CCxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Silver Bcmksicm Medal. 



To the Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P., Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames 

 i gr. Mr. H. Perkins), for ripe Strawberries in pots and punnets. 



To J. G. Romovil, Esq., Longville Court, Jersey, for 13 huge 

 ' Uvedale's St. Germain ' Pears, the heaviest weighing 3 lb. 11 oz. 



To Messrs. Harrison, Leicester, for a collection of Onions. 



To Lady Warwick, Hostel, Reading, for a collection of bottled Fruits 

 and Vegetables which had been preserved in a new form of steriliser 

 invented by Miss Edith Bradley, the Warden of Lady Warwick's Hostel, 

 for the purpose of still further perfecting and facilitating the process of 

 preserving fruits in ordinary households. (Fig. 270.) 



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PlG. 270. — Steriliser. 



Award of Merit. 



To Grape ' Imperial Black Seedling ' (votes, 10 for, 6 against), from 

 Mr. J. H. Goodacre, gr. to the Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Castle, 

 Derby. Bunch of medium size, rather long and shapely, berries large, 

 oval, deep black, flesh firm, crisp, and of good flavour. The variety is 

 said to be a good grower, and very free setter. (Fig. 2G5.) 



To Rhubarb ' Sutton's Christmas ' syn. ' Topp's Winter ' (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Sutton, Reading, and Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea. 

 This variety has been grown for 10 years by Messrs. Sutton, and for two 

 years at the Society's Gardens, and while remaining practically dormant 

 ;ill the summer, it has invariably thrown up its leaf-stalks in October, and, 

 if protected from frost, continues to throw up a mass of its medium- sized 

 bright red leaf-stalks. It is an Australian variety. 



