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and seems more robust than 1 Wilson Junior ' and is earlier. 

 These Blackberries are most valuable where there are large demands 

 for fruit for culinary purposes. They come when the bulk of the 

 Raspberries are over, and before the wild English Blackberry 

 is ripe. They are planted in the wettest part of a heavy loam 

 garden, where in winter the ground is even covered with water, 

 to which I attribute the very strong growth they make here." 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. George Keif, gardener to Mrs. Abbott, Regent's Park, 

 for a magnificent box of 1 Royal George ' Peaches grown within 

 two miles of Charing Cross. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. F. Blaydon, Esq. (gr. Mr. Moody), Sutton-on-Hull, sent 

 Tomato ' Sutton Beauty.' The fruits were very pretty, bright 

 scarlet, exceedingly smooth and globular, with the exception of 

 a very curious and distinct nipple at the flower end. It was also 

 of good flavour and was requested to be tried at Chiswick. 



Mr. W. W. Smythe, Basing Park Gardens, sent two new 

 dwarf Beans, 1 Scarlet Jubilee,' a hybrid between a French Bean 

 and a Scarlet Runner, and ' Dwarf Goliath,' a hybrid between 

 1 Smythe's Seedling Dwarf ' and 1 Champion ' Scarlet Runner. 

 It was requested that both might be tried at Chiswick. 1 Goliath' 

 was remarkably fine and marvellously prolific. 



Messrs. Fell, Hexham, sent specimens of the Logan Berry. 

 See p. cxxiii. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 24, 1897. 



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

 present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Captain Macdonald (gr. Mr. G. Elliott), Hurst Side, West 

 Molesey, for a collection of Grapes. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To W. Lawrence, Esq. (gr. Mr. Robinson), Elsfield House, 

 Hollingbourne, for a collection of vegetables. 



