FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, JANUARY 8. lxiii 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



January 8, 1907. 

 Mr. Bun yard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for 110 dishes of Apples. 

 Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for seventy dishes of Apples. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Sir Weetman T). Pearson, Bart., M.P., Paddockhurst, Sussex 

 (gr. Mr. Wadds), for a collection of fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Pear 'Blickling' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. Allan, Gunton 

 Park, Norwich. Fruit large, pyramidal or obovate, rather uneven in its 

 outline. Skin pale yellow, covered with spots of russet ; eyes small and 

 open, set in a wide, deepish basin ; stalks 1 inch long, thin, set in a deep 

 cavity surrounded with deep russet. Flesh whitish, melting, full of juice, 

 and of delicious flavour. Mr. Allan wrote : " It is one of the very best 

 January pears. I obtained it from an old tree at Blickling. No one 

 that I have shown it to knows the variety. It is very distinct in its 

 growth from other varieties ; it has a small leaf of a darker shade of 

 green than other varieties." 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Crook, Forde Abbey Gardens, Chard, for exceedingly fine 

 fruits of Pear 1 Glou Morceau.' 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. Stephenson, Sutton Scarsdale, Chesterfield, sent a seedling 

 Potato, which the Committee wished to be tried at Wisley. 



Mr. G. Maynard, Wymondham, sent Apple ' Bill-sticker.' 



Mr. W. Bull, Billericay, sent Apples ' The Welcome ' and 1 Dolly 

 Varden.' The former the Committee wished to see again earlier next 

 year. 



Mr. W. Voss, Rayleigh, Essex, staged Apple ' Lemon Russet.' 

 Mr. Wallace, Dunstable, brought Apples ' King of all Apples,' and a 

 seedling variety which the Committee wished to see again earlier. 

 Mr. E. Steward, Lenton Boulevard, Notts, sent Potatoes. 



