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Her Majesty the Queen, Windsor (gr. Mr. 0. Thomas, V.M.H.), sent 
Pea 'Harbinger'; and Tomato 'Epicure,' a cross between ' Frogmore 
Selected ' and ' Sutton's Dessert.' Fruit rather small, handsome, deep 
oval, smooth, and produced very freely in good clusters ; skin red, thick, 
and the flesh of excellent flavour. A delicious Tomato for those who like 
small uncooked fruits. 
Mr. J. Russell, Richmond, sent Seakale ' Russell's Improved Giant.' 
The Council of the Society having received a letter from Her Majesty's 
Customs respecting the use of the bushel as a unit of measure for all 
importations of fruit, and having referred the matter to the Fruit 
Committee for their opinion, the Committee suggested that it would 
be better for the Council to appoint a small committee of five to report 
on the question. (See page 73.) 
Feuit and Vegetable Committee, May 16, 1899. 
Philip Ceowley, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Messrs. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, for magnificent fruits of 
Nectarine ' Cardinal.' 
To Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch, 
Reigate, for remarkably large and highly coloured fruits of Strawberry 
' Royal Sovereign.' 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Humphrey de Traftbrd (gr. Mr. A. Bishop) sent Strawberries 
* Monarch ' and ' Leader.' 
Lord Foley (gr. Mr. J. Miller), Ruxley Lodge, Esher, sent Strawberry 
'Royal Sovereign ' and Apple ' French Crab.' 
T. B. Haywood, Esq., Reigate, sent a plant bearing clusters of 
' Hepper's Goliath ' Tomatos and a box of very large fruits of the same 
variety, showing its value for early crops. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Hudson, V.M.H.), sent Cherry 
' Guigne Annonay,' growing in pots. This is a valuable early variety^ 
ripening at the same time as 'Early Rivers.' Fruit deep black, richly 
flavoured, and with a very small stone. 
Lord Aldenham (gr. Mr. E. Beckett), Aldenham House, Elstree, sent 
Turnip * New Early Forcing.' The Committee desired it to be grown at 
Chiswick with other varieties of a similar character. 
Philip Crowley, Esq., Waddon House, Croydon, brought fruits of the 
so-called ' Melon Pear,' a species of Passiflora fruit, oval to heart-shaped, 
greenish -yellow, with a few streaks of violet, smooth in outline, flesh pale 
yellow, and possessing a distinct Melon flavour. They were believed to 
have come from the Canaries. 
The Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., after speaking in feeling terms of the 
sudden death of Mr. Malcolm Dunn, V.M.H., of Dalkeith Palace Gardens, 
