FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, AUGUST 30. 
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Mr. F. G. Coates, Mendip Coombe, Maidenhead, sent Apple ' Coates's- 
Seedling.' 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, sent floAvering and bearing 
sprays of 'Dolichos Lablab.' Almost like a Scarlet Runner Bean in 
foliage and pod, but with rosy-purple flowers. The pods and leaves are 
also heavily marked with purple. 
Messrs. J. Yeitch sent fruit of Nectarines * Precoce de Croncels ' and 
' Early Rivers,' grown in the open air. 
Mr. McHattie, Strathfieldsaye, sent a large Melon 'Lord Lothian' 
(' Little Heath ' x ' Beechwood '). 
Mr. W. H. Tolhurst, Bolmore, Hayward's Heath, sent very curious 
fruits of the Australian Cucumber. They are a pale yellow colour, 
nearly round, with a cavity at the ■ ' nose," and about the size of an Orange.. 
When cut through the seeds are in divisions or cells like the Tomato, 
and occupy nearly the whole centre of the fruit. In taste the flavour is 
exactly like the Ridge Cucumber. Mr. Tolhurst says that it is easily 
grown in a cold frame, and is remarkably prolific. 
Messrs. Bunyard sent Pear 'Petite Marguerite,' a pretty pyriform- 
fruit of fair quality. 
Feuit and Vegetable Committee at Chiswick, August 30, 1900.. 
J. H UDSON, Esq., V.M.H., in the Chair, and seven members present. 
The Committee examined sixty-five stocks of Potatos, of which eleven 
produced such good crops of fine appearance that' the Coiximittee ordered 
some of each to be cooked, viz. — ■ 
Baden-Powell Gem 
Beehive Kerr's A. 
Centenary Kerr's B. 
Duchess of Buccleuch Sir John Llewelyn 
Duchess of York Superb 
Supreme 
Awards Recommended:— 
Highly Commended. 
Potato ' Baden-Powell ' (votes, unanimous), from tubers sent hy 
E. W. Caddick, Esq., Caradoc, Ross, Herefordshire. 
Potato ' Centenary ' (votes, unanimous), from tubers sent by Messrs. 
Sutton, Reading. 
Potato ' Sir John Llewelyn ' (votes, unanimous), from tubers sent hj 
Mr. J. Harris, Blackpill Nurseries, Swansea. 
Potato ' Supreme ' (votes, unanimous), from tubers sent by Messrs. 
Sutton. 
The Committee then inspected eighty-one stocks of Tomatos grown, 
both under glass and in the open air. 
Highly Commended. (As outdoor varieties.) 
Tomato 'Young's Eclipse,' from Messrs. Young, Stevenage. 
Tomato ' Chemin Rouge,' from the R.H.S. Gardens. 
