xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. C. Springliam, Big- Snap, Llandago-on-Wye, Chepstow, sent 
Apple ' General Bett.' 
Feuit and Vegetable Committee, April 10, 1900. 
Philip Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Kniglitian Medal. 
To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for sixty dishes of Apples. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. J. May, gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Potters Bar, for beautifully 
grown tubers of Potato * Syon House Prolific' 
To Mr. G. Wythes, V.M.H., gr. to the Duke of Northumberland, 
Syon House, for large Avell-coloured fruits of Strawberry ' Royal 
Sovereign.' 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. J. Jakson, 17 Philpot Lane, E.C., sent a large barrel pierced 
with 100 holes on the sides, and mounted on an iron frame, on and by 
which it can be revolved. The sender recommended it for the cultivation 
of Strawberries, Tomatos, &c. 
The Committee thought it might prove interesting to amateurs, but 
\did not consider it to be of much practical value. 
Messrs. Laxton, Bedford, sent a pretty Apple, locally known as 
' Dessin de Boeuf.' 
Mr. D. Hazelwood, Partington Gardens, Leeds, sent a brace of hand- 
some Cucumbers, which were considered to be of the variety ' Matchless.' 
Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, sent Apples ' Atalanta ' and ' Ottershaw 
Pippin.' 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, April 24, 1900. 
Philip Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-one members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Cu I tura I Commendation. 
To Mr. J. Downs, gr. to J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmwoods, 
Cheshunt, for a beautiful dish of Lemons. 
To Messrs. Hammond & Johnstone, Brentwood, for very large highly 
coloured fruits of Strawberry ' Royal Sovereign.' 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. R. C. Notcutt, Woodbridge, sent a dish of stewing Pear ' Winter 
Orange.' 
The Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, sent two immense fruits of Citrus 
medica, var. ' Limonum.' 
Lord Enfield, Wrotham Park, Barnet (gr. Mr. H. Markham), sent a 
Cucumber named * Markham.' 
