October 22, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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LIVERPOOL FARMER’S CLUB. 
This important fixture was held in a large marquee 
near the North Haymarket on the 15th inst., and 
fully sustained its reputation as one of the finest 
root shows in the kingdom. The entries this year 
numbered 1,062, an increase of eleven, whilst the 
number of exhibitors were two in advance of last 
year, or 172. Potatos, as usual, were the principal 
feature, the number of dishes entered in the thirty- 
five classes amounting to 532. Owing to the long 
list only the first prize winners will be given, with 
the names of the varieties. In all cases excepting 
special prizes the dish consisted of six tubers. 
Potatos. 
White, early kidney, Mr. ]. Halsall, Buscough, with 
Early Eclipse ; Sutton’s Early Regent, Mr. Edward 
Tinsley, Ormskirk, with clean tubers. Early round, 
Mr. Peter Davies, Warburton, Cheshire, with Har¬ 
binger. 
Second early kidneys, Mr. E. Tinsley, with Twist s 
Perfection ; second early round, Mr. James Johnson, 
Scarisbrick, with White Perfection. Second early, 
any other shape, Mr. James Johnson, with Sutton’s 
Seedling; second early, Snowdrop or Lord of the 
Isles, Mr. James Johnson, with a fine formed lot of 
the former. 
For Lymm Grey, Mr. John Halsall took the lead. 
Reading Giant, Mr. Thomas Alty, Lathom, with 
clean, smooth skin. There were seventeen entries in 
this class. Sutton's Abundance, Mr. James Johnson, 
out of twenty lots. Satisfaction. Mr. B. B. Ray¬ 
mond, Ludlow, Salop, with good specimens. Up-to- 
Date or General Roberts, Mr. Thomas Alty, with 
fine, large tubers of the first-named, thirty-two 
entries. 
Late, Maincrop, Mr. Edward Tinsley, out of 
twenty-seven entries ; late, Bruce, Mr. Jas. Johnson ; 
late, Fidler's Colossal, Mr. Thomas Alty, with tubers 
of good size; late, Farmer's Glory, Mr. Thos. Rim- 
mer, Ormskirk. Kidney, any other variety, Mr. Jas. 
Johnson, with Woodstock, of beautiful shape, twenty- 
three entries. 
Late round, any other variety, Mr. Peter Davies, 
with Saxon. Late, any other shape, Mr. Geo. 
Ashley, Manchester, with well-shaped Syon House. 
Red or coloured, early or second early kidney, Mr. 
John R. Newton, Warrington, with handsome Peer¬ 
less Rose, Red or coloured, early or second early 
round, Mr. G. H. Colin, Ludlow, with Vicar of 
Laleham. Red or coloured late, other than round 
shape, Mr. B. Bowen, Ludlow, with Edgecote 
Purple. Red or coloured, late round, Mr. B. B. 
Raymond, with Vicar of Laleham. 
The heaviest old or new variety, Mr. James S. 
Gordon, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, was to the fore 
with some “ whoppers,” the heaviest tuber weighing 
over 2$ lbs. This class always brings out some 
monstrosities, the variety in the winning dish being 
British Queen. 
The following classes are new varieties, the three 
winning dishes being given early or second early 
kidney: —1st, Mr. Edwin Clarke, Heatley, with 
Challenge ; 2nd, Mr. E. W. Turton, Hale, with Prime 
Minister ; 3rd, Mr. P. Davies,with Reliance ; nineteen 
entries. 
Early or second early round—1st, Mr. B. Ashton, 
Ormskirk, with Carter's Reliance; 2nd, Mr. J. 
Halsall, with Daniel's Norwich; 3rd, Mr. James 
Johnson with Lancashire Hero. 
Late kidney or any other shape except round—xst, 
Mr. J. R. Newton, with Webb's Motor; 2nd, Mr. P. 
Davies, with Syon House; 3rd, Mr. E. Clarke. 
Late round—1st, Mr. Thos. Almond, Maghull, with 
Seedling Model; 2nd, Mr. J. Johnson, with Mona’s 
Pride; 3rd, Mr. E. Clarke, with Syon House 
Prolific. 
For the best three dishes, prizes given by Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons, Reading ;—1st, Mr. B. Bowen, with 
Satisfaction, Seedling, and Windsor Castle. For the 
best dish, nine tubers, prizes by Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, Mr. B. B. Raymond won with a very fine lot 
of Satisfaction. Kidney or any other shape except 
round, unwashed, prizes given by Mr. W. L. Hutton, 
Ormskirk—1st, Mr. T. Critchlers, Halewood, with 
dark skinned Fidler’s Queen ; 2nd, Mr. J. S. Gordon, 
with Scottish Triumph ; 3rd, Mr. Thos. Rimmer, 
with The Union. 
Round, six tubers, prizes given by Mr. William 
Kerr, Dumfries—rst, Mr. Jos. Draper, Lathom, with 
Fidler's Prize Winner; 2nd, Mr. Thos. Rimmer, 
with the King of Norway ; 3rd, Mr. Thos. Kerr, 
with The Sirdar. 
In a special class, prizes given by Mr. W. Kerr —- 
1st, Mr. J. Johnson, with handsome tubers of Gen. 
Roberts ; 2nd, Mr. Rob. Shepherd, with the same 
variety; 3rd, Mr. Geo. Ashley, with Cigarette. 
Three distinct dishes, seven tubers, prizes given by 
Messrs. Fidler & Sons, Reading—1st, Mr. G. Ashley, 
with Queen, Giant and Prizewinner ; 2nd, Mr. John 
Halsall; 3rd, Mr. P. Davies. 
Roots and Vegetables. 
Six white table Turnips, Mr. Chas. Warburton, 
Timperley. Two red Cabbages, Mr. Geo. Ashley, 
with immense heads. Two stalks Brussel Sprouts, 
Mr. Chas. Warburton. Two Cauliflowers, Mr. 
Chas. Warburton, with fine models. Celery, three 
sticks white, Mr. James Johnson, with large speci¬ 
mens. Celery, three sticks red, Mr. Geo. Taylor, 
Southport. Celery, three sticks Fidler’s Prize¬ 
winner, prizes given by Messrs. Fidler, of Reading, 
Mr. James Johnson. 
Carrots, six long, Mr. W. Shepherd, with fine 
large clean roots. For carrots, six intermediate, Mr. 
B. Ashton took the lead in nineteen entries. Carrots, 
six white, Mr. W. Shepherd. Carrots, six shorthorn, 
Mr. J. R. Carter, Chester, with grand specimens. 
Beet, six, Mr. Geo. Roughley, first out of twenty 
entries with Dickson’s Reliance. Parsnips, six, 
Canon Blundell, with large roots. Onions, six, Mr. 
Geo. Roughley, with grand bulbs. Leeks, six, Mr. 
B. Ashton, with a fine lot. Two Cucumbers, Mr. 
Alf. Bruckshaw, Tarporley. Tomato s, six red or 
crimson, Mr. Alf. Bruckshaw. Tomatos, six jellow, 
Mr. Thos. Brocklebank, Birkenhead. Any other 
root, Mr. Chas. Warburton, with splendid sticks of 
Horseradish. 
Fruit. 
In this section the Apples and Pears were very good. 
Six kinds culinary"Apples, Mr. G. H. Colin won in 
twenty-four entries. For six kinds dessert Apples, 
Mr. W. MacKerell, Formby, won with Ribston Pip¬ 
pin, &c. in twenty-four entries. Six culinary Pears, 
Mr. G. H. Colin. Six dessert Pears, Rev. Canon 
Blundell, with small Marie Louise Six culinary 
Apples (special), Mr. G. H. Colin. Six dessert Apples 
(special), Mr. Thos. Lunt, Halewood, with 
Cox’s Orange Pippin. For any other variety of 
fruit, Mr. B. Ashton won with good Grapes. 
The arrangements were well carried out and the 
show was visited by a large number of patrons, in¬ 
cluding the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, the Mayor of 
Bootle, Lord Stanley, &c. 
In addition to the exhibits for competition the fol¬ 
lowing groups were arranged:—Mr. H. Middle- 
hurst, Liverpool, showed grand Swedes, Gateacre 
variety. Messrs. Kerr & Co., Liverpool, had a 
general and interesting display of vegetables and 
salads. Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, exhibited 
Potatos and Apples. Mr. W. Kerr, Dumfries, had a 
fine assortment of fair-sized Potatos, 
BROMYARD FRUIT SHOW. 
The fruit show that was held at Bromyard, Here¬ 
ford, on Thursday the 13th, was in every way a 
great success, and as a first attempt far exceeded the 
expectations of its promoters. Although there were 
only eleven prizes in seven classes offered for fruit, 
no fewer than 450 dishes were staged. 
In the local section there were sixteen entries for 
a dish of culinary Apples, the prize going to Mr. A. 
Marshall. 
There were nineteen single dishes of dessert 
Apples staged, Mr. T. L. Walker being the success¬ 
ful competitor. 
Mr. J. Millichap won for the dish of Pears. 
Mr. F. Cook, Brook House, led the way in the 
class for twelve dishes, in as many varieties, of 
Apples and Pears, Mr. R. Phipps, Buckenhill, being 
second. In the smaller class for six dishes of 
Apples and Pears, Mr. Barratt, Much Cowarne, car¬ 
ried off chief honours. 
In the open class for a collection of twenty-four 
dishes of Apples and Pears, distinct, Mr. John 
Watkins, Pomona Farm, Hereford, staged some 
excellent fruit and won the first prize. Only one 
local man, Mr. Geo. Green, pitted himself against 
him, and considering the limited resources at Mr. 
Green’s disposal his was a remarkably good exhibit, 
for which he was deservedly commended. 
There was only one class for plants or flowers, and 
this was for a group of Chrysanthemums, Mr. R. 
Phipps, being the winner. 
The opening ceremony was performed by Mr. J. 
H. Arkwright, of Leominster. 
In introducing Mr. Arkwright, the Rev. W. 
Martin said that the show was an attempt on the 
part of the farmers in the district to improve the 
fruit growing in that part of the country. He, 
personally, had taken a great interest in the question 
of railway rates and their bearing upon the financial 
phase of fruit culture. When he first went into the 
question he found that a ton of Potatos would be 
carried to Glasgow for 32s , but that it would cost 
£2 to send a ton of Damsons to Covent Garden. 
Small consignments of vegetables could be sent from 
Normandy to London for 7s. 6d. per ton, but the 
railway company would not take half-a-ton from 
Bromyard. The reverend gentleman was very 
emphatic upon the question of packing. Bad pack¬ 
ing and grading, he said, was the reason why their 
fruit could not be sold to advantage. 
Mr. J. H. Arkwright, in performing the opening 
ceremony, spoke of the advantages of soil and aspect 
that the people of Bromyard and district possessed. 
He spoke warmly in favour of horticultural educa¬ 
tion through the county councils, and thought ladies 
might well attend the instructon classes. In 
inaugurating this show they had done a good deed 
and he hoped that abundant success would attend 
similar efforts in the future. 
SOCIETIES. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM, —October nth, 
nth and 13 th. 
The following non-competitive exhibits were 
crowded out of the report of the N.C.S. show at the 
Royal Aquarium, which appeared in our last week’s 
issue : — 
Mr. W. Wells, of Earls wood Nurseries, Redhill, 
Surrey, was awarded a Silver Gilt Medal for a splen¬ 
did group of Chrysanthemums. The group was semi¬ 
circular in shape. It consisted entirely of plants which 
were arranged in original fashion. The groundwork, 
as it were, consisted of early flowering decorative 
varieties, of which Mr. Wells has a fine collection. 
Bouquet Feu, Louis Lemaire, Jules Mary, M. Max 
Dugosse and Golden Fleece were some of the most 
notable of these. Dotted about and standing boldly 
out of these dwarf varieties was a number of plants 
bearing large and imposing flowers. There were 
capital samples of Mme. Gustave Henry, Miss 
Nellie Pockett, President Nonin, Edith Tabor, Ella 
Curtis and Mrs. G. W. Palmer amongst a quantity 
of others. The plants were sturdy specimens 
throughout, and absolutely free of any traces of the 
much-talked-about rust. 
Mr. W. Fyfe, Lockinge Gardens, Wantage, was 
highly commended for six bulbs of Onion Ne Plus 
Ultra and a similar number of The Sirdar, a globe- 
shaped variety of considerable merit. All these 
bulbs were of great size. 
Lawe’s Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., 116, Fen- 
church Street, E.C., had a stand of their well-known 
horticultural manures and other requisites for 
the gardener. The stand was set out with a good 
deal of artistic skill. 
Mr. Robert Owen, Maidenh ead, sent thiee dozen 
large blooms of Chrysanthemums, chiefly seedlings 
raised at his Floral Nurseries. Lady Phillips and 
the fine new yellow Japanese variety, Mrs. T. 
Brewer, were the most noteworthy sorts. (Bronze 
Medal.) 
Mr. Norman Davis, The Vineries, Framfield, was 
highly commended for a basket of the jellow market 
Chrysanthemum Klondike. The Cowers appeared 
to great advantage with a setting of sprays of 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 
A most interesting exhibit came from Mr. Edwin 
Beckett, gardener to Lord Aldenham, Aldenham 
House, Elstree, Herts. It consisted of ten or a 
dozen fruiting sprays of Castor Oil plants (Ricinus), 
amongst which there is a number of highly decora¬ 
tive plants. R. Gibsoni, R. G. mirabilis, R. cam- 
bodgiensis, R. sanguineus and R. glaucus were some 
of the most notable of the forms shown. This 
exhibit was likewise highly commended. 
Mr. J. Williams, 4a, Oxford Road, Ealing, W., 
had a vesy pretty floral table, demonstrating the 
value of his rustic table ware. Yellow Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and perennial Asters had been used on this 
occasion to fill the various elegant devices on view. 
Messrs. R. & G. Cuthbert, Southgate, Mid¬ 
dlesex, bad a batch of the very pretty, decorative 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. Wingfield. 
