JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



VEGETABLE CONFERENCE, CHISWICK. 

 September 24, 25, and 2G, 1889. 



The first day of the Conference was entirely occupied by a 

 thorough examination of all the exhibits by a series of Committees 

 of Selection, whose names will be found on page 63. 



On the second day, September 25, at 2 p.m., the President 

 of the Society, 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., briefly opened the 

 proceedings by complimenting the exhibitors on providing such 

 a fine and representative display of horticultural produce, and 

 on behalf of the Society he extended a hearty welcome to the 

 large body of horticulturists present. He considered it most 

 desirable, in the interests of the community, that more vegetables 

 should be eaten. He was not a vegetarian himself, or likely to 

 become such, but he believed that the too liberal consumption 

 of beef and mutton was not conducive to health. He also 

 suggested that more attention should be paid to the preservation 

 of vegetables, a branch of trade which was at present greatly 

 neglected in this country. If he wanted preserved vegetables, 

 he had to obtain supplies almost entirely from abroad, or at 

 least from tradesmen who supplied goods manufactured abroad. 

 He hoped that, by this Exhibition and Conference, much would 

 be done to bring into greater prominence the best varieties of 

 the several sections, and that some few good vegetables, but 

 little grown now, might have more attention directed towards 

 them in future, such as the turnip- or globe-rooted Celery, 

 Cardoons, &c. With regard to the improvement in cooking 

 vegetables, he thought that in England there was an almost 

 unlimited scope for improvement, and he appealed to the ladies 



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