FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, AUGUST 23. CXXVU 



(< William Tillery ' x { Monroe's Little Heath ') called ' Capp's 

 Seedling.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 23, 1898. 

 H. Balderson, Esq., in the Chair, and nine members present. 



Awards Recommended: — 



Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. Bunyard, of Maidstone, for a collection of Fruit. 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 



To the Dowager Lady Freake, Fulwcll Park (gr. Mr. Rick- 

 wood), for a collection of Fruit. 



To Messrs. Rivers, of Sawbridgc worth, for a collection of 

 Fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Langley Pippin' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 James Veitch, Chelsea. A hybrid from ' Gladstone ' x ' Cox's 

 Orange,' and partaking of the character of both parents. Like 

 4 Gladstone,' early, ribbed (slightly), and acid ; like ' Cox's Orange ' 

 in general shape, stalk, eye (exactly), and delicious flavour. 



To Tomato ' Red Currant ' as a dessert and decorative variety 

 (votes, unanimous), from the Society's Gardens. A nice and 

 exceedingly pretty fruit, borne in strings like rather large red 

 currants. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Miller, Gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, for 

 dishes of very fine Figs and Peaches. 



To Mr. J. Hudson, Gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., 

 for a grand box of ' Royal Sovereign ' Strawberries, from plants 

 which had been forced in the early spring and then planted out 

 after the forced crop had been gathered. 



To Messrs. James Veitch, of Chelsea, for a specimen of 

 Hubus Phcenicolasius or Japan Wineberry. The plant, stood 

 fully 8 feet high and 4 feet through ; it was a mass of fruiting 

 sprays from top to bottom. The fruit, though doubtless making 

 good jam, is not of much value, otherwise than from an 

 ornamental point of view. 



