('Will PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



June 15, 1897. 



T. Francis Rivers, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Bronze Knightian Medal. 



To Lord Foley (gr. Mr. Miller), Ruxley Lodge, Esher, for a 

 collection of fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cabbage 'Veitch's Earliest of All' (votes, unanimous), 

 grown at Chiswick from seed sent by Messrs. R. Veitch, of 

 Exeter. 



To Cabbage 1 Sutton's Earliest ' (votes, unanimous), grown 

 at Chiswick from seed sent by Messrs. Sutton, of Reading. 



These two cabbages were included in a collection of nineteen 

 varieties which had been grown at Chiswick to test their earli- 

 ness. These two were fit for use on May 15, and were three 

 weeks earlier than ' Ellam's,' sown on the same date. Both of 

 them are very fine early cabbages, Veitch's being rather dwarfer 

 and a trifle the more forward; Sutton's rather larger and very 

 conical. See p. 129. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. S. White, Esq. (gr. Mr. Martin), East Cowes Park, sent a 

 Melon ' Sixtieth Reign.' 



E. Dresden, Esq. (gr. Mr. Tallack), Livermere Park, sent 

 three dishes of very finely kept Apples, 1 Wellington,' 1 Easter 

 Pippin,' and 1 Norfolk Beaufin.' 



Earl Percy (gr. Mr. Wythes), Syon House, sent a Melon, 

 1 Thames Bank,' a cross between 1 Syon House ' and * Beauty of 

 Syon.' The fruit sent was bluntly oval in shape, red-fleshed, 

 and beautifully netted. It was considered promising, but was 

 not quite ripe. 



Lady Fortescue (gr. Mr. Herrin), Dropmore, sent a Melon, 

 a cross between 1 Hero of Lockinge ' and 1 La Favorite,' which 

 was over-ripe. 



Dr. Burrell (gr. Mr. Bishop), Westley Hall, sent four Melons, 



