FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, MAY 10. 



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Fbuit and Vegetable Committee, May 10, 1898. 



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



present. 

 Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To the Marquis of Salisbury (gr. Mr. Norman), Hatfield 

 House, for Strawberries ' Royal Sovereign.' 



Award of Merit. 



To Radish ' Forcing White Olive ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Sutton, Reading. 



To Radish 'Forcing Carmine Oval' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Sutton, Reading. 



To Radish ' First of All White Olive * (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden. 



To Radish ' First of All Scarlet Olive ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Barr. 



To Radish ' Woods Frame Red ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, Strand. 



[All the above Radishes had been grown at Chiswick, and it 

 was considered that the first and third were identical, and also 

 the second and fourth.] 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. Ryder, gr. to the Countess of Limerick, St. 

 Albans, for ' Alexander ' Peach. 



To Mr. J. Hudson (gr. to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., 

 Gunnersbury House), for Nectarine ' Cardinal.' 



Other Exhibits. 



A. Henderson, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bastin), Buscot Park, sent 

 Strawberries, and Melon ' Buscot Park,' a cross between 

 Countess ' and ' Hero of Lockinge.' 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, sent a pale coloured Aspara- 

 gus called ' White Columbian.' 



Earl Percy (gr. Mr. Wythes), Syon House, showed a collection 

 of French Beans, grown from seeds sown on March 28 ; also a 

 new Cabbage Lettuce. 



C. Bayer, Esq. (gr. Mr. Taylor), Forest Hill, sent fruits of 

 t Waterloo ' Peaches, grown on pot trees. 



