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Mr. Penwill, Totnes, staged Raspberry ' Penwill's Champion.' 

 (Fig. 213.) 



Messrs. Spooner, Hounslow, brought Apples. 

 Mr. Yates, Sutton, Hounslow, sent Pea ' Purple Pod.' 

 Capt. Holford, CLE., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Chapman), staged 

 Melons. 



Mr. Deal, Kelvedon, sent Peas. 



Messrs. Sutton, Reading, staged Solanum muricatum syn. S. guate- 

 malaise, known in the Canary Islands as the ' Melon-Pear,' and in America 

 as the 'Pepino.' The fruits are the size and shape of a hen's egg, pale 

 yellow in colour, slightly tinged with purple streaks, very fleshy and 

 juicy. As the fruits contain no seed, the plant must be propagated by 

 cuttings. It is of bushy habit and very ornamental when in fruit, and 

 succeeds well in a cool greenhouse. 



Mr. Will Tayler, Hampton, brought Peach 'Libra.' 



Mr. Parr, Trent Park, Barnet, staged Melons 1 Trent Park.' 



Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Highbury (gr. Mr. Deacon), sent 

 Melon ' High Scarlet,' not quite ripe. 



Messrs. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, brought Peach ' Duke of York.' 



Messrs. Lack, Wellingborough, sent Gooseberries and Red Currants. 



Mr. Morris, Bowden Hill, Chippenham, staged Melon ' Bowden 

 Favourite.' 



Fkuit and Vegetable Committee, August 9, 1901. 

 Mr. A. H. Pearson, in the Chair, and thirteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To the University College, Reading (gr. Mr. Foster), for a collection 

 of fruit and vegetables. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Miss Adamson, Regent's Park (gr. Mr. Keif), for a collection of 

 Plums. 



Other Exhibits. 



W. Roupell, Esq., Streatham, sent Apples 'Mr. Gladstone.' 

 Mr. Crampton, Sissinghurst, brought Potato ' Southern Star.' 

 J. Hodges, Esq., Queen's Wood Avenue, Highgate (gr. Mr. Pelley), 

 staged Grapes. 



Mr. Gregory, Royston, sent a Melon. 



Sir A. K. Osborn, Bart., Chicksands Priory, Shefford (gr. Mr. Ellett), 

 staged Apple 1 Mr. Gladstone.' 



Mr. Penwill, Totnes, brought Raspberry ' Penwill's Champion.' 



F. A. Bevan, Esq., Trent Park, Barnet, sent Melons and Tomatos. 



Col. Simpson, Shirley Park, Croydon (gr. Mr. Cook), sent Peaces and 

 Tomatos. 



Messrs. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, staged Peaches and Plums. 



Four Oaks Sundries Co., Sutton Coldfield, sent the Four Oaks Syringe. 



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