FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 4. ccxili 



Lord Hastings, Melton Constable (gr. Mr. W. Shingler), brought a 

 seedling Grape raised from ' Lady Hastings ' x ' Gros Colmar.' Bunches 

 of good size, with large round berries of a deep blue-black colour. The 

 flavour would have been better a fortnight later. It should prove a good 

 market Grape. 



Mr. J. Williams, Whitbourne Hall Gardens, Worcester, sent Apple 

 1 Williams's Challenger.' 



Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, staged ' Burbanks's Giant Prune.' The 

 fruit is very large for a Prune, long, oval, dark red, with yellow flesh 

 clinging to the stone, and of good flavour. As a late fruit it should prove 



Fig. 269.— Plusi ' Biveks's Primate.' (Journal of Horticulture.) 



a valuable acquisition. The tree is said to be a free grower and bearer, 

 and the fruit hangs well without splitting or rotting. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, November 4, 1902. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Hogg Medal. 



To H. M. The King, Windsor (gr. Mr. A. Mackellar), for a collection 

 of splendid Pineapples. 



To the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (gr. Mr. W. H. 

 Divers), for 100 dishes of Apples and Pears. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To the Horticultural College, Swanley, for a collection of Fruit and 

 Vegetables. 



