CXXV111 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 5, 1897. 

 At Chiswick. 



Philip Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 

 present. 



Award Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Potato 1 Harbinger ' (votes, unanimous), grown from 

 tubers sent by Messrs. Sutton & Son, Reading. See p. 276. 



The Committee inspected 42 stocks of Potatos. 



They also examined the Vegetable Marrows; and a new 

 Aubergine grown from seed sent by Dr. Bonavia, Worthing, 

 which had the great advantage of a dwarf and compact habit. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 10, 1897. 



Philip Ceowley, Esq., in the Chair, and twelve members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, for a collection of early out- 

 door fruits. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Lord Foley (gr. Mr. Miller), for a collection of fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Gooseberry ' Golden Gem ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea ; a cross between 4 Antagonist ' 

 and 1 Whitesmith.' The fruits were of a deep buff yellow, and 

 very fine in flavour. 



To Blackberry 1 Kittatiny ' (votes, 8 for), from W. W. Astor, 

 Esq. (gr. Mr. Wadds), Cliveden. Mr. Wadds sent three very 

 long sprays or branches of 1 Kittatiny ' covered with fruit, and 

 a bunch of fruiting heads of 1 Wilson Junior ' to compare with 

 the others. 'Kittatiny' was not quite so large a fruit as 'Wilson 

 Junior,' but immensely superior in flavour, and will probably 

 prove to be a real fruit acquisition. Writing of the two Mr. Wadds 

 remarks: "'Kittatiny* is the best. It has not such a large core> 



