FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 8. XXVH 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Clarke (gr. to G.W. Keen, Esq., Mill Lodge, Barnes), 

 for a fine basket of Mushrooms. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Geo. Bunyard sent Apples 1 Bedfordshire Foundling ' 

 to compare with Mr. Parker's ' Goodwood Pippin.' (Fig. 2.) 



\ Fig. 3.— Apple 'Lord Hindlip.' (Gardeners? Magazine.) 



The two Apples were seen to be very nearly alike, but evidently 

 distinct, the ' Goodwood Pippin ' being by far the better keeper. 



Mr. J. A. Prall, of Matfield, sent Apple ' Striped Wellington,' 

 being a sport from ' Dumelow's Seedling.' The fruits were very 

 handsome, and, like its progenitor, very crisp and acid, and a 

 magnificent cooker. Mr. Prall considers it to be of much better 



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