1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. Crook, Ford Abbey, sent three dishes of vegetables. 

 Mrs. Reid, Auchterarder House (gr. Mr. Cameron), sent Brussels 

 Sprouts 4 Cameron's Favourite.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, May 3, 1904. 

 Mr. A. Dean in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for ' Early Giant ' Peas. 



To Mr. Hobday, Romford, for ' Hobday's Giant ' Rhubarb. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, sent some early Cabbages. 

 S. Heilbut, Esq., Holyport, Maidenhead (gr. Mr. Westropp), staged 

 1 May Queen ' Potatos. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, May 17, 1904. 

 Mr. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To J. Hodges, Esq., Fay Gate (gr. Mr. Pelley), for ' Black Hamburgh ' 

 Grapes. 



Award of Merit. 



To Melon ' The Islander ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Ritchings, 

 Guernsey, raised from ' Ritchings's Perfection ' x ' Syon House.' Fruit 

 large, round, pale green, and heavily netted ; flesh green, deep, and of 

 first-rate flavour. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Reynolds, gr. to Leopold Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury 

 Park, for very fine 1 Duke of York ' Peaches grown on pot trees. Mr. 

 Reynolds stated that the trees had been started and steadily forced, and 

 the fruit ripened in twenty weeks, and in his opinion it would become 

 a leading variety, as the tree did not cast its buds, and the fruit was of 

 very superior quality. 



Other Exhibits. 



The French Flint Glass Bottle Co., Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, 

 sent a quantity of jars filled with fruit or vegetables beautifully preserved. 



Mr. Hobday, Romford, staged large sticks of Hobday's ' Giant 

 Rhubarb,' which had been forced. The Committee asked to see some 

 from the open ground. 



