Title: The Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette,
1865 1,157-1,158
Date: 9 December 1865
Place: Birmingham
Societies
HANDSWORTH HORTICULTURAL. — This Society’s Annual Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show
was held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday last1 .
The display of fruit was excellent. The Pears and Apples were generally large and highly coloured;
those from the Channel Islands were particularly well grown and in excellent condition. Chrysanthemums
were past their best.
. . .
The principal open awards were as follows:—
. . .
Dessert Pears — 12: 1, Mr. Pluck, Jersey;
2, Mr. C. J. Perry; 3, Mr. Bailey, Birmingham.
Stewing Pears — 12: 1, Mr. C. J. Perry; 2, Mr. Pluck;
3, Mr. Bailey.
. . .
Kitchen Apples. — 1, Mr. A. Cartwright; 2, Mr. C. J. Perry; 3, Mr.
Pluck
. . . .
Extra prizes to Mr. R. H. Vertegans, Edgbaston, for a collection of Ornamental Ferns; and to Mr.
Pluck, Jersey, for a collection of Fruit.
. . .
1 2,4 and 5 December 1865