October  6,  1898. 
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AN  AGE  OF  SPECIALISTS. 
20,000 
Trailed  Trees  to 
Select  from. 
50,000 
Apples  on  Paradise 
For  considerably  over  a  century  our  firm  has  been  noted  for  the 
careful  cultivation  of  Fruit  Trees,  and  has  built  up  a  reputation  by 
sending  out  Trees  TRUE  TO  3>JA.3VIIEI.  During 
the  past  Sixteen  Years  we  have  greatly  extended  our  Culture 
of  Fruit  Trees,  and  Laving  given  up  the  cultivation  of  all 
General  Nursery  Stock  in  favour  of  these  and  Roses,  we  may 
fairly  claim  to  he  Fruit  Tree  Specialists.  To-day  we  are 
pushing  the  matter  still  closer,  and  make  a  Speciality  (without 
neglecting  other  branches  of  Fruit  Tree  Culture)  of 
ESPALIER  TRAINED 
TREES. 
Last  Season  we  had  a  Stock  of  over 
20,000,  a  stock  which  for  excellence  or 
number  we  believe  to  be  without  parallel. 
The  above  shows  a  sample  Tree  fr  m 
photo;  we  have  Apples,  Pears,  and 
Plums  trained  in  this  form.  Peaches, 
Nectarines,  Apricots,  Cherries,  &c., 
as  fan-trained  Trees.  We  were  the  first 
to  grow  Plums  as  horizontally  trained 
Trees,  a  method  which  suits  them  in¬ 
finitely  better  than  any  other. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE ,  with  article 
on  Planting ,  Pruning,  &c.,  6d Gratis 
to  Customers. 
«l.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS,  Chilwell  Nurseries,  NOTTS. 
No.  954.— Vol.  XXXVII.,  Third  Series. 
Joupil  of  Horticulture. 
THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  6,  1898. 
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THE  GREAT  FRUIT  SHOW. 
IMMEASURABLY  the  greatest  fruit  show  of 
the  year,  certainly  in  this,  and  probably  in 
any  other  country,  was  that  of  which  a  report 
will  be  found  on  succeeding  pages,  it  is  to  be 
understood  that  fruit  in  the  aggregate  is  referred  to 
in  the  above  statement.  It  would  not  be  true  as 
regards  under-glass  fruits  alone,  especially  Grapes, 
as  these  are  more  extensively  represented  earlier  in 
the  season  at  Shrewsbury,  and  possibly  at  Edin¬ 
burgh.  Add  to  these  kinds,  which  were  extensively 
and  admirably  shown  last  week,  the  enormous 
mass  of  hardy  fruits,  notably  Apples  and  Pears, 
as  represented  on  heavily  laden  trees,  and  also 
disposed  in  more  or  less  artistic  piles  in  great 
collections,  or  shown  in  thousands  of  dishes,  then 
is  the  verdict  justified — the  greatest  exhibition  of 
its  kind  of  the  season,  or  of  which  we  have  tidings, 
from  any  part  of  the  world. 
It  was  displayed,  too,  in  what  we  believe  to  he 
by  far  the  most  suitable  building  for  large  horti¬ 
cultural  exhibitions  in  or  near  London,  if  not  in  the 
kingdom.  In  no  building  could  an  exhibition 
equal  in  magnitude  to  the  one  under  notice  be  so 
effectively  displayed  as  in  the  Crystal  Palace. 
The  splendid  transept  was  filled  from  end  to  end, 
and  yet  there  was  space  for  thousands  of  visitors  to 
inspect  the  products  without  the  discomfort  that  is 
inseparable  from  the  packing  of  humanity  in  space 
too  limited  for  free  movement,  and  which  so  seriously 
detracts  from  the  enjoyment  of  shows. 
As  to  the  character  of  the  exhibition,  it  was 
probably  such  as  to  have  surprised  gardeners  and 
cultivators  generally  evho  reside  in  the  south-eastern 
parts  of  the  kingdom.  They  remembered  the 
abnormal  cold  which  retarded  the  advent  of 
summer  and  the  early  growth  of  fruit,  and  could 
not  forget  the  exhausting  heat  and  prolonged 
drought  which  followed,  arresting  to  a  serious 
extent  the  progress  of  garden  crops  generally  aud 
impeding  the  final  swelling  of  fruit.  It  was  there¬ 
fore  anticipated  that  the  specimens,  particularly  of 
Apples  and  Pears,  could  not  be  so  large  as  usual. 
Possibly,  in  a  few  instances,  larger  may  have 
been  seen  at  some  previous  shows,  but  so  have 
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