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FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



P. Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and fourteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Award of Merit 

 To Apple Chelmsford Wonder from Messrs. Saltmarsh & Sons, 

 Chelmsford. Fruit large, flushed, and streaked with red — hand- 

 some. Flesh firm, acid, and of very good quality. A useful late 

 culinary Apple. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Holly Lodge, Highgate (gar- 

 dener, Mr. J. Willard), sent a box of the March Peach received 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. The fruits had evidently been 

 gathered before they were ripe, as the flesh was tough and 

 flavourless. 



Dr. Wilks, Ash ford, Kent (gardener Mr. Tabor), sent some 

 very fine fruits of Vanilla, which emitted a most fragrant odour. 



From the Society's Gardens were sent blanched samples of 

 the following varieties of Common Chicory, or Barbe des Capucins : 

 Witloef, Red-leaved Lombardy, Brunswick, and Large-rooted 

 Magdeburg, together with similar blanched samples of Improved 

 Early Dandelion. 



A letter was received from Mr. James Lake, Sheriff Court, 

 Minster, inquiring as to the cause of canker in Apple trees. 



Mr. Lake was referred to the Report of the Apple Conference 

 held at Chiswick in 1888, and published in Vol. X. of the 

 Society's Journal. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 



D. Mokeis, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., in the Chair, and eight members 



present. 



Branches Injured by Cold. — Dr. Masters showed branches of 

 Peach and Rose trees with injuries similar to those shown at the 

 last meeting. These had not been in contact with wire, showing 

 that that is not the only cause of the injuries. Professor Church 

 suggested that the appearance pointed to the rubbing of brancnes 

 on each other. 



Fog Investigation. — Mr. Morris stated that he, as the re- 



