FRUIT COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 15. 
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Fruit Committee, October 15, 1895. 
Ph. Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge worth, for a large 
collection of Apples and Pears. The specimens were very large, 
clear skinned, and beautiful. 
To H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. 
Beckett), for a large collection of vegetables of the finest 
quality. 
Silver Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a collection of 100 
varieties of Apples. 
Silver Banhsian Medal. 
To Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for a collection of fifty 
varieties of Dessert Apples. 
To the Dowager Lady Freake, Twickenham (gr. Mr. Brick- 
wood), for a collection of 100 varieties of Apples and Pears. 
To Mr. H. A. Orr, Bedford, for Orr's Patent Storing Trays 
for Fruit, which were highly approved by the Committee. 
To Messrs. Dobbie & Son, Rothesay, for a collection of 
vegetables. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Lord Rothschild, Tring (gr. Mr. Hill), for very excellent 
and highly coloured Doyenne du Comice Pears. 
To Mr. Jones, Greenford Place, Sudbury, for a collection of 
Leeks. 
Aiuard of Merit. 
To Plum The President (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth. A large, late, dark purple fruit, 
resembling Late Duke. 
Other Exhibits. 
The Marquis of Downshire, Hillsborough Castle, co. Down 
(gr. Mr. Bradshaw), submitted his new Grape named Marchioness 
of Downshire. 
