, Lord Shaftesbury, Chairman, James 
Backhouse, Miss Henshaw, Flossv Girl, 
George White, Leah, Paradise Williams, Mrs. 
Wyndham, Andrew Dodds, Umpire, John 
"W yatt, Charlotte Doiiing, Annie Austin, Dis¬ 
raeli, Anna Keynes, British Triumph, Lady 
of the Lake, Freemason, Lady Mary Wilde, 
Golden Gem, Jenny Austin, &c. Mr! 
Walker, of Thame, was second, the third 
prize going to Mr. Kimberley, of Coventry, 
and the fourth to Mr. Morse, of Epsom. 
For twenty-four blooms Mr. Keynes was 
again first with excellent examples of Queen 
of Primroses, Lady of the Lake, Chairman, 
James Backhouse, Lord Derby, Charlotte 
Dorling, Lady Gladys Herbert, Golden Ad¬ 
miration, Bob Bidley, Norfolk Hero, Earl of 
Pembroke, Anna Keynes, George Wheeler, &c. 
Mr. Draycott, Humberstone, Leicester, was 
second; Mr. Legge, Edmonton, third; Mr. 
Thame, fourth; and Mr. C. Kimberley, fifth. 
In the Amateurs’ class for the same number, 
Mr. C. J. Perry, Castle Bromwich, was first 
with fine blooms of Chairman, Arthur, Phi¬ 
dias, Anna Keynes, Andrew Dodds, Master 
of Arts, Messenger, Lady G. Herbert. Lord 
Derby, Alexandra, Hugh Miller, George 
Brown, British Triumph, Juno, Criterion, 
Charlotte Dorling, Pauline, &c. Mr. Thorney¬ 
croft, Floore, Weedon, was second; Mr. 
Hopkins, Brentford, third; Mr. Hedge, Col¬ 
chester, fourth; Mr. Glasscock, Bishop Stort- 
foid, fifth ; and Mr. Cottis, Newhall, Chelms- 
ford, sixth. 
