FRUIT COMMITTEE, AUGUST 29. 



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Lord Foley (gr. Mr. Miller) sent two dishes of large and fine 

 Peaches. 



L. Hughes, Esq., 10 Ella Road, Islington, sent a dish of 

 Apples. 



Messrs. R. Veitch & Sons, Exeter, sent Peach Late Devonian, 

 a cross between Belle de Vitry and Late Admirable. 



Mr. Owen Thomas, Royal Gardens, Windsor, sent several 

 varieties of Melons. 



Melons were also exhibited by the Earl of Shrewsbury, 

 Ingestre Hall, Stafford (gr. Mr. Oilman), and E. Hart, Esq., 

 Fairlawn, Totteridge (gr. Mr. Smith). 



Tomatos came from Messrs. Cartel & Co., High Holborn, 

 who staged Duke of York and Blenheim Orange; from Mr. John 

 Allsopp ; from Messrs. Hazel Brothers, 35 The Broadway, Crouch 

 End; and from Messrs. Collins Bros., 89 Waterloo Road, who 

 staged the variety named Challenger certificated at a previous 

 meeting. 



Mr. A. Young, The Gardens, Barton Court, Kintbury, sent 

 some seedling Potatos of good appearance. 



From W. A. South, Esq., Neasden House, Neasden, N.W., 

 came a long, very peculiar, dark blue Potato named Viola nigra, 

 having the flesh, even when cooked, of a dark purple ; also a 

 Vine with the foliage variegated with white. 



From the Society's Garden were sent examples of the small 

 Currant Grape. 



Fruit Committee, September 12, 1898. 

 P. Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :-— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge worth, for a collection of 

 twenty-five dishes of fruit, including several varieties of new seed- 

 ling Plums, Apples, and Pears. 



To Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for ninety dishes 

 of Apples and Pears. Handsome in appearance, and of good 

 size. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To the Bishop of Bath and Wells, The Palace, Wells (gr. 



