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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



May 26, 1903. 



At the Temple Gardens. 



Mr. Geo. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-three 

 members present. 



For the Cups and Medals awarded by the Council see page cviii. 



Award Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Cucumber ' Mortimer's Unique ' (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Mr. 

 Mortimer, Farnham. A seedling from ' Improved Telegraph ' x ' British 

 King,' combining the length and colour of the latter with the free- 

 cropping qualities of the former. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. A. Hambro, Esq., M.P. Hayes Place, Kent (gr. Mr. W. Beale), sent 

 Melon 1 Conquering Hero.' 



Mr. J. Vert, Audley End, sent an unnamed Melon. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, June 9, 1903. 

 Mr. H. Balderson in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 

 Exhibits. 



Mr. MacKinley, Wrest Park, Ampthill, sent seedling Apples, very 

 similar to 1 Bess Pool.' It was requested that a dish be sent next year 

 earlier in the season. 



Mr. Roberts, Earl's Court Gardens, sent a Strawberry and flower 

 grower, consisting of a series of shallow pans, arranged on a central 

 support one above another. 



Lady Warwick's Hostel, Reading, sent bottled fruits. 



Miss Jackson, Montagu Square, sent bottled fruits. 



Mr. Lodge, Mill Hill, brought 12 bunches of Black Hamburg Grapes 

 from vines that have ripened fruit in May for twenty-eight consecutive 

 years. 



Mr. Fowler, Maidstone, sent bottled fruits. 



Miss Martin, Willowbrojk, Auburn, New York, sent bottled fruits, 

 the Brandy Peaches and Pears being specially good. 



The Horticultural College, Swanley, sent bottled fruits. 



The Countess of Portsmouth, Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch (gr. Mr. 

 R. Perry), sent magnificent fruits of Strawberry ' Leader ' which 

 unfortunately arrived too late for the Committee. 



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