MEMBERS of Wokingham Horticultural Association proudly displayed the fruits of their labour at their autumn show last weekend.

On Saturday, September 17, more than 80 people went along to St Paul’s parish rooms in Reading Road for the association’s popular quarterly show.

Mary Jenno, of the association, told The Times that the show was really popular, busy and did not fail to delight and everyone who turned up had a great day.

She added it had been a particularly good year for fruit, especially apples, pears and grapes.

Jenny Gilbert won the RHS Banksian medal for her fruit and John Hughes won the RHS affiliated societies bronze medal for his vegetables.

Terry Davies and Gerald Cooper produced some beautiful dahlias and other members of the WHA impressed the crowds and the judges with a

magnificent display of mixed flowers and pot plants.

Sheila McKeand, show secretary, said: “It went really well and we had two new accredited

horticultural judges who said they were really impressed.

“The quality of the vegetables was very good

and there were probably more than 240 different exhibits on display, so there was lots to see.”

In the domestic classes Margaret Jenkins won the Mitchell Cup with her cakes, flans and scones.

In the young exhibitors’ classes Jacob Kilby, five, won the Southfield School Autumn Cup and Jane Hibbs, 12, had an excellent range of vegetables from her own allotment.

Guy Masdin came away with the Yates Cup for his prize chrysanthemums and the Knapp Rose Bowl for his large flowered roses.

Fred Preston won the G.Phillips Cup for the most points in fruit sections as well as the Fruit Cup. Terry Davies won The Wokingham Times Cup for winning the pompom dahlias section.

Wokingham Horticultural Association’s winter show will take place on Saturday, November 19.

The WHA’s first winter talk, ‘The Garden in Autumn and Winter’, will be on Tuesday, October 11, at the Rose Street Methodist Church starting at 7.45pm.

For more information call Mary Jenno on

(0118) 977 6917.