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THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  26,  1895. 
BRITISH  FRUIT. 
At  the  time  when  a  large  number  of  persons 
I  open  the  present  issue  of  the  Journal  of 
j  Horticulture  we  suspect  one  of  the  grandest 
I  displays  of  hardy  fruit  ever  seen  will  be  in  the 
course  of  arrangement  at  the  Crystal  Palace. 
This  is  the  autumn  show  of  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society,  the  entries  for  which,  we  are 
informed,  far  exceed  those  of  last  year.  It  is 
not  suggested  that  in  magnitude  this  exhibition 
will  excel  some  others  that  occur  to  the  mind — 
such,  for  instance,  as  the  remarkable  displays 
which  have  been  seen  at  Chiswick  in  connection 
with  the  Conferences  there  in  1883  and  1888,  and 
the  historical  spread  in  the  London  Guildhall, 
which  overfloived  into  the  buildings  adjoin¬ 
ing,  in  1890.  But  those  were  not  competitive 
shows,  while  the  one  now  being  held  in  the 
Crystal  Palace  is.  Moreover,  though  some  of 
the  classes  are  large  enough  in  scope,  others  are 
of  necessity  limited  in  the  number  of  specimens 
that  can  be  staged  by  the  respective  competitors, 
and  therefore  we  anticipate  the  show  in  question 
will  be  grand  more  as  regards  the  intrinsic  excel¬ 
lence  of  the  produce  than  by  the  extent  of  it  ; 
yet  the  aggregate  display  mast,  all  the  same,  be 
considerable  and  imposing.  It  will,  further,  be 
suggestive  and  instructive  in  no  ordinary  degree. 
We  shall  be  both  surprised  and  disappointed 
if  British  grown  fruit  will  not  be  represented 
equal  to  any  that  can  be  grown  in  any  part  of 
the  world.  Slowly  but  surely  a  process  6f 
education  has  been  going  on  in  various  ways 
\  during  recent  years  on  the  subject  of  hardy  fruit 
culture  in  this  country,  and  the  results  are 
becoming  apparent.  These  results  are  proving, 
and  will  prove,  when  the  seasons  are  not 
absolutely  unpropitious,  that  all  the  more  u«eful 
kinds  of  what  may  be  termed  necessary  food 
fruits  can  be  grown  by  and  for  our  own  people 
in  various  parts  of  the  kingdom.  It  is  this  that 
the  Royal  Horticultural  Society,  as  befits  it  in 
the  discharge  of  its  important  functions, 
obviously  wishes  to  demonstrate  ;  and  not  only 
will  the  fact,  we  fully  believe,  be  demonstrated) 
but  endeavour  is  also  made,  and  wisely  made,  to 
obtain  and  disseminate  information  throughout 
the  community  for  the  benefit  of  persons  who 
may  have  the  means  but  not  the  skill  to  achieve 
Ino.  2452.-—VOL,  X.OIII.J  Old  Series* 
Ko.  796.— VOL.  XXXL,  THIRD  SERIES. 
