FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, JUNE 30 & JULY 7 & 21. cxlvii 



Fkuit and Vegetable Committee, June 30, 1908. 

 Sub-Committee at Wisley. 

 Mr. Jos. Cheal in the Chair, and four members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Award of Merit. 



To Bean 1 Leviathan White Long Pod,' from Messrs. Carter, High 

 Holborn. 



To Peas 1 Daffodil,' 1 Dawn,' 1 Evergreen Delicatesse,' ' Harvestman,' 

 ' International,' ' Snowdrop ' ; all from Messrs. Carter, High Holborn. 

 For descriptions see Reports of trials at Wisley, 1908, p. 288. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 7, 1908. 

 At Holland House. 

 Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty members present. 



[For Cups and Medals awarded by the Council see p. civ.] 



The awards recommended by the Sub-Committee at Wisley on June 30 

 were confirmed. 



Award Recommended :— 



Award of Merit. 



To Blackberry hybrid ' Low Junior ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Low, Bush Hill Park. A reputed cross between the blackberry and the 

 loganberry, with the colour of the former and the size of the latter. The 

 fruits shown had been ripened under glass. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Laxton, Bedford : Strawberries ' Cropper,' ' The Bedford,' and 

 1 Epicure.' 



H. P. Sturgis, Esq., Givons, Leatherhead (gr. Mr. Peters) : Straw- 

 berries 1 William Peters,' ' Marmaduke,' and ' Black Peter.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 21, 1908. 

 Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and thirteen members present. 



Award Recommended :— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for Peas. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Clibrans, Altrincham : Broad Bean ' Clibran ' which the 

 Committee considered to be well-grown ' Seville Longpod.' 

 Messrs. J. K. King, Coggeshall : Peas. 



W. Phipson Beale, Esq., K.C., M.P., Drumlamford, Barrhill, Ayrshire 

 (gr. Mr. Palmer) : Tomatos. 



