FRUIT COMMITTEE, JULY 13. 



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Fertility, from Mr. J. Hughes, Wentworth, Eotherham. 

 Maincrop, from Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 

 John Howard, from Laxton Bros., Bedford. 

 Compacta, from Mr. Maher. 



Feuit Committee, July 24, 1894. 



P. Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and thirteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt K?iightia?i Medal. 

 To Messrs. James Veitch & Sons for a large and very ex- 

 cellent collection of 150 varieties of Gooseberries, several dishes 

 of the earlier Apples and Pears, Currants, &c. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Messrs. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, for twelve Apricot- 

 trees in pots, bearing very good crops of fruit. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for forty-eight 

 dishes of Gooseberries in remarkably fine condition. 



To Mr. J. Walker, Thame, Oxon, for a collection of Goose- 

 berries and Walker's Magnum Bonum Currant. 



To Messrs. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, for a large collection of 

 Peas and a scarlet-skinned Turnip named Scarlet Six-weeks. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Pea Maincrop (votes unanimous), a variety which was 

 highly commended at the Chiswick trials, from Messrs. Veitch & 

 Sons, Chelsea, and the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House 

 (gr. Mr. Wythes). 



To Strawberry Laxton's Latest of All (votes unanimous), 

 from the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Duke of Northumberland (gr. Mr. Wythes) sent a new 

 Melon, and Peach Princess of Wales. 



Mr. 0. Thomas, The Royal Gardens, Frogmore, exhibited 

 three fruits of a handsome white-fleshed Melon, which was un- 

 fortunately over-ripe. 



