NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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18. LIST OF THE MOST DESIRABLE VARIETIES OF 



FRUIT. 



Drawn up by the Fruit Committee. 



Price 25. post free. It contains nearly 200 pages, and besides the original 

 list drawn up by the Committee, it gives lists of varieties recommended by 

 nearly 100 expert growers and gardeners all over the country for their respec- 

 tive geographical divisions of Great Britain. The list shows the result of a 

 ballot as to which varieties are to be preferred from such points of view as 

 vigour of constitution, and for various types of growth and cultivation, as, 

 e.g., in the case of Apples — Bush, Standard, Espalier ; Pears — Bush, Standard, 

 Espalier, Wall. It also shows the best varieties for cooking as distinct from 

 dessert, the best for markets, and much similar detailed information which 

 must prove of great help in these days when the desirability of the planting 

 of more fruits is so widely recognized. 



19. FREE LEAFLETS. 



The following leaflets may be had free on receipt of a \d. stamped addressed 

 envelope : 



Fruit Bottling for Cottagers. 



Lady Carbery's Recipe for Preserving Fruits. 



R.H.S. Dutch Brown Beans. 



The Cultivation of Beans for Winter Consumption. 



A List of R.H.S. Gardening Charts for Societies and Schools. 



Butterfly Competitions. 



20. BOOK ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BOTTLING. 



Fellows of the Society have shown exceptional interest in the long series of 

 lectures given at the Fortnightly Meetings by Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Banks 

 on Fruit and Vegetable Bottling, who have now, in response to many requests, 

 prepared a book on the subject. The Council, recognizing the value of the 

 information it contains, and the demand for instruction of this kind, have 

 published it. It contains the most up-to-date information on the subject and 

 is most practical. It deals not only with the Bottling of both Fruits and Vege- 

 tables, but also with the making of Jam, and the pulping of Fruit to be made 

 into Jam later on, when sugar supplies are more abundant. There are also 

 many useful household recipes, and all the information given is the result of 

 the actual experience of the authors extending over a long number of years. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Banks' exhibits of Bottled Fruits at the Society's Meetings are 

 well known to the Fellows for their excellence. The price of the 191 8 revised 

 edition, which may be obtained from the R.H.S., Vincent Square, London, S.W. 1, 

 is is. 6d. over the counter, or post free is. 8d. ; bound in stiff paper covers. 



21. R.H.S. WAR RELIEF FUND. 



The work of the Society having greatly increased since the outbreak of the 

 War and the staff having greatly diminished, the Council found that the manage- 

 ment of this fund imposed far too great a demand upon the staff, a demand indeed 

 which it was impossible to meet. A special Administrative Committee for the 

 War Relief Fund was, therefore, appointed. The Committee is composed of 

 Members of the Council, and of the Ladies' Executive Committee which has done 

 such admirable work in collecting money for the fund. The Office of the Fund 

 is at 17 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. 1, where all communications and 

 donations should be addressed. 



