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Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Green, Wisbech, staged Potatos. 



Mrs. Carr, Dunstable, sent a seedling Apple. 



Mr. Clayton, Grimston Park, Tadcaster, sent Walcheren Broccoli. 



Mr. Hammond, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, staged Apple 1 Invery 

 Pippin,' evidently a seedling from 'Blenheim Orange.' 



Messrs. Ambrose, Cheshunt, brought Grape ' Melton Constable,' which 

 the Committee desired planted in the Society's Gardens. 



J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmwocd, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes), staged 

 large bunches of ' Mrs. Pince ' Grapes. 



Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Apple ' Marquis of Lansdowne,' raised 

 from 1 Bismark ' x ' Cornish Gilliflower.' The fruit was past its best. 



Messrs. Sutton, Reading, staged ' Christmas Rhubarb,' grown in the 

 open air without protection. 



Mr. Wcodward, Barham Court, Maidstone, brought large fruits of Pear 

 1 Charles Ernest.' 



Mr. Crook, Forde Abbey, Chard, sent Apples. 



Ml\ Beck, Cooksbridge, staged Apples. 



Fiifit and Vegetable Committee, November 29, 1904. 

 Mr. A. H. Peabson in the Chair, and twelve members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 



To Sir Chas. Russell, Bart., Swallowfield Park, Reading (gr. Mr. Cole), 

 for a collection of fruit. 



To the Earl of Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, Newbury (gr. Mr. Pope), 



for a collection of Onions. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mrs. Noble, Henley-on-Thames (gr. Mr. Powell), for retarded 

 Potatos. These wore grown from retarded tubers of Potatos, which were 

 placed in a Cucumber frame on October 17, and just covered with soil; no 

 1 1 at 1 1 in was made, but a quantity of small tubers were formed, which were 

 of excellent quality when cooked. 'Windsor Castle ' was said to be one 

 of the best and most prolific varieties for this purpose, and 1 Up-to-Date' 

 one of the worst. See p. 481 . 



To Messrs. Brown, Peterborough, for Apples and Pears. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Earl of Stradbroke, Henham Hall, Norfolk (gr. Mr. Simpson) 

 -cut Apple 1 Fenn's Seedling.' A promising variety of large size, which 

 the Committee desired to see again. 



Messrs. Laxton, Bedford, staged Apple 'Bedford Scarlet.' 



Messrs. Ambrose, Cheshunt, brought Grapes. 



