FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 7. 



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Fruit and Vegetable Committee, October 7, 1902. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Lady Wantage, Lockinge Park, Wantage (gr. Mr. W. Fyfe), for a 

 collection of Fruit and Vegetables. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for a magnificent collection of Potatos. 



Hogg Medal. 



To the Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Castle, Derby (gr. Mr. J. H. 

 Goodacre), for a collection of Fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Pear ' Michaelmas Nelis ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Bun- 

 yard, Maidstone. Fruit of medium size, obovate, skin pale green, and 

 covered with small russety dots, eye large and open, set in a shallow 

 basin, stalk 1^ inch long, inserted in a deep cavity, flesh very melting, 

 juicy, and of excellent flavour, a very fine autumn Pear. (Fig. 266.) 



To Melon ' The Peer ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. J. H. Goodacre, 

 Elvaston Castle Gardens. Fruit rather large, round, yellow, well netted, 

 green flesh, and of very rich flavour. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. A. S. Gait, The Forbury, Reading, sent a seedling Apple of no 

 special merit. 



Mr. W. Seaward, Hanwell, staged Tomato ' Hanwell Victory,' a pretty 

 round fruit in good clusters. 



Messrs. E. A. White, Paddock Wood, Kent, sent fruiting branches 

 and fruit of Apples that had been washed with a fungicide named ' Spimo ' ; 

 both fruit and foliage were very clean and healthy. 



Mr. J. H. Goodacre sent bunches of 'Diamond Jubilee,' 1 Black 

 Morocco,' and a new seedling grape raised from ' Gros Colmar ' x 

 ' Black Alicante,' a variety with very large oval berries. The Committee 

 desired to see the new one again next year. (Fig. 265.) 



Mr. A. W. Cook, Orlestoke Park Gardens, Devizes, sent Pea ' Carter's 

 Michaelmas.' 



Mr. J. Crook, Forde Abbey Gardens, Chard, sent four varieties of Peas 

 that had been sprayed with 1 Spimo ' ; the haulm and pods were very free 

 from insect or fungoid pests. 



Mr. T. H. Slade, Poltimore Gardens, Exeter, sent a Pear named 

 ' Senateur Vaisse,' synonymous with ' Fondante d'Automne.' 



Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Damson ' The Langley,' raised by 

 crossing 1 The Farleigh ' Damson ? with ' Black Orleans ' Plum . The 

 branches exhibited were carrying a great crop of fruit of roundish oval shape. 

 This variety should be valuable for its lateness and its free-bearing habit. 



Messrs. J. Veitch also sent Pear ' Lord Methuen,' raised from 1 Williams's 

 Bon Chretien ' x 1 Citron des Cannes.' 



R. Banks, Esq., Kingston Lacy, Wimborne, sent some new hybrid 



