October  24,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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'STHIa  PRIaRCE  FRUIT  SHOW. 
Frait  Show  Notes. 
irs  &  Sons’  Group  ol  Pot  Fruit  Trees, 
on. 
Messrs.  Cannell  &  Sons. 
Messrs.  G.  Bunyard  &  Co. 
Jersey  Produce. 
Messrs.  J.  Veitcli  &  Sons,  Ltd.  Earl  Roberts’  Statue. 
Messrs,  Pa  ri  &  Son. 
Last  week  we  furnished  a  photo¬ 
graphic  illustration  of  the  group  of 
judges,  referees,  and  friends  at  the 
Crystal  Palace  Fruit  Show ;  to-day 
we  provide  a  bird’s-eye  view  of  the 
central  portion  of  the  exhibition, 
which  will  no  doubt  be  of  great 
interest  to  those  of  our  readers  who 
live  far  away  from  London. 
The  tables  were  staged  in  the 
central  part  or  arena  between  the 
north  and  south  transept,  with  the 
great  Handel  organ  on  one  side  and 
a  raised  audience  gallery  on  the 
other.  Neither  of  these  come  into 
the  photograph.  The  system  of 
arrangement  this  year  had  much  to 
recommend  it,  being  consecutive  and 
very  orderly.  In  some  previous 
years  the  single-dish  classes  have 
been  continued  along  the  length  of 
tables,  almost  hidden  away  around 
i  he  edges  of  the  interior  precincts. 
Loth  from  the  point  of  view  of  effect¬ 
iveness  and  of  facile  location  of  any 
class  one  may  desire  to  inspect,  this 
year’s  mode  of  arranging  the  tables 
seemed  to  us  commendable. 
Of  course,  the  Crystal  Palace 
authorities  and  the  presence  of  other 
extraneous  exhibitions  within  the 
Palace,  necessarily  insist  on  certain 
conformities  to  be  complied  with 
yearly.  While  referring  to  the  dis¬ 
position  of  the  show,  it  is  only 
generous  to  name  the  Rev.  W.  Wilks 
the  Society’s  secretary;  Mr.  S  T 
Wright  Mr.  T.  Humphries,  and  Mr', 
r  .  Reader,  the  Society’s  superinten¬ 
dent,  assistant  superintendent,  and 
cashier  respectively,  and  also  the 
superintendent  of  the  Crystal 
Palace  gardens  and  plants  indoors 
the  unassuming  yet  ever  helpful  Mr! 
G*.  Gaselton,  all  of  whom  had  a  large 
amount  of  work  allotted  to  them  in 
connection  with  this  show. 
The  names  of  the  principal  exhi¬ 
bitors  are  furnished  beneath  the 
illustration.  Messrs.  George  Bun- 
yard  and  Co.’s  trees  are  only  evi 
denced  by  a  small  corner,  which  is 
unfortunate,  as  this  is  one  of  the 
finest,  most  imposing,  and  one  of  the 
best  arranged  collections  in  the  ex¬ 
hibition.  Messrs.  Hillier  and  Son’s 
produce  from  the  chalk  hills  near 
Winchester  is  conspicuous ;  and  so 
is  Mr.  W.  Taylor’s  from  Hampton, 
in  the  Thames  Valley.  The  splen¬ 
didly  grown  pot  fruit  trees  sent  by 
Messrs.  Rivers  and  Son  are  seen  as 
a  conical  group  rising  up  in  the 
centre,  and  Messrs.  Cannell’s  fruit 
and  Gannas,  the  Swanley  Horticul¬ 
tural  College  display  of  preserved 
(bottled)  fruit,  and  the  tables  run¬ 
ning  off  at  a  tangent  in  the  per¬ 
spective  and  containing  the  gar¬ 
deners’  and  amateurs’  competitive 
entries,  are  the  main  features  on 
view  in  our  illustration. 
Much  more  taste  could  advantage¬ 
ously  be  elaborated  by  exhibitors  at 
this  great  fruit  show.  If  the  general 
public  are  to  be  attracted  annually, 
novelty  in  some  form,  slight  or  great, 
must  be  initiated.  Coloured  leaves 
between  the  dishes  of  fruit  are  of 
very  doubtful  value  in  giving  effect  ; 
green  baize  as  a  ground-colour  is 
deplorable,  though  the  edges  of  the 
tables  ought  to  be  draped  with  it. 
Too  close  setting  of  the  dishes  is 
better  to  the  view  than  a  meagrely 
filled  table- 
