FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 24. 



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Fruit and Vegetable Committee, November 24, 189G. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver -gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Her Majesty the Queen, Windsor (gr. Mr. Owen Thomas), 

 for a group of 12 splendid Pines. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Peed & Sons, Norwood, for a collection of Fruit. 

 To Chas.E. Shea, Esq., Foots Cray, for 12 dishes of beautiful 

 Apples, 2 of Pears, and one of very fine Medlars. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Lieut.-Col. Vernon, Uxbridge (gr. Mr. Batchelor), for a 

 small collection of Fruit, the effect of which was spoilt by being 

 staged on patches of shavings coloured with the crudest dyes. 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Clapham Beauty ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 H. J. Sheppard, Bedford. Fruit of medium size, flat, greenish 

 yellow, brightly streaked with crimson on the cheek; eye large, 

 •set in a very shallow basin ; stalk thin, set in a depression ; flesh 

 white, very melting, sweet, and juicy. A very distinct and, for 

 the time of year, very good dessert apple. 



To Apple ' Livermere Favourite,' as a market variety (votes, 

 7 for, 5 against), from Mr. J. C. Tallack, Bury St. Edmunds. A 

 medium-sized, very brilliantly coloured fruit, said to be a 

 wonderful bearer, and would no doubt, sell well in the market, on 

 account of its appearance, but as a garden fruit, where flavour 

 and quality stand for more than appearance, it could hardly be 

 recommended. 



To Apple 1 St. Martin's ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Bivers & Son, Sawbridge worth. Fruit medium size, conical ; 

 skin inclined to russet, but flaked all over with crimson ; small 

 eye, set in a rather deep basin ; stalk short, set in a wide but 

 deep depression ; flesh yellowish and of rich flavour. This 

 will probably prove an acquisition amongst late-keeping dessert 

 Apples. (Fig. 20.) 



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