FKriT AND YEGETAP.LE COMMITTEE, MARCH 14. 
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FiiuiT AND Vegetable Committee, March 14, 1899. 
George Bunyard, Esq., V.M.H., in the Chair, and twelve members 
present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver-gilt Kniglitian Medal. 
To Mr. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Hereford, for Api:)les. 
Silver Kniglitian Medal. 
To A. J. Thomas, Esq., Sittingbourne, for Apples. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Apple ' Allen's Everlasting' (votes, 7 for, 2 against), from the 
Fig. 14. — Apple 'Allen's Everlasting.' {Gardeners'' Chronicle.) 
Earl of Camperdown, Shipston-on-Stour (gr. Mr. J. Masterton). Fruit 
below medium size, flattisli round, skin greenish yellow, flushed faintly 
with red on the exposed side, eye large and open, set in a shallow basin ; 
stalk thin, short, and inserted in a deep cavity ; flesh crisp and of good 
flavour. An old variety, valuable for its lateness. (Fig. 14.) 
Aivard of Merit. 
To Apple ' Barnack Beauty,' as a market variety (votes, unanimous), 
from Mr. Gilbert, Dyke, Bourne, Lines. Fruit over medium size, 3 in. 
high and the same in width, very even in form ; skin nearly covered with 
bright red ; eye large and open, set in a shallow basin ; stalk thin, f in. 
long, and inserted in a shallow cavity ; flesh crisp and of fair flavour. 
The tree is a good bearer on the English paradise stock. (Fig. 15.) 
