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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
August  15,  1901. 
Pitmaston  Orange  Nectarine,  Brown  Turkey  Figs,  and  Stirling  Castle 
Peach.  T.  Hague,  Esq.,  had  the  three  best  bunches  of  black  Grapes,  three 
good  bunches  of  Madresfield  Court ;  Messrs.  G.  Longster  &  Sons  second, 
Mr.  McPherson  third.  In  the  corresponding  class  for  white  Grapes  the 
last  named  exhibitor  won  with  good  bunches  of  Muscat  of  Alexandria ; 
T.  Hague,  Esq.,  second  with  the  same  variety,  and  Mr.  J.  S.  Upex 
third  with  Foster’s  Seedling.  For  Melons  Mr.  McPherson  was  first ; 
C.  Cammed,  Esq.,  Hutton  Hall,  second ;  T.  Hague,  Esq.,  third. 
J.  Hugill,  Esq.,  had  the  best  Apricots,  C.  Cammed,  Esq.,  second.  Mr. 
McPherson  was  first  for  Peaches,  T.  Hague,  Esq.,  seoond.  The  same 
exhibitors  took  the  prizes  for  Nectarines  in  reversed  order.  Vegetables 
were  good,  especially  Onions  and  Carrots. 
Bridgwater.  August  8th. 
The  sixth  annual  show  of  this  West  Country  town  was  held  under 
very  favourable  conditions  as  regards  weather,  and  fortunately  for  the 
executive  the  attendance  was  larger  than  in  any  previous  year.  Though 
the  prizes  offered  are  small,  the  competition  was  in  most  instances  keen, 
and  the  show  on  the  whole  was  of  good  quality  and  variety.  Groups  of 
plants  were  ad  from  local  exhibitors,  who,  however,  displayed  artistic 
taste  in  the  arrangement  of  a  choice  assortment,  of  plants.  Messrs. 
Hayward  Bros,  took  first  prize,  Messrs.  H.  Corder  and  T.  Foster  Barham 
second  and  third  prizes  respectively.  There  was  only  one  competitor 
for  twelve  stove  and  greenhouse  plants,  H.  S.  Baily,  Esq.,  Glastonbury, 
who  was  awarded  first  prize,  and  the  same  exhibitor  won  with  twelve 
Ferns.  Zonal  Pelargoniums  were  wed  staged  by  Messrs.  Shepherd  and 
H.  Corder,  and  tuberous  Begonias  by  Mr.  C.  N.  Brameld  and  Mr.  G. 
Lovibond.  The  first-named  also  won  with  Coleus,  and  three  pots  of 
Lilies.  Mr.  R.  Y.  Foley  showed  the  best  Gloxinias  and  hanging  plant  in 
basket,  and  Mr.  E.  W.  Hill  the  best  Petunias. 
Cut  flowers  brought  out  a  stronger  entry.  A  collection  of  herbaceous 
perennials  made  an  interesting  display,  Mr.  A.  A.  Walters,  Bath,  showing 
well  for  first  place  j  Mr.  H.  Corder,  Bridgwater,  seoond.  Messrs. 
Jarman  &  Co.,  Chard,  winning  with  twelve  varieties  of  similar  flowers  ; 
Mr.  T.  Knapman,  Exeter,  second.  The  same  firm  won  with  Cactus 
Dahlias  in  twelve  varieties,  and  twelve  varieties  of  stove  and  green¬ 
house  flowers.  The  best  box  of  Carnations  arranged  for  effect  came 
from  Messrs.  W.  Taplin  &  Sons,  Newton  Abbot.  The  best  Asters  were 
from  local  growers,  though  the  competition  included  growers  from 
Bath  and  other  distant  gardens,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  Sweet 
Peas.  Mr.  A.  H.  Newman  of  Bath  won  with  twelve  varieties  of  annuals, 
and  Mr.  G.  Humphries,  Chippenham,  staged  handsome  Gladiolus,  Mr.  S. 
Totlle  of  Taunton  coming  second.  With  eighteen  Roses,  distinct, 
Messrs.  Perkins,  Coventry,  were  first ;  Messrs.  Jarman,  second  ;  and 
Mr.  A.  A.  Walters,  Bath,  third.  For  a  dinner  table  decoration  without 
fruir,  Messrs.  Perkins  won  easily  with  very  choice  Orchids  tastefully  set 
up ;  Mr.  T.  Foster  Barham  and  Miss  Lilian  Hill  following.  Messrs. 
Perkins  and  A.  H.  Newman  secured  the  prizes  for  bouquets,  and  the 
Coventry  florists  were  again  first  for  six  buttonhole  bouquets  in  their 
well  known  style. 
For  a  collection  of  six  dishes  of  dessert  fruits,  Col.  Vivian,  Rood 
Aston,  was  a  good  first,  Messrs.  W.  Brice  and  F.  J.  C.  Parsons  second 
and  third  respectively,  the  first  named  winning  with  three  bunches  of 
black  Grapes;  Messrs.  L.  R.  Price,  Yatton,  and  H.  S.  Baily  staged  the 
best  white  Grapes.  Out  of  several  exhibits  of  Melons,  the  judges  took 
the  extraordinary  course  of  cutting  the  two  largest  only,  and  giving 
these  the  prizes,  without  ascertaining  the  comparative  qualities  of 
other  good  fruit  si  aged.  Messrs.  Hayward  Bros,  and  Col.  Vivian  won 
with  Nectarines,  and  Mr.  F.  J.  Sheere,  Bridgwater,  secured  the  first 
prize  for  a  dish  of  Plums,  and  also  Pears  and  cooking  Apples.  These 
and  dessert  kinds  were  numerously  shown,  and  the  quality  of  the  whole 
was  very  fine.  Cottagers,  too,  staged  in  fine  form,  Beauty  of  Bath 
being  almost  exclusively  exhibited  as  dessert.  Vegetables,  considering 
the  nature  of  the  season,  were  fine,  and  the  competition  keen.  Messrs. 
G.  Garaway,  Bath;  B.  C.  Shepherd,  S.  Jennings,  E.  W.  Hill,  T.  Foster 
Baiham,  Parsons,  F.  J.  Sheere,  and  Miss  Foster,  being  the  foremost 
exhibitors.  In  the  amateurs’  section  the  honorary  secretary,  Brian 
Norris,  Esq.,  was  a  successful  competitor. 
Harborne  Gooseberry  Show,  Angiist  10tl|. 
Owing  to  intermittent  hot  weather  and  rain  during  the  last  fortnight 
prior  to  the  show  in  hastening  the  ripening  and  consequent  bursting  of 
a  large  proportion  of  some  of  the  finest  berries  of  the  growers,  fears 
were  anticipated  that  there  would  be  a  material  falling  off  in  the 
number  of  entries  as  well  as  the  weight  and  quality  of  the  berries. 
Such  fears,  however,  so  far  as  the  show  was  concerned,  were  agreeably 
ignored,  especially  in  regard  to  the  average  weight  of  the  fruits  in  toto  ; 
and  in  comparison  with  the  weight  of  the  premier  berry  of  1900  (Mr. 
W.  James’  Surprise,  a  green  variety,  24dwts.  lOgrs.),  Mr.  E.  Withers’ 
Transparent,  a  white  variety,  bumped  the  scales  at  28dwts.,  while,  by 
the  way,  his  premier  b  rry’s  (Ringer)  specific  gravity  was  so  dense  at 
the  recent  show  at  Stone  as  beat  it  by  a  few  grains.  What  tempting 
lumps  of  “  saccharinaceous  pabulum  ”  those  gigantic  spheres  of  this 
popular  fruit  appeared  to  be.  The  Harborne  Gooseberry  Society  has 
now  completed  its  eighty. seventh  annual  show,  and  how  few  societies 
horticultural  can  boast  of  an  octogenarian  show.  Mr.  Edward  Biraston, 
for  many  years  the  much  respected  secretary  and  successful  exhibito* 
owing  to  a  change  of  residence  to  another  district,  has  resigned  the 
secretaryship,  likewise  as  an  exhibitor  for  the  time  being,  and  the  post 
of  secretary  has  been  undertaken  by  Mr.  George  Stacey,  who  is  also  an 
exhibitor,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  prize  list. 
Premier  Prize.  —  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Transparent,  28dwts.  Twin 
Berries. — First,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Ringer,  40dwts.  20grs. ;  second,  Mr. 
T.  Richards,  Fascination,  33dwts.  15grs. ;  third,  Mr.  W.  Higham, 
Fascination,  33dwts.  8grs. 
Class  Prizes. — Red  berries. — First,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Bobby,  26dwts. 
16grs. ;  seoond,  Mr.  J.  Hobday,  Lord  Derby,  24-dwts.  12grs  .  third,  Mr> 
W.  James,  Dan’s  Mistake,  22dwts.  8grs. ;  fourth,  Mr.  w.  Higham> 
Blucher,  21dwts. ;  fifth,  Mr.  G.  Pettitt,  London,  17dwts.  4grs. ;  Bixth, 
Mr.  T.  Richards,  Falstaff,  16dwts.  12grs.  Yellow  berries. — First,  Mr. 
E.  Withers,  Ringer,  25dwts.  16grs.:  second,  Mr.  W.  James,  Leveller, 
22dwts.  16grs. ;  third,  Mr.  W.  Higham,  High  Sherriff,  22dwts.  8grs. ; 
fourth,  Mr.  G.  Stacey,  Thatcher,  21dwts.  8grs.  ;  fifth,  Mr.  G.  Hobday, 
Mount  Pleasant,  18dwts.  8grs.;  sixth,  Mr.  G.  Cash,  Garibaldi,  15dwts. 
20grs.  Green  berries. — First,  Mr.  T.  Careless,  British  Oak,  2ldwts. 
12grs. ;  seoond,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Surprise,  20dwts.  8grs. ;  third,  Mr. 
W.  James,  Stookwell,  18dwts.  4grs. ;  fourth,  Mr.  T.  Richards,  Shiner, 
18dwt8.  20grs. ;  fifth,  Mr.  G.  Stacey,  Telegraph,  16dwts.  8grs. ;  sixth, 
Mr.  G  Hobday,  Diadem,  12dwts.  20grs.  White  berries. — First,  Mr. 
E.  Withers,  Transparent,  27dwts.  12grs.  ;  seoond,  Mr.  G.  Hobday, 
Faithful,  21dwts.  12grs. ;  third,  Mr.  W.  Parsons,  Miss  Chesters,  19dwts. 
16grs. ;  fourth,  Mr.  W.  James,  Careless,  19dwts.  12grs. ;  fifth,  Mr. 
G.  Stacey,  Princess  Royal,  19dwts. ;  sixth,  Mr.  Chamberlain,  Fascina¬ 
tion,  17dwts.  20grs. 
Extra  Special  Prizes  for  Twelve  Berries  of  any  Variety. — 
First,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  301dwts.  12grs. ;  seoond,  Mr.  W.  James,  249dwts. ; 
third,  Mr.  G.  Stacey,  240dwts.  Red  berries. — First,  Mr.  E.  Withers, 
Bobby,  304dwts.  ;  second,  Mr.  W.  James,  Lord  Derby,  224dwts. ;  third, 
Mr.  T.  Richards,  Bobby,  210dwts.  Green  berries. — First,  Mr.  T. 
Careless,  British  Oak,  224dwts.  12grs. ;  seoond,  Mr.  W.  James,  Surprise, 
2221wts.  12grs. ;  third,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Surprise,  2l4dwts.  Yellow 
berries. — First,  E.  Withers,  Leveller,  298dwts.  12grs. ;  second,  Mr.  W. 
James,  Leveller,  245dwts. ;  third,  Mr.  D.  Richards,  Leveller,  230dwts. 
White  berries.  —First,  Mr.  E.  Withers,  Transparent,  260dwts. ;  second, 
Mr.  T.  Richards,  Fascination,  190dwts. ;  third,  Mr.  G.  Warren, 
Fascination,  178dwts.  12grs.  Best  beaten  berry. — Mr.  E.  Withers  with 
Ringer,  27dwts.  12grs. 
In  addition  to  the  foregoing  classes  four  prizes  were  awarded  to 
exhibitors  of  three  berries,  Mr.  E.  Withers  leading  with  Dan’s  Mistake, 
Ringer,  and  Transparent.  Prizes  were  awarded  to  six  exhibitors  of  two 
berries,  prizes  to  five  exhibitors  of  one  berry,  and  extra  money  prizes  to 
thirteen  exhibitors  of  two  varieties.  The  show,  whioh  extended  to  four 
days,  waa,  as  usual,  held  in  the  club  room  of  the  old  hostelry,  The  Green 
Man. 
Sefton  Park  Amateur  Gardeners’,  August  10th. 
The  tenth  annual  exhibition  of  the  above  Association  was  opened 
near  the  Ullet  Road  entrance  to  Sefton  Park  on  Saturday  last,  and 
continued  again  on  Monday.  The  weather  was  most  unpropitious,  and 
told  greatly  against  the  attendance.  Apart  from  the  two  handsome 
groups  of  miscellaneous  and  foliage  plants  kindly  sent,  not  for  competition, 
by  A.  A.  Paton,  Esq  ,  Greenback  Drive,  and  Messrs.  R.  P.  Ker  &  Sons, 
the  show  was  strictly  amateur,  Palms,  Ferns,  Fuchsias,  Liliums, 
Aspidistras,  and  a  host  of  other  plants  showing  the  wonderful  amount  of 
attention  that  must  have  been  expended  to  gain  the  perfection  attained. 
I  was  particularly  pleased  with  a  small  but  lovely  hanging  basket  of 
Mr.  Jarvis,  suspended  from  triangular  bamboos,  in  which  the  daintiest 
of  trailing  plants,  plain  and  ornamental,  were  just  at  their  best.  Mrs. 
Stevenson  of  Pembroke  Place,  Liverpool,  gained  a  well  deserved  honour 
for  the  best  small  garden,  on  the  roof  of  her  house.  Mr.  W.  ForreBt, 
the  secretary,  figured  in  many  classes.  Instead  of  the  usual  money 
prizes,  many  useful  and  valuable  articles  are  offered,  thus  proving  a 
strong  inducement  to  many. — R.  P.  R. 
Scottish  Horticultural  Association. 
The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Scottish  Horticultural  Association  was 
held  at  5,  St.  Andrew  Square,  Edinburgh,  last  week,  Mr.  Comfort, 
Broomfield,  Davidson’s  Mains,  presiding.  “Judging  at  Country  Shows” 
was  the  subject  of  debate,  and,  in  introducing  it,  Mr.  Bird,  Raehills, 
Dumfriesshire,  in  a  racy  manner  spoke  of  the  work  of  a  judge,  and 
of  the  points  he  ought  to  take  into  consideration  in  judging  the 
exhibits  in  the  various  departments  of  a  show.  He  advised  all  judges 
to  carry  spring  balances  with  them,  and  to  use  these  in  finding  the 
weight  of  articles  instead  of  deciding  with  the  eyes.  He  also  counselled 
them  to  look  very  oarefully  through  the  rules  and  regulations  distinctly 
laid  down  in  the  catalogue  of  the  society  whose  show  they  were  to 
judge;  to  pay  very  little  attention  to  the  remarks  of  attending 
members  of  oommittee  before  they  gave  their  awards,  beoause  many 
of  these  gentleman  had  a  little  interest  in  some  of  the  articles  staged  ; 
if  a  difference  took  place  to  call  in  a  third  party ;  and  to  avoid 
openly  criticising  their  fellow  judges’  opinions.  A  discussion  followed, 
at  the  close  of  which  Mr.  Bird  was  heartily  thauked  for  his  remarks. 
A  number  of  exhibits  were  laid  on  the  table  and  examined. 
