IRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 11. lix 
All four varieties of Potatos had been highly commended at Chiswick 
on August 30, 1900. 
To Apple ' St. Everard ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. C. Terry, 
Papworth Hall Gardens, Papworth Everard. Fruit rather below medium 
size, perfect form ; eye prominent, open, with reflexed segments ; stalk 
I inch long, thin, inserted in a shallow cavity ; skin nearly covered with 
red, and spotted with pale spots ; flesh crisp, tender, and of very good 
flavour. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, for a group of Strawberry ' St. Joseph.' 
Other Exhibits. 
From the R.H.S. Gardens, Chiswick, came fourteen varieties of 
Tomato?, which had been highly commended August 30. 
The Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (gr. Mr. W. H. 
Divers), sent fruit and jam of the ' Mirabelle ' Plum, from trees brought 
by his Grace from Cronberg, Germany, in 1886. It is a small, sweet, pale- 
yellow Plum, and must not be confounded with the Cherry Plum (Prunus 
myrobalana), which is sometimes erroneously called the Mirabelle Plum. 
There are many forms of the true Mirabelle Plum, and the one from 
Belvoir Castle closely resembled the Plum called ' St. Etienne,' which has 
medium-sized, pale-yellow round fruits (occasionally faintly flushed or 
spotted with red), and small foliage, with kidney- shaped glands. Mr. 
Divers also sent a local Plum named ' Moor Park.' 
Miss Lively, Hemel Hempstead, sent a seedling Plum. 
H. Balderson, Esq., Corner Hall, Hemel Hempstead, sent six fruits 
of Melon ' Hero of Lockinge.' 
Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent Tomato ' Veitch's Glory,' which was 
highly commended au Chiswick August 30. 
Messrs. Harrison, Leicester, staged a collection of Dwarf and Runner 
Beans. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Damson ' John Seden,' from ' Black 
Orleans ' Plum x Farleigh Damson. Fruit round, blue-black in colour ; 
stalk half an inch long ; flesh green, and of fair flavour. Fruiting 
branches taken from trees raised from seed four years ago were bearing- 
prof us ely. 
Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, sent Apple ' Bielo Boradawka,' a Russian 
variety of upright growth and free-bearing habit. They also sent Cherry 
' Bunyard's Late Movello,' said to be three weeks later than the ordinary 
variety. 
Mr. J. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Withington, Hereford, sent a collection 
of Damsons and Bullaces. 
Mr. J. Booker, Coley Park Gardens, Reading, sent two seedling 
Nectarines, ' Coley Park SeedHng ' and 'Booker's Imperial,' the former 
being the better in flavour. 
Mrs. Kimberlin, Finchley, sent Apple ' Kimberlin Seedling.' 
Messrs. C. Turner, Slough, staged heavily fruited branches of Cydonia 
(Pyrus) japonica. 
Messrs. Rivecs, Sawbridge worth, sent small plants of ' Monarch 
Plum, carrying a great crop of fruit. 
