636 BErOHTS OP FRUIT COMMITTEE, JULY 22, 1862 



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LXXV.— REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



July Z'2nd, — Mr. EDMO^'I)s in the Chair. 



At this Meeting the following prizes were ofTered : 



Class A, — For the best dish of Peaches . • . 20s. lOs. 



B. — Ditto ditto Nectarines . . . . 205. \0s, 



C— Ditto ditto Plums . ♦ . . . SOs. 10s. 

 D. — For the best Collection of the newer 



varieties of Strawberries . , .. 205. 10s. 

 E. — For the best Collection of any varieties of 



Strawberries, one dish of each . . 20s. 10s, 

 F. — For the best Collection of Currants, one 



dish of each . . ' » . . 20s. 10s. 



In Class A, the only competitor was Mr. Ciiabi.ks Tubnee, 

 of Slough, who exhibited a very good dish of Grasse Mignonne 

 Peach, to which a First Puize was awarded. 



la class B, Mr. Turner was again the only exhibitor, and 



took First Prize for Hmit's Tawny Nectarine,' which however 



was not in first-rate condition. 



^' In Class C, Mr, Tillyard, gardener to J. Kelk, Esq,, the 

 Priory, Stanmore, showed a dish of very fine Green Gage Plums, 

 and an equally fine one of Victoria. He also exhibited a dish of 

 Jefferson, which in comparison with the others was not so 

 remarhahle. Messrs. Lane arid Son, Berkhampstead, showed 

 a dish of Kirke's Plum, which was not ripe. The First Prize 

 was awarded to Mr. Tillyard for Green Gage, and the Second 

 for Jefferson. 



In Class D, Mr. Thomas Ingram, of Frogmore, was the only 

 exhibitor, and received the First Prize for Strawberries, Cocks- 

 comb, Bifleman, Frogmore Late Pine, Elton Improved, and 



Fairy Queen. 



In Class E, Mr. Charles Tuener, of Slough, was the only 

 exhibitor for the host collection of any varieties of Strawberries, 

 and he received the Fiest Prize for British Q,ueen, Carolina 



Superba, Rifleman, Frogmore, late Pine, Eivers's Eliza, 

 Wizard of the North, Ingram's Prince of Wales, Prince 

 Arthur, Elton Pine, Filbert Pine, Empress Eug6nie, Sir 



