Ivi PEOCEEDI>'GS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Rev. E. ^Y. Jones, St. Mary's Vicarage, Spital Square, sent a dish of 

 Apples 'Bray's Seedling,' syn. 'Haven Apple,' very closely resembling 

 ' Beauty of Kent ' in appearance. 



Feuit and Vegetable Committee, February 26, 1901. 



Mr. Geo. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-one members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To C. P. Serocold, Esq., Taplow HalL Maidenhead (gr. Mr. R. 

 Bullock), for a collection of Apples and Pears. 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Diamond Jubilee ' (votes, 16 for), from Mr. A. J. Thomas, 

 Rodmersham, Sittingbourne. Fruit large and of good shape ; skin yellow 

 and slightly flushed with red on the exposed side ; eye large and half 

 closed, set in a rather deep basin ; stalk short and fleshy, often obli<iuely 

 inserted almost on a level ^\■ith the base of the fruit ; tiesh white and of 

 good quality for cooking. This variety was raised from a pip of an 

 Australian Apple. The tree is stated to be a good bearer and ^"igorous 

 grower ; the fruit is said to keep sound until Whitsuntide. (Fig. 127.) 



To Apple ' Scarlet Nonpareil ' (votes, 12 for), from Mr. W. Crump, 

 V.M.H., Madresfield Court, Malvern. A first-rate dessert Apple in use 

 during the early months of the year, and a well-known variety raised 

 nearlv a hundred vears ago. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Miller, gr. to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher, for a very 

 fine basket of Mushrooms. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. W. Caddick, Esq., Caradoc, Ross (gr. Mr. M. Roe), sent Apple 

 ' Caradoc Scarlet.' A verv handsome fruit, but not considered first rate 

 in quahty. 



Mr. J. Basham, Fairoak Nurseries, Bassaleg, NewjDort, Mon., sent an 

 unnamed Apple of good quality, which the Committee desired to see 

 again when named. 



Mr. A. J. Jackson, 22 Somerset Terrace, St. Pancras, staged samples 

 of Garden Hose. The Committee wished them to be tried at Chiswick. 



Captain Carstaii-s, Welford Park, Newbury (gr. Mr. C. Ross), sent 

 Pear ' Earl Roberts,' raised from ' Josephine de Malines ' x ' Bonne 

 d'Ezee.' Fruit large and of pyriform shape, but gritty in the flesh. 



W. Bryant, Esq., Stoke Park, Slough (gr. Mr. D. Kemp), sent Apple 

 ' Lewis's Licomparable.' 



Messrs. Yarde, 10 Market Square, Northampton, sent Apple ' King 

 Edward.' A small yellow fruit. 



Mr. T. Clinch, Denaway Key Street, Sittingbourne, sent Apple ' King 



