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at Oxford, with the following remarks received : " L. repens 

 was not known prior to 1889, when ballast was brought from 

 Didcot. It appeared in 1890 side by side with L. vulgaris. In 

 1892 a complete chain of hybrids was found from L. repens, with 

 a little yellow on the lip, to L. vulgaris, with the faintest striae 

 on the flower." 



FRUIT COMMITTEE. 



January 17, 1893. 



P. Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., in' the Chair, and twenty-one members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for a magnificent 

 collection of 150 varieties of Apples and Pears, all in good con- 

 dition, the most noteworthy being Bismarck, Peasgood's None- 

 such, Lord Derby, &c. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, for a choice collection of 

 new and little-known Apples. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Apple Blue Pearmain (votes, unanimous), an American 

 variety from the Society's Gardens. Fruit large, oblong, green 

 streaked with red, and covered with a dense blue bloom. Flesh 

 tender and pleasant. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To H. Balderson, Esq., Comer Hall, Hemel Hempstead, for 

 a small bunch of Asparagus grown in the open ground under 

 litter. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. Butler, Broke Hall, Nacton, sent a seedling Apple. 



Mr. H. Becker, 13 Beresford Street, Jersey, exhibited 11 

 sorts of seedling Apples, which were not considered superior 

 to others already in cultivation. 



A. Waterhouse, Esq., Yattendon Court, Slough (gr. Mr. 

 R. Maher), sent examples of Apple Stamford Pippin, and another 

 supposed to be a seedling. 



