FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



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Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Misses Tanner and Tait (gr. Mr. Streeter), Bushey, for a 

 collection of vegetables. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Mark's Tey, for a collection of Peas. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Gooseberry ' Rosebery ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Bunyard. Fruit rather small ; skin smooth and thin, greenish in 

 colour and excellent in flavour. Early. 



To Gooseberry ' Whinham's Industry ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Bunyard. A well-known large red variety, of good flavour 

 when ripe. Its great value lies in its earliness in coming into use 

 and its great bearing qualities. 



To Cherry ' Waterloo ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Bunyard. 

 Fruit of medium size, black and strong, roundish, sometimes broader 

 than it is deep; flesh dark red and exceedingly sweet; stone very 

 small. The tree is a free bearer and is popular as a garden and market 

 variety. Raised by T. A. Knight in 1815. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Laxton, Bedford : Plum ' Laxton's Early July.' 

 Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnham : Tomato ' Tip Top.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, Wisley, July 29, 1915. 

 Mr. Owen Thomas, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eight members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



The following awards to Potatos were recommended subject to the 

 cooking test. (See p. cxiv.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Potatos :— Nos. 16, ' Duke of York ' ; 87, ' Stretton No. 9.' 

 Highly Commended. 



Potatos : — Nos. 11, 1 Gladiator ' ; 57, ' Hero King ' ; 2, ' Ninety- 

 fold ' ; 78, ' Warwick Castle ' ; 79, ' Stirling Castle.' 

 Cabbage : — 30, ' Veitch's Earliest of AIL' 



Previous Award Confirmed. 



Potatos :■ — Nos. 118, ' Arduthie Early ' (A.M. Aug. 1, 1911) ; 26, 

 ' May Queen ' (A.M. Aug. 15, 1905) ; 6, ' Midlothian Early ' (A.M. 

 July 31, 1908). 



See Report on Early and Mid-Season Potatos at Wisley, 1915, 

 p. 290. 



