lXVtii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, April 26, 1898. 



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

 present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Earl Percy (gr. Mr. Wythes, V.M.H.), Syon House, for a 

 group of Vegetables. 



To Mrs. Wmgfifliffl (gr. Mr. Empson), Ampthill House, for a 

 group of Fruit and Vegetables. 



Atcard of Merit. 

 To Melon 1 Lord Edward Cavendish ' (votes, 13 for), from Her 

 Majesty the Queen (gr. Mr. Owen Thomas), Windsor. A beau- 

 tiful fruit of a bright primrose colour, excellently netted, not 

 unlike 1 Countess.' White and deep flesh, very juicy, and of fine 

 flavour. 



To ' Bead's Sprouting Kale ' ( votes, 9 for, 6 against), from the 

 Earl of Carnarvon (gr. Mr. J. Read). This is not a sprouting 

 Broccoli, but a very good Ragged Jack Kale, excellent as a late 

 spring green. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. H. T. Martin, gardener to Lord Leigh, Stoneleigh 

 Abbev, for magnificent Seakale, some of the heads weicrhin^ 

 considerably over a pound, and sweet and tender as well. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. H. Grimes. Ryde, sent a dish of 1 Grange's Pearmain ' 

 Apples in first-rate condition. The fruits were of very bright 

 colour, yellow flaked with crimson ; a very large, deeply set 

 closed eye ; and a very short stalk in a shallow depression. The 

 peculiarity of this variety is that the same tree generally pro- 

 duces fruits of two shapes, some flat, some conical. 



Messrs. James Veitch, Chelsea, sent a Broccoli ' Market 

 Favourite.' 



A. Bull, Esq., Cottenham, sent an Apple ' Queenholme Seed- 

 ling.' To look at it was very like a ' Hawthornden,' but so much 

 later. It was rather dry. 



Mr. Outram, Fulham, sent a Thermometer Holder. 



Mr. J. Hicks, Hatton Garden, E.C., sent his Alarm Thermo- 

 meter. 



