NAPIER AMATEUR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 117, 3 May 1911, Page 5

NAPIER AMATEUR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ANN UAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOAV.

Officers :—President, R. D. D. AlcLean; vice-presidents, J. Vigor Brown, ALP., J. N. Williams, S. McLernon ; hon. treasurer, F. H. Simpson; Committee, Canon Tuke, C. Douglas,\ F. W. Triggs, J. Snodgrass, W. Fraser, Lindo Levien, Mesdames Tosswill, G. Nelson, Hector Smith, Perry, Barcroft, Ashcroft, and Morgan, Misses Sutton and Williams (Ashbridge); hon. secretary, J. H. G. Alurdoch, P.O. Box 35, Napier. The annual show’ of the Napier Amateur Horticultural Society opened to-day. The weather is, at time of writing, very dull, promising rain, and a cold wind is blowing. But although “Sunny Napier” has not behaved well to us on this special occasion in the way of weather conditions, the general excellence of the climate may be judged from the splendid display which has been made.

The chrysanthemum classes are very strong, and there are many splendid blooms exhibited to puzzle the judges. The apple exhibits appear to be very strong, and the fruit shown is really magnificent. A good vegetable exhibit will also please the more practical minded gardeners, while housewives will find a fruitful source of comment and argument in the Home Industries section, where bread, scones, cakes, biscuits, preserves, etc., are exhibited in profusion. M hile the chrysanthemums make a fine show, the number of exhibitors is not so large as might have been expected. Class 6, Japanese blooms, was the most popular, with six entries.

In the fruit section cooking apples and pears attracted many exhibitors. While the vegetable section makes a good show, the number of I competitors is not large, marrows topping the poll, .six mil ties. The ladies have patronised the floral decoral ion section well, and :th - exhibits are really lovely. It will be a difficult task for the i judges to discriminate between the artistic creations displayed. The decorated dinner-table has brought i forward no fewer than ten competitors, and some charming designs I are to be seen.

The house industries section is well supported, the scone class be- | ing the strongest with seven coin- i petitors. _ _ I The ta.-k <>t juuuhi'-r is being | pushed on v.itii ml >p<-cd. out the' bad weather must seriously interfere with the am :.ci. .e. j The central feature of attraction! is the splendid display of palms, ' pot plants, etc., by J. Anderson, nurseryman. of Napier. Messrs. Simmonds and Co. have an extensive display of cut flowers, pot plants, palms, and garden implements. etc. Mr. Shader, nurseryman, of Palmerston North, is showing a number of splendid chrysanthemum blooms of various colours, together with pot plants and palms. Mrs. J. P. Thomson has lent for exhibition only a very fine collection of pot plants and palms. A refreshment room” provided with numerous tables and dainty fare is arranged on the stage. Owing to our inability to obtain judges' books, we are compelled to hold over publication of results unt il 10-111 or row.