CXlviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit Committee, December 12, 1893. 



Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S. in the Chair, and twenty-two 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Lane & Son, Berkhamstead, for a collection of 

 70 varieties of highly coloured and well-grown Apples, especially 

 noticeable being Lane's Prince Albert, Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 Golden Noble, Hoary Morning, Gascoigne's Scarlet, King of 

 the Pippins, Bismarck, and Dumelow's Seedling. 



Bronze Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for 30 dishes of 

 well-grown Apples — Claygate Pearmain, Sandringharn, Lane's 

 Prince Albert, and King of the Pippins being particularly fine. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To seedling Orange Edith (votes, unanimous), from D. C. 

 A. Cave, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stevens), Stoneleigh House, Clifton Park, 

 Bristol. Fruits of good size, roundish ovoid, pale yellow, very 

 juicy and richly flavoured. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Cabbage Christmas Drumhead (votes, unanimous), from 

 the Society's Gardens, Chiswick, from seed received from M. 

 Vilmorin, of Paris, and M. Guiheneuf, of Nantes, France. A 

 dwarf, very hardy variety of the St. John's Day Drumhead 

 Cabbage. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. 0. Thomas, Koyal Gardens, "Windsor, for some very 

 fine winter Tomatos. The Committee expressed a wish to see 

 the same variety in February. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent several varieties of Curled 

 Kale and Brussels Sprouts ; and from the Society's Gardens 

 were brought varieties of Brussels Sprouts and examples of 

 Couve Tronchuda. 



Messrs. Osman & Co., 132 Commercial Street, sent a pair of 

 Grape-scissors of a novel pattern, which were requested to be 

 sent to Chiswick for trial with others. 



