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The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Highgate (gr. Mr. Willard), 

 sent a seedling Melon. 



P. C. Carr Gomm, Esq., Slough (gr. Mr. Keid), sent Melon 

 ' Wellbank Seedling.' 



Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, sent Pear ' Precoce de 

 Trevouf.' 



Mr. H. Kempshall, Lamport Hall, Northampton, sent a dish 

 of large Potatos. The Committee considered it to be a form of 

 ' Magnum Bonum.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 25, 1896. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To H.M. the Queen (gr. Mr. Owen Thomas), for 50 dishes of 

 very fine fruit. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for 100 dishes of fruit. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Earl Percy, Syon House (gr. Mr. Wythes), for 50 dishes 

 of hardy fruits. 



To P. M. Grahame, Esq., Hurst Side, West Molesey (gr. 

 Mr. G. Elliott), for 6 bunches of ' Madresfield Court ' Grapes 

 and 6 bunches of ' Gros Maroc.' 



Bronze Knightian Medal. 



To Lord Gerard, Eastwell Park, Ashford (gr. Mr. Walters), 

 for a collection of Peaches and Nectarines. 



To C. J. Massey, Esq., Galloway House, Garlieston, N.B. 

 (gr. Mr. Day), for a collection of hardy fruit. 



To W. B. Cookson, Esq., Bracknell (gr. Mr. T. Dennis), for 

 three very large and well-coloured bunches of ' Muscat Ham- 

 burgh ' Grapes. 



To Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow, for 40 dishes of 

 hardy fruits. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Pea ' The Gladstone ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. G. 

 Holmes, Seed Merchant, Tain, N.B. See p. 67. 



