Supplement to THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 3rd, 1903. 
Noble Apples. They also had a fine basket of Golden Eagle 
Peach and some finely coloured samples of the Countess Melon. 
DIVISION III. 
Gardeners and Amateurs. 
The premier honours for 24 dishes of Apples, 16 cooking and 
8 dessert, were taken by William Bythway, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
W. Wilkins), Warborough, Llanelly, with hue samples of Stone s, 
Newton Wonder, Emperor Alexander, Warner’s King, Gascoyne s 
Scarlet, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, and others which were really 
splendid. , T „ T 
I in* second award went to Mrs. Haywood (gardener, Mr. G. J. 
Salter), Woodhatch Lodge, Reig'ate, who nad good fruits of 
Stone’s Lane’s Prince Albert, Mere de Menage, Lord Derby, 
Warner’s King, etc. The third award was secured by R. H. B. 
Marsham, Esq. (gardener, Mr. William Lewis), East Sutton 
Park, Maidstone. 
The best 18 dishes of Apples were those exhibited by Mrs. 
Alexander (gardener, Mr. Charles Crane), Chevering, Hunton, 
Maidstone. She had excellent examples of Peasgood’s Nonsuch, 
Lady Henniker, Kent Filbasket, Emperor Alexander, Newton 
Wonder, The Queen, Warner’s King, etc. The second prize was 
taken by Thomas Ridgewell, Esq., Of sett Grange, Essex, who 
had some good fruits. The third went to Major Powell Cotton. 
Mrs. C. J. Hanbury took the leading award for 12 dishes of 
Apples, including fine fruits of Kent Filbasket, Stirling Castle, 
Round Winter Nonsuch, Mere de Menage, etc. ; Henry Par¬ 
tridge, Esq., J.P. (gardener, Mr. J. W. Barks), Castle Hill, 
Bletchingley, Surrey, secured the second award for a tine ex¬ 
hibit; the Right Hon. Viscount Duncannon, C.V.O., C.B. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. J. G. Weston), Bessborough, Piltown, Ireland, took 
the third award for a very tine exhibit of Apples, many of which 
were highly coloured. 
The leading award for six dishes of cooking Apples was secured 
by Lord Biddulph of Ledbury (gardener, Mr. James Dawes), 
Ledbury Park, Ledbury, who had excellent samples of Peas¬ 
good’s Nonsuch, Tyler’s Kernel, Bismarck, AVarner’s King, etc. ; 
the second award was secured by William Bythway, Esq., who 
had also a very superior exhibit; Mrs. Carl Jay (gardener, Mr. 
W. E. Humphreys), Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent, was com¬ 
mended. The competition in this class was good. 
The first prize for six dishes of dessert Apples was secured by 
Wm. Bythway, Esq., with beautiful samples of Worcester Pear- 
rnain, Cox’s Orange, Gascoyne’s Scarlet Seedling, Egremont, 
Ribston Pippin, and Allington Pippin ; R. H. B. Marshall, Esq., 
was a good second. 
Roger Leigh, Esq. (gardener, Mr. George Woodward), Barham 
Court, Teston, Maidstone, exhibited the best 18 dishes i f 
dessert Pears. He had magnificent examples of Duchess 
d’Angouleme, Beurre Baltet Pere, Marguerite Marrillat, Con¬ 
ference, Le Brun, Emile d’Heyst, Magnate, Louise Bonne of 
Jersey, etc. ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor (gardener, Mr. 
W. H. Bacon), The Mote, Maidstone, won the second prize ; 
some of his samples had been grown under glass, and the rest 
in the open air, many being fruits of handsome size ; MajoB 
Powell Cotton took the third award with an excellent exhibit. 
F. A. Sevan, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Henry Parr), Trent Park, 
New Barnet, was the only exhibitor of nine dishes of dessert 
Pears, and was accorded the first place with PitmastoH Duchess, 
Doyenne Boussoch, etc. 
Alfred Benson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Mancey), Upper Gat- 
ton Park, Maidstone, took the lead for six dishes of dessert 
Pears, including huge specimens of Pitmaston Duchess ; C. H. 
Garton, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Moore), Banstead Wood, Surrey, 
took the second place with a fine exhibit. 
J. B. Fortesque, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Charles Page), Drop- 
more, Maidenhead, had the best three dishes of Peaches grown 
in the open air, showing Nectarine Peach, Dymond, and Sea 
Eagle. One entry was disqualified in this class because the 
fruits had been grown under glass. 
The Right Hon. the Rev. Lord Braybrooke (gardener, Mr. J. 
Yert), Audley End, Saffron Walden, took the lead for one dish 
of Peaches grown out of doors, showing Sea Eagle. J. "Willis 
Fleming, Esq., took the second place. 
The Earl of Harrington was the only exhibitor of three dishes 
of Nectarines grown out of doors, taking the first prize. 
J. B. Fortescue, Esq., took the lead for one dish of Nectarines 
grown out of doors, showing Victoria, 
Plums were shown in fair quantity, and the lead for six dishes 
(two dessert and four cooking) was taken by Major Powell Cotton 
(gardener, Air. J. Cornford), Quex Park, Birchington, Thanet. 
The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Braybrouke had the best dish 
of dessert Plums, showing Coe’s Golden Drop. Airs. Alexander 
took the second place with the same variety. 
The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Braybrooke also had the best 
dish of a cooking Plum, showing Monarch. The second award 
was taken by G. J. Gribble, Esq. (gardener, Air. A. Carlisle), 
Harlow Grange, Biggleswade, Beds., with the same variety. 
J. B. Fortescue, Esq., had the best Alorello Cherries in iruits 
of fine size. The second award went to the Hon. D. P. Bouverie 
(gardener, Air. S. Haines), Coleshill House, Highworth. 
DIVISION IV. 
Special District County Prizes. 
These classes were open to gardeners and amateurs only, and 
the prizes were given for six dishes of Apples and six dishes of 
Pears, each kind of fruit being awarded prizes separately. 
T. L. Boyd, Esq., was the only exhibitor of Pears for the Kent 
district, and was accorded the first prize. He had splendid 
fruits of Beurre Fouqueray, Pitmaston Duchess, Duchesse 
d’Angouleme, Doyenne du Comice, Durondeau, Beurre Baltet 
Pere. 
The leading award for Apples in the Kent district was taken 
by G. H. Dean, Esq. (gardener, Mr. AV. Stowers), AVhite Hall, 
Sittingbourne, who had splendid fruits of Bismarck, Peasgood’s 
Nonsuch, AVameFs King, etc. The second award was secured 
by T. L. Boyd, Esq. 
In the class open to growers in Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, 
Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, the leading award for six dishes 
of Apples was taken by J. F. G. Bannantyne, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. Elicott), Hal don House, Exeter, who had beautiful dishes 
of Loddington, Annie Elizabeth, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Ecklinville 
Seedling, etc. M. P. Grace, Esq. (gardener, Air. H. Avery), 
Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex, took the second place with a good 
exhibit. 
The premier honour for Pears from the above districts was 
taken by J. K. D. AVingfield, Esq., Al.P. (gardener, Air. T. 
Turton), Sherborne Castle, Sherborne, Dorset, who had splendid 
samples of Beurre Alexandre Lucas, Doyenne du Comice, Duran- 
deau, etc. The Right Hon. Earl of Ashburnbam, Asliburnham 
Place (gardener, Mr. G. Grigg), took the second place with a 
good exhibit. 
In the class open to growers in Wilts, Gloucester, Oxford, 
Bucks, Berks, Beds, Herts, and Aliddlesex the leading award for 
Apples was secured by Sir A. K. B. Osborn, Bart, (gardener, 
Mr. C. J. Eiett), Chicksands Priory, Shefford, who had fine 
fruits of Blenheim Orange, Warner’s King, and Peasgood’s Non¬ 
such. The second award was secured by A. AA T . G. AA right, Esq. 
(gardener, Air. AV. H. Davies), Quarry House, Xewent, Glouces¬ 
ter, who had a very fine lot indeed. 
The leading award for Pears in the above districts was taken 
by Airs. St. Vincent Arnes (gardener, Air. W. H. Bannister), 
Cote House, AVestbury. The second prize was taken by G. J. 
Gribble, Esq., some of whose fruits were of huge size, but the 
rest were unequal. 
VEGETABLES. 
After what we few at Chiswick on Tuesday last, it cannot be; 
said there is any difficulty in getting up an attractive exhibition 
of vegetables. Every gardener with whom we spoke on the 
subject admitted that no finer vegetables had ever been put 
up at Chiswick, if anywhere, in such quantity. The number 
of engagements prevented us from getting a full report of these 
but we shall speak of them more in detail in our next issue. 
All the more common vegetables were represented in quantity 
and in a. splendid condition. The large tent erected specially 
for them was all too small to display the different kinds without 
crowding. . 
In the amateurs’ class, for a. collection of vegetables occupying 
not more than 50 square- feet, the leading award was taken b; 
Lord Aldenham (gardener, Mr. E. Beckett), Aldenliam House 
Elstree, Herts, who managed in his 50 square feet of space t<j 
crowd in 130 varieties and kinds of vegetables, all in excellen 
condition. AVe should particularly make mention of the Onions 
Cauliflowers, Celery, Leeks, Parsnips, Carrots, Beet, Potato* 
and Tomatos. Every one of those 130 dishes were worthy o 
particular attention. The second prize was secured by R. AA 
Hudson, E<ci., J.P. (gardener, Mr. James Gibson), Danesfield 
Marlow, Berks, who had a very superior exhibit indeed, but ha 
only 90 dishes of vegetables, losing thereby 19 point? b 
comparison with the first prize exhibit. He had splendid dishe 
of Onions, Cauliflowers, Parsnips, Celery, Carrots, Bravt 
Sprouts, Tomatos, Potatos, Leeks, Peas, etc. 
