xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, March 24, 1903. 



Mr. Geo. Bunyabd, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-two members 



present. 



Award Recommended :— 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple 1 Edward VII.' (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from Messrs. 

 W. B. Rowe, Worcester. Fruit large, round, of good shape, skin yellow, 

 covered with brown russety dots, eye full and open, stalk half-inch long, 

 thin, and inserted in a small russety cavity ; flesh firm, crisp, and 

 pleasantly acid. The tree is said to be a sturdy grower and great bearer. 

 Raised from 1 Blenheim Orange ' x ' Golden Noble.' 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, staged sixty dishes of Apples. 



The Horticultural College, Swanley, sent ' Tom Thumb ' and ' Paris 

 White-seeded ' Cabbage Lettuces, from seeds sown at the end of 

 November and grown in a late vinery. 



Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett), sent 

 very fine ' Royal Sovereign ' Strawberries. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, April 21, 1903. 

 Mr. Geo. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Lady Hargreaves Brown, Broome Hall, Dorking (gr. Mr. B. Greaves), 

 for very fine fruits of ' Royal Sovereign ' Strawberries. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Gibson, gr. to R. W. Hudson, Esq., J. P., for exceedingly 

 fine ' Edwin Beckett ' Peas, grown in a cool house. 



To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for three dishes of Peas. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lady Warwick Hostel, Reading, sent baskets of Strawberries. 



Messrs. Day & Thelland, St. Helier, brought tw r o large packing-cases 

 for fruit. The Committee requested that one be sent to the Fruit Show 

 at Chiswick, September 29, packed with fruit, with particulars as to the 

 cost of the package. 



Mr. Crook, Forde Abbey, Chard, sent Onion ' Crook's Long-keeper.' 



Mr. (r. Wythes, V.M.H., Syon House, Brentford, sent Cabbage 

 ■ Wythes' Early Gem,' raised from ' Ellam's Early ' x ' Sutton's Marrow,' 

 and said to be from fourteen to twenty days earlier than 1 Ellam's Early.' 



Mr. A. Dean proposed, and Mr. G. Wythes, V.M.H., seconded, the 

 following resolution, which was carried unanimously, viz. — 



" This Committee has learned with deep regret of the death of Mr. 

 A. P. Harron, V.M.H., who was for many years its Secretary, and later 



