I'KUIT AND VEGETABLE COxMMlTTEE, FEBRUARY 27. XXxix 
Atvard of Merit. 
To Rhubarb ' Daw's Champion ' ' Victoria ' x ' Champagne ' (votes, 
11 for), from ^Y. Poiipart, Esq. Stalks 2 ft. long, thick, and of a beautiful 
red colour. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. J. Fitt, gr. to F. W. Campion, Esq., Reigate, for Asparagus 
' Sutton's Perfection ' and ' Connover's Colossal.' 
Other Exhibits. 
Geo. Holmes, Esq., Acomb, York, sent Apple ' Nancy Jackson,' a well- 
known and popular variety in the North. 
Messrs. Lane, Berkhampstead, sent Apple ' Red Blenheim,' said to be 
a highly coloured sport from ' Blenheim Orange.' 
Messrs. Yeitch, Chelsea, sent Apple ' Mclndoe's Russet.' 
Mr. J. Watkins sent Apples ' Tillington Seedling ' and ' Foreman's 
Seedling.' 
Mr. W. Camm, gr. to the Duchess of Cleveland, Battle, Sussex, sent 
some Apples named ' Sturmer Pippin.' The Committee considered them 
to be ' Lord Burghley.' 
Mr. W. R. Bull, Ramsden, Essex, sent a seedling Apple named 
' Aurora.' 
Philip Crowley, Esq., Waddon House, Croydon, sent a pot of Quince 
jam of excellent flavour. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, February 27, 1900. 
Philip Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To C. P. Sercold, Esq., Maidenhead (gr. Mr. R. Bullock), for twenty- 
three dishes of Apples. 
Award of Merit. 
To Apple ' Gabalva,' from Mr. A. Pettigrew, gr. to the Marquis of 
Bute, Cardiff Castle. Fruit rather large, flattish ; eye half closed, set in a 
moderately shallow basin ; stalk short and deeply inserted ; skin yellow, 
flushed with red and streaked on the exposed side, covered with minute 
dots of russet ; flesh firm, crisp, and of good flavour, very similar to that 
of Blenheim Orange. The fruit was from a very old tree growing in an 
orchard on the Cardiff Castle estate. (Fig. 45.) 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. Geo. Wythes, V.M.H., gr. to the Duke of Northumberland, 
Syon House, for fine fruiting growths of Vanilla planifolia. 
To Mr. E. Beckett, gr. to Lord Aldenham, Elstree, for large well- 
grown Parsnips. 
