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Highly Commended. 



No. 2, ' Brown's Excelsior ' (for flavour), sent by Mr. G. Brown, Thorngum- 

 bald, Hull. 



Commended. 



Nos. 9 & 10, ' Hornet,' sent by Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, and Mr. Cousens. 

 No. 41, ' Lloyd George,' sent by Mr. J. J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen, Dorset. 

 Nos. 13 & 14, ' Profusion,' sent by Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, and Mr. 

 Cousens. 



Nos. 16 & 17, ' Pyne's Royal,' sent by Mr. Cousens and Mr. Allgrove, Slough. 

 No. 36, ' Laxton's Prolific,' sent by Messrs. Laxton, Bedford. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnham : Cucumber ' Cynosure.' 

 Mr. F. Woollard, Brighton : Apple ' Early Wonder.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 26, 1919. 

 Mr. W. Poupart in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 

 Gold Medal. 



To J. Nix, Esq. (gr. Mr. E. Neal), Crawley, for fruit. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, for fruit. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Sir Albert Rollit, Chertsey, for outdoor Figs. 



A ward of Merit. 



To Apple ' Laxton's Superb ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Laxton, 

 Bedford. Fruit of medium size, round, inclined to be conical, colour green, 

 deeply flushed on the exposed side with a dull red, and dotted with green spots 

 showing through the red colour. Eye closed, set in a rather shallow and slightly 

 puckered basin. Stalk thick and fleshy, very short and set in a shallow cavity. 

 Flesh crisp, and of excellent flavour. This variety was raised from Cox's Orange 

 Pippin, crossed with Wyken Pippin, and should be an acquisition to late dessert 

 apples, keeping well to February or March. The Sub-Committee who inspected 

 the fruiting tree reported that the tree was a good grower and bearing a heavy 

 crop of fruit (Fig. 69). 



To Plum ' Laxton's Gage ' (votes 9 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Laxton, 

 Bedford. Raised from the old Green Gage crossed with Victoria. Fruit, rather 

 small, roundish oval in shape, skin pale yellow, mottled with a deeper yellow. 

 Stalk nearly an inch long, and rather deeply inserted. Flesh very melting, full 

 of juice and of first-rate flavour. 



The following awards recommended by Sub-Committees at Wisley to varieties 

 of Dwarf Beans and Parsley on trial at Wisley were confirmed : — 



Dwarf Beans. 



Award of Merit. 



13, 14, ' Sunrise,' sent by Messrs. Carter and Barr ; 22 to 27, ' Masterpiece,' 

 sent by Messrs. Dickson, Dickson & Robinson, Simpson, Sydenham, Sutton, 

 Watkins & Simpson ; 45, ' Reselected Longsword,' sent by Messrs. Carter ; 46, 47, 

 ' Reliance,' sent by Messrs. Sutton and Barr ; 48, ' Fillbasket,' sent by Messrs. 

 Barr. (Nos. 45, 46, 47, and 48 are considered not sufficiently distinct from ' Master- 

 piece.') 41 , ' Bounteous,' sent by Messrs. Watkins & Simpson ; 43, 44, ' Perpetual,' 

 sent by Messrs. Barr and Carter. (The Committee regard Nos. 41, 43, and 44 as 

 identical.) 66, ' The Shah,' sent by Messrs. Barr ; 68, 69, 252, ' Superlative,' 

 sent by Messrs. Sutton, Barr, and Nutting ; 70, 71, ' Magpie,' sent by Messrs. 

 Carter and Barr ; 75, ' Metis,' sent by R.H.S. Wisley ; 76, ' Black Prince,' sent by 

 Messrs. Barr. (The Committee regard Nos. 68, 69, 70, 71, 75,76, and 252 as identical .) 

 73, 'Prodigious,' sent by Messrs. Carter ; 74, ' Feltham Prolific,' sent by Messrs. 



