lii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
■ Silver Knightian Medal. 
To Lord Gerard, Eastwell Park, Ashford (gr. Mr. H. Walters), for a 
collection of hothouse fruit. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. B. Ashton, gr. to the Earl of Lathom, Lathom House, 
Ormskirk, for very fine * Royal George ' Peaches. 
Other Exhibits. 
Lord Gerard sent Melon ' Eastwell Park,' of fair flavour. 
Mrs. Mcintosh, Havering Park, Romford (gr. Mr. C. Hodges), sent 
Melon ' Havering Park Hero,' which was much over- ripe. 
Lord Derby, Knowsley, Prescot (gr. Mr. R. Doe), sent an enormous 
Melon ' Countess of Derby,' weighing 13^ lb. A round handsome fruit 
with white flesh of moderate flavour. Also a pretty unnamed oval Melon 
with scarlet flesh of good flavour. 
Messrs. Cross, Wisbech, sent Apple ' Early Victoria.' 
Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent fruiting branches of Elseagnus multi- 
florus (syn. E. edulis and E. longipes) ; also jam of the same, which was 
sweet, but rough on the palate, very like Tamarinds. 
Messrs. Ray, Teyham, Kent, staged very fine fruit of Cherry ' Noble.' 
H.M. The Queen, Windsor (gr. Mr. A. Thomas, V.M.H.), sent Melon 
'Princess,' from 'Shamrock' ? x ' Sutton's Pink Flesh '(^. A deep 
round well-netted golden fruit with scarlet flesh of good flavour. Also 
Tomato ' Waterloo,' from ' Dwarf Champion ' ? x ' Frogmore Selected ' , 
which the Committee wished tried at Chiswick. 
Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, staged Strawberry ' The Khedive,' from 
' Lord Suffield ' x ' British Queen.' A pretty deep scarlet pointed fruit 
with a decided ' British Queen ' flavour. It was requested to be ' sent to 
Chiswick for trial. 
W. Roupell, Esq., Roupell Park, sent Apples ' Gladstone,' ' Red 
Astrachan,' and ' Joanetting.' 
Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, sent fruit of Rubus 
leucodermis. Fruit small, black, and sweet, freely produced on the plants, 
which are of upright growth like a Raspberry, but the canes are silvery 
white in the young state. 
Rev. E. Darnley Smith, Landscove Vicarage, Ashburton, sent a 
sample of his new Sectional Fruit Protector. The Committee wished 
them to be tried at Chiswick. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, Chiswick, August 3, 1900. 
H. Balderson, Esq., in the Chair, and four members present. 
The Committee inspected forty-five stocks of early Potatos, and 
selected nine to be cooked for their fine appearance and heavy crop, viz. — 
Cigarette 
Early Peter 
May Queen 
Sharpe's Victor 
Beauty of Hebron 
Harbinger 
Pioneer Early Kidney 
Sunbeam 
Sir John Llewelyn 
