August 29th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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of six distinct kinds of vegetables were both numerous 
and good, indeed, for the most part of a high order of 
merit, and consisting in the main of Potatos, Cauli¬ 
flowers, Parsnips, Carrots, Beet, Runner Beans, 
Vegetable Marrows, Cabbage, and occasionally Toma- 
tos. Besides this class, there were others for single 
dishes of various things, and in every instance the 
competition was keen. But few of the exhibitors, 
however, had taken the trouble to name their things, 
and consequently much of the value of the display, 
from an educational point of view, was lost. This is 
much to be regretted, and we hope the authorities 
will insist another season upon everything being 
legibly named. It is certainly not too much to ask of 
borough; Mr. W. B. Gillam, Newland, Sherborne, 
Dorset; and Mr. J. Kite, Sherborne; while Mr. W. 
Warren, Shrivenham, and Mr. G. Haggard, Sherborne, 
were highly commended, and Mr. H. Gibbs, Church 
Green, Sevenoaks, and Mr. F. Beck, Nash Mills, 
Hemel Hempstead, were commended. Taking the 
collections collectively, the palm for quality must 
undoubtedly be given to the Carrots and Parsnips, of 
which the bulk were remarkable for their fine quality 
as varieties and high cultivation. Some of the Par¬ 
snips measured as much as 2 ft. in length, and a few 
were quite 27 ins. long, perfectly smooth and tapering, 
while of the Carrots, there were some of the Altrin¬ 
cham variety that for perfectly smooth, tapering form 
Dartford, Coleshill, and Aylesbury. Mr. Diver was 
also first with rounds, a handsome large red variety. 
Another good red variety, coming from Heybridge, 
near Maldon, came next, followed by a good white 
from Northdown, near Margate. For three Kidney 
varieties, the highest award went to Mr. H. Gibbs, 
Sevenoaks, who put up Essex Challenge, Trophy, and 
Beauty of Hebron. In the corresponding class for 
round varieties, Mr. G. North, Buckingham, was first 
with good samples of purple, red, and white sorts. 
The Peas were poor, with few exceptions, one of 
which was the first prize single dish from Mr. W 
Barrow, Lutterworth, the large pods on which were 
of a good deep green colour, and well filled. The 
CATTLEYA HAKBYAXA. 
an exhibitor, cottager or otherwise, and we feel sure 
it will readily be done if special attention be drawn to 
the matter in time. 
There were no less than thirty-three entries in the 
class for a collection of six kinds, and thirty-two 
exhibitors put in an appearance, some of whom we 
should judge to be very substantial cottagers. The 
first of the six prizes offered was won by Mr. C. 
Beckett, Tyler’s Green, Penn, Bucks, who had Giant 
Rocca Onions, Long Red Surrey Carrots, Woodstock 
Kidney Potatos, Excelsior Tomatos, Autumn Giant 
Cauliflowers, and Carters’ Champion Runner Beans, 
all of first-rate quality. The other awards were made, 
in the order named, to Mr. G. North, Mite Street, 
Buckingham ; Mr. W. Cooper, Rose Cottage, Shriven¬ 
ham; Mr. T. J. Pallett, 50, Russell Street, Lough- 
and good colour we have seldom seen surpassed. 
Potatos generally were of good table size, very clfean 
and round. Beet generally were large and coarse, but 
Leeks were good all round. The Peas shown were, as 
might have been expected, generally below par, but of 
Celery much that was staged showed admirable culti¬ 
vation. The Onions generally were large, but not so 
clean as professionals generally stage ; and French 
and Runner Beans, and Vegetable Marrows, were all 
that could be desired. 
The Potato classes -were well contested, the number 
of exhibitors of single dishes being twenty-nine in the 
case of Kidneys, and thirty-six in the round class. In 
the first-named competition a very fine clean sample, 
from Mr. T. Diver, White House, Petworth, -was first, 
and the other winning dishes came respectively from 
Onions ran large and good all round, a fine sample 
of Giant Rocca from Mr. J, Pallett coming in first. 
Walker’s Exhibition, good strains of White Spanish, 
Carters’ Golden Globe, and Ronsham Park Hero were 
well represented. The twenty-nine dishes of Carrots 
staged made up a grand class, and all the leading 
varieties were represented. The Broad Beans were 
poor, but the three dozen dishes of Runner Beans were 
a fine even sample, as also were the twenty-seven 
samples of French Beans. 
Turnips, though numerous, were not remarkable for 
high quality, and the same must be said of the Beet 
and Cauliflowers, which were too large and coarse as 
a rule. The Cucumber class was a poor one, a most 
uneven lot, but the Vegetable Marrows were good, 
representing several varieties of a good useful size, 
