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with  a  well  displayed  exhibit,  the  foliage  employed  being  most 
effective,  and  the  flatness  of  the  exhibit  was  relieved  by  pyramids 
of  well  coloured  Apples  arranged  with  appropriate  foliage.  The 
most  noteworthy  examples  in  Apples  were  Stirling  Castle,  Cellini, 
Lord  Suffield,  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch,  Lord  Derby,  Bismarck,  and 
Duchess  of  Oldenburg.  Some  good  Plums  were  staged,  with 
Nuts,  “  Crabs,”  Damsons,  and  examples  of  the  Strawberry- 
Raspberry. 
The  class  for  32ft  run  of  6ft  tabling  encouraged  two  exhibi¬ 
tors  to  take  the  field.  Here  Messrs.  J.  Cheal  and  Sons,  Crawley, 
came  out  first  with  a  creditable  display  of  Apples,  Pears,  Plums, 
Peaches,  and  Nectarines,  the  whole  exhibit  being  well  arranged. 
The  best  Apples  were  Castle  Major,  Walthamstow  Beauty,  War¬ 
ner’s  King,  Jubilee,  Gold  Medal,  and  Bismarck;  while  in  Pears 
Glou  Morceau,  Pitmaston  Duchess,  Flemish  Beauty,  Catillac,  and 
Doyenne  du  Comioe  were  most  conspicuous.  Of  the  Plums 
Pond’s  Seedling  and  White  Magnum  Bonum  were  of  grand  size. 
Peaches  and  Nectarines  were  also  of  good  size.  Messrs.  J.  Peed 
and  Son,  West  Norwood,  came  in  a  good  second,  evidently  relying 
on  their  Apples  and  Pears  for  their  position.  This  exhibit  was 
chiefly  displayed  in  baskets  and  dishes,  while  a  centrepiece  was 
formed  of  a  pyramid  of  Apples  and  Pears,  with  Palms  at  the 
corners.  Some  of  the  best  dishes  were  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch, 
Lane’s  Prince  Albert,  Hawthornden,  Gloria  Mundi,  Forge,  Rib- 
ston  Pippin,  and  Byford  Wonder.  The  Pears  were  large  and 
clean,  a  few  of  the  most  prominent  being  Pitmaston  Duchess, 
Durondeau,  Clapp’s  Favourite,  Tardive  de  Solesnes.  and  General 
Todleben  constituting  the  best  feature  of  the  exhibit.  Plums 
were  also  represented  by  several  varieties. 
The  class  for  16ft  run  of  tabling  by  6ft  wide  seemed  to  suit 
the  exhibitors  this  season,  for  four  entered  in  this  class.  How¬ 
ever.  Mr.  Geo.  Mount,  The  Nurseries,  Canterbury,  so  noted  for 
his  Roses,  proved  that,  the  Kentish  firm  can  also  turn  out  good 
fruit  on  occasions  like  this,  by  winning  the  first  prize.  The 
exhibit  was  tastefully  arranged,  and  the  produce  undoubtedly 
good,  the  colour  in  the  Apples  being  noteworthy.  Mention 
should  be  made  of  excellent  baskets  of  Apples  Peasgood’s  Non¬ 
such,  Bismarck,  Cox’s  Pomona,  Royal  Jubilee,  Lord  Suffield,  Lady 
Sudeley,  Worcester  Pearmain,  and  Mere  de  Menage.  The  finest 
baskets  of  Pears  were  Beurre  Hardy,  Williams’  Bon  Chretien, 
Conference,  Souvenir  du  Congres,  Margaret  Marillat,  Clapp’s 
Favourite,  Beurre  Diel,  and  Beurre  d’Amanlis;  while  good 
baskets  of  Pond’s  Seedling,  White  Magnum  Bonum,  Grand  Duke, 
and  Cox’s  Emperor  were  the  best  Plums,  and  a  few  dishes  of 
“Crabs”  completed  the  exhibit.  Messrs.  S.  Spooner  and  Sons, 
Hounslow,  made  a  good  second,  though  they  lacked  the  colour 
so  prominent  in  the  previous  exhibit.  Good  examples  of  Royal 
Jubilee,  Frogmore  Prolific,  Duchess  of  Gloucester,  Sandringham, 
Gascoyne’s  Scarlet,  Williams’  Favourite,  and  Worcester  Pearmain 
were  good  in  Apples.  A  few  dishes  of  Pears  and  some  excellent 
Monarch  Plums  completed  the  chief  points  of  this  exhibit. 
Messrs.  J.  Laing  and  Sons,  Forest  Hill,  made  a  tasteful  exhibit 
for  third  place.  The  pieces  of  Crataegus  Lelandi  and  Asparagus 
gave  a  pretty  effect.  The  most  noteworthy  dishes  and  baskets 
in  Apples  were  Pott’s  Seedling,  Bismarck,  Bellamy’s  Fillbasket, 
Royal  Jubilee,  Lord  Suffield,  Tyler’s  Kernel,  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch, 
and  Lord  Derby;  while  good  examples  of  Grosse  Calebasse,  Pit- 
maston  Duchess,  Marie  Louise,  Louise  Bonne  of  Jersey,  Clapp’s 
Favourite,  and  Souvenir  du  Congres  were  the  most  prominent 
Pears,  and  a  few  dishes  of  Plums  and  “  Crabs  ”  completed  an 
effective  display. 
Division  III.— Market  Growers. 
This  division  of  the  schedule  started  with  class  19,  for  four 
varieties  of  cooking  Apples  in  baskets  or  boxes  of  about  421b  net, 
the  prizes  being  30s.  and  20s.  respectively  for  first  and  second. 
With  admirable  samples  of  The  Queen,  Lord  Suffield,  and  Bis¬ 
marck,  all  of  which  were  large,  well-modelled  samples,  of  good 
colour,  without  a.  blemish,  the  first  award  fell  to  Mr.  H.  T. 
Masson,  of  the  Rectory  Farm,  Hampton  Hill.  Mr.  Poupart,  of 
Marsh  Farm,  Twickenham,  was  second  with  large  green  fruits 
of  Warner’s  King,  Lane’s  Prince  Albert,  and  Peasgood’s  Nonsuch, 
but  otherwise  these  were  useful  samples.  There  were  only  three 
entries. 
For  four  varieties  of  the  dessert  Apples,  weighing  about  201b, 
three  bright  lots  from  Mr.  Geo.  Chambers,  of  Mereworth,  Maid¬ 
stone,  brought  him  the  leading  award.  He  staged  Quarrenden, 
Cox’s  Orange  Pippin,  and  King  of  the  Pippins.  Second  out  of 
four  came  Mr.  Poupart  with  King  Pippin,  Worcester  Pearmain, 
and  Wealthy.  Only  two  entrants  showed  for  the  two  varieties 
of  cooking  Apples,  the  first  place  going  to  Mr.  G.  Chambers, 
of  Maidstone.  In  the  succeeding  class  for  two  dessert  varieties, 
Mr.  Mason,  with  King  of  the  Pippins  and  Cox’s  Orange,  beat  his 
only  opponent,  who  did  not  receive  a  prize.  There  was  no  entry 
at  ail  in  class  23,  but  four  competed  in  the  next,  for  two  packages 
in  two  kinds  of  Pears,  the  premier  award  here  falling  to  Mr.  A. 
Wyatt,  of  Hatton,  ^Middlesex,  with  a  large  flat  boxful  of  Duron¬ 
deau  and  Souvenir  du  Congres.  The  samples  were  large  and  good, 
much  better  displayed,  too,  than  those  of  Mr.  Geo.  Chambers, 
who  came  second.  Three  lots  of  Pears,  of  from  twenty-four  to 
forty-eight  fruits,  according  to  size,  of  any  one  choice  dessert 
Pear,  President  Barabe 
(See  page  281.) 
Pear,  were  shown  in  class  25,  and  Mr.  Poupart  led,  having  Pit¬ 
maston  Duchess,  even  and  clean.  These  were  packed  in  a  flat, 
oblong  box,  with  paper  around  each.  Second  came  Mr.  Wyatt, 
with  a  similar  box,  containing  Souvenir  du  Congres. 
In  class  26,  for  a  collection  of  twelve  varieties  of  Apples  and 
six  of  Pears,  distinct,  eighteen  fruits  of  each,  to  be  laid  flat  on  the 
table  without  dishes  or  baskets,  only  Vine  or  similar  leaves 
allowed  for  decoration,  and  the  space  occupied  must  not  exceed 
16ft  by  3ft,  four  creditable  lots  were  displayed,  the  first  and 
second  being  very  nearly  equal,  as  it  seemed.  Mr.  Poupart,  who 
led,  had  the  larger  fruits,  and  they  were  well  spaced  out,  giving 
them  an  imposing  effect.  The  succeeding  award  fell  to  Messrs. 
W.  J.  Lobjoit  and  Son,  Heston  Farm ,  Hounslow,  with  somewhat 
brighter  samples,  but  less  in  size,  as  we  remark.  Poupart’s  Pears, 
in  the  varieties  Clapp’s  Favourite,  Marguerite  Marillat,  and 
Durondeau  were  very  fine  samples,  as  were  his  rosy-cheeked 
Worcester  Pearmain  Apples  and  very  handsome  Peasgood’s.  The 
Mere  de  Menage  were  very  irregular. 
For  a  basket  of  about  281b  of  cooking  Plums,  there  were 
superb  fruits  of  that  grand  sort  Monarch  on  view  from  Mr. 
Poupart,  giving  him  an  easy  lead.  Lighter  coloured,  but  also 
very  good  fruits  of  the  same  variety  came  from  Messrs.  Lobjoit, 
who  were  second,  out  of  four.  They  were  quite  alone,  however, 
in  the  next  class,  for  a  package  of  one  dessert  variety,  staging  a 
poor  lot  of  Coe’s  Golden  Drop. 
Teaches  were  not  numerous,  though  the  two  dozen  fruits  of 
Sea  Eagle,  packed  in  a  box  for  market,  with  paper  and  cotton 
wool  round  each,  and  embedded  in  wood  wool,  from  Mr.  J.  Gove, 
Albion  Nursery,  Po  legate,  Sussex,  were  really  of  very  great 
merit,  and  a  credit  to  him.  After  his,  out  of  four,  came  Mr. 
W.  J.  Noy  (gardener,  Mr.  W.  Buckingahm,  The  Homestead, 
Brentford,  with  Exquisite,  highly  coloured  and  large. 
Division  IV.— Open  Air  Fruits. 
Open  tQ  gardeners  and  amateurs  only. — The  two  classes  leading 
off  here,  namely,  30,  and  31,  were  unsupported.  J.  R.  Brougham, 
Esq.  (Mr.  W.  Jones),  Wallington  Bridge,  Carshalton,  and 
R.  Marsham,  Esq.  (gardener,  Mr.  W.  Lewis),  East  Sutton  Park, 
near  Maidstone,  Kent,  were  equal  first  for  twelve  distinct  dishes 
of  Apples,  eight  of  cooking  and  four  of  dessert.  The  finest 
samples  here  were  Bismarck  and  Emperor,  both  for  cooking,  in 
Mr.  Brougham’s,  with  the  dessert  sorts  Okera  and  Worcester 
Pearmain,  in  Mr.  Marsham’s.  Okera  is  an  oblong,  brick-red 
coloured  Apple,  of  distinction.  In  class  33,  for  six  dishes  of 
cooking  Apples,  only  one  exhibitor — Rev.  O.  L.  Powell,  Woburn 
Park,  Weybridge — was  forward.  The  samples  were  large  and 
clean,  but  very  green.  Peasgood’s  and  The  Queen  were  well 
shown. 
Coming  to  Pears,  we  found  no  entry  for  the  half-dozen  dessert 
sorts,  and  only  one  exhibit  was  contributed,  this  being  certainly 
very  creditable,  from  Sir  M.  Samuel’s  gardener  ,  (Mr.  W.  H. 
Bacon)  of  Mote  Park,  Maidstone.  Evidently  these  had  been  well 
seen  to,  or  had  been  out  of  range  of  the  recent  storm  in  that 
district.  Beurre  Mortillet  was  absolutely  superb,  and  there  were 
beautiful  dishes  of  Directeur  Hardy,  Conference,  Fondante  de 
Thirriott,  Doyenne  Boussoch,  Triomphe  de  Vienne,  and  Zephirin 
Gregoire  (  ?).  These  were  admirably  staged,  and  it  is  unfortunate 
that  there  should  have  been  nothing  against  such  a  collection, 
