Cvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAJ. SOCIETY. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee at Chiswick. 
Hybeid Confeeence, July 11, 1899. 
Philip Ceowley, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-three members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silvcr-(/iIt Knightian Medal. 
To Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. J. Hudson), Gunnersbury 
House, for a splendid collection of Cherries. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Raspberry ' Golden Queen ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 
Veitch, Chelsea. This is the result of crossing Raspberry Superlative ? 
with Rubus laciniatus ,f , the former red and the latter dark-fruited. The 
foliage is in three divisions, instead of five, as in the ordinary Raspberry, 
and the growth is thickly studded with spines, as in R. laciniatus. The 
fruit is large, rich yellow, of delicious flavour, and borne in great 
clusters in the same manner as R. Superlative. (Fig. 58.) 
Award of Merit. 
To Strawberry 'Lord Kitchener ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 
Veitch, Chelsea. Fruit large, firm, deep round in shape, dark red in 
colour, and of excellent flavour. This variety originated by using 
S. ' Waterloo ' ? with S. ' British Queen ' ^ , and combines the good 
qualities of both parents. 
Ci! It nral Commendation. 
To Mr. John Basham, Bassaleg, Newport, Mon., for very fine dishes 
of Peas. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. Laxton Bros., Bedford, sent Strawberry ' Climax,' a cross 
between S. ' Waterloo ' and S. ' Latest of All.' Fruit large, round, bright 
red, and only moderate in flavour. 
Messrs. Paul, Waltham Cross, sent large fruiting trees of Apricots 
' Early ]3oulbon ' and ' Domozan.' 
Sir Trevor Lawrence (gr. Mr. Bain) sent Pea * Nero,' a variety with 
blue pods and green seeds. 
Lord Suffield (gr. Mr. Allan) sent Melon ' Gunton Scarlet,' which 
received an Award of Merit, October 11, 1898; also Strawberry 'Lady 
Suflield,' which received an Award of Merit, July 12. 1898. 
W. Nicholson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Smythe), Basing Park, Hants, sent a 
White Currant which had sported from ' Raby Castle ' (red). 
Mr. F. W. Cross, Wisbech, sent Apple ' Early Mctoria,' a cross 
between ' Lord Grosvenor ' and ' Keswick Codlin.' The Committee 
wished to see the fruit later, wlien more fully developed. 
Later in the day the Committee, with H. Balderson, Esq., in the Chair, 
and twenty-three members present, inspected the Peas and Lettuces 
growing in the Gardens. 
