FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, AUGUST 11. cxli 



otherwise very like ' Daisy.' It was requested to send seed to 

 Chiswick. 



Messrs. Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, brought a very 

 refreshing and pleasant-flavoured white Grape, ' Gradiska,' not 

 sufficiently known in this country. It was raised by M. Eobert 

 in 1851 at Angers, and it ripens, under the same treatment, 

 three weeks or a month earlier than Black Hamburgh. 



Mr. Saltmarsh brought fruiting sprays of Myrobalan Plum 

 in order to prove the identity of that shown at the last meeting. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee at Chiswick, 

 July 31, 1896. 



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

 present. 



The Committee inspected 101 varieties of Tomatos under 

 trial, of which a report will be found on page 210. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Potato ' Famous ' (votes, unanimous). 

 To Tomato ' Nield's Seedling ' (votes, unanimous). 

 To Tomato 1 Young's Eclipse ' (votes, unanimous). 

 To Tomato ' Chiswick Dessert ' (votes, unanimous). 

 See Tomato and Potato Reports, pages 21G and 227. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 11, 1896. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for a collection of 

 40 dishes of hardy fruit. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a collection of 26 

 dishes of hardy fruit. 



