FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



CCV 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, October 26, 1915. 

 Mr. Jos. Cheal, V.M.H., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 



Awards : — 



Silver-gilt Hogg Medal. 



To C. A. Cain, Esq., Welwyn (gr. Mr. T. Pateman), for a collection 

 of fruit. 



To C. G. A. Nix, Esq., Crawley (gr. Mr. E. Neal), for Apples and 

 Pears. 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for a collection of vegetables. 

 To W. Tayler, Esq., Hampton, for a collection of fruit. 



Other Exhibits. 



Wm. Booth, Esq., Lincoln : Pear ' Marie Louise.' 



Alfred Edwards, Esq., Fordham : Apple ' Knight's Seedling.' 



J. Kendall, Esq., Salisbury : Apple ' Kendall's Foundling.' 



J. Kettle, Esq., Wimborne : seedling Raspberry. 



G. Tinder, Esq., Fleet : seedling Raspberry. 



Mr. J. Williams, Worcester : Apple ' Rimell's Seedling.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, November 9, 1915. 

 Mr. Jos. Cheal in the Chair, and nine members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Gold Medal. 



To Mr. Alfred Dawkins, Chelsea, for a collection of vegetables. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To W. Voss, Esq., Rayleigh, Essex, for fruit. 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Madresfield Court,' from Mr. J. Carloss, Worcester. 

 Fruit of medium size, conical, about 2J inches high and wide, regular 

 in outline ; skin pale green, deeply flushed with red on the exposed 

 side ; flesh yellow, very tender, crisp, juicy, and of excellent flavour. 

 Eye small, closed, set in very shallow basin ; stalk about J inch long, 

 slender, set in moderate cavity. A very good dessert apple for use 

 in November, raised from * Worcester Pearmain ' crossed with 

 ' Ribston Pippin.' The tree is described as vigorous, healthy, and a 

 free bearer, with the peculiarity that each fruit hangs eye downwards 

 from a slender stalk. (Fig. 121.) 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. H. Anquetil, Sevenoaks : Apple ' Anquetil Aromatic/ 

 Mr. H. Ballington, Matlock : Apple ' Matlock's Recruit.' 

 Mrs. Blakeborough, Lincoln : Apple seedling. 



