XXXVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



January 14, 1919. 

 Mr. C. G. A. Nix in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 

 Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for hardy winter vegetables. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Mr. R. Staward, Panshanger, for Leeks. 



Other Exhibit. 



Mr. H. Close, Orpington : Apple ' Gunner Buckwell.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, January 28, 1919. 



Mr. C. G. A. Nix in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



It was unanimously resolved to send a vote of condolence to the family of 

 the late Mr. George Bunyard, V.M.H., who was for so many years the deeply 

 respected Chairman of this Committee. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Lady Elizabeth Dawson, Maidenhead, for bottled fruits and vegetables. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Apple ' St. Cecilia' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Basham, Bassaleg, 

 nr. Newport. This variety received an Award of Merit on January 15, 1918. 

 Fruit of medium size, even in outline, but of different shapes, some conical, 

 others flat ; skin yellow and nearly covered with red, with a good deal of russet 

 round the stalk ; eye small, and nearly closed in a shallow and slightly plaited 

 saucer ; stalk about half an inch long, inserted in a small funnel set in a very 

 full base ; flesh crisp, juicy, fine flavour, somewhat resembling that of ' Cox's 

 Orange Pippin,' which is one of its parents, the name of the other parent having 

 been lost. The tree is said to be a strong, vigorous grower, and a free bearer, 

 a very promising variety that should be a valuable addition to our late dessert 

 Apples. (See Journal R.H.S., xliv. p. lv., fig. 36). 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Whitelegg, Chislehurst : Onions. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, February n, 1919. 

 Mr. C. G. A. Nix in the Chair, and eleven members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for winter vegetables. 



Previous Awards Confirmed. 

 To Mr. V. Banks, Food Production Department, for bottled fruits and 

 vegetables. 



