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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 
October 9, 1900. 
Geo. Bunyard, Esq., V.M.H.,in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Gold Medal. 
To the Rt. Hon. Lord Wantage, V.C., Lockinge Park (gr. Mr. W. Fyfe), 
for a splendid collection of Fruit. 
Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for a collection of Vegetables and 
Gourds. 
To John Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, Crawley (gr. Mr. A. Offer), 
for 100 dishes of Apples and Pears. 
To C. Bayer, Esq., Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill (gr. Mr. W. Taylor), 
for a collection of Fruit. 
Silver Knightian Medal. 
To Sir Marcus Samuel, The Mote, Maidstone (gr. Mr. W. H. Bacon), 
for 50 dishes of Pears. 
To W. E. S. E. Drax, Esq., Olanteigh Towers, Kent (gr. Mr. J. Bond), 
for a collection of Vegetables. 
To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for 100 dishes of Apples. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. J. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Withington, Hereford, for a 
collection of Crab Apples. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Plum ' President ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Rivers, Saw- 
bridgeworth. Fruit very large, oval, almost black. The flesh has a 
distinct bullace flavour, and parts readily from the stone. The tree is of 
upright growth and a great bearer. It should prove a valuable market 
variety, as it is not so easily injured by spring frosts as some others, and 
comes into use when the majority of Plums are over. 
Award of Merit. 
To Melon ' Freechase Favourite ' (votes, unanimous), from Sir Geo. 
Allen, Bart., Haywards Heath (gr. Mr. W. Mead). Raised from 'Hero of 
Lockinge,' and of the same colour, but the fruit is deeper and differently 
netted, with a very small cavity in the centre, and of fine flavour. 
To Apple 'Rival' (votes, 9 for, 6 against), from Capt. Carstairs, 
Welford Park, Newbury (gr. Mr. C. Ross). Fruit above medium size, 
round ; eye open, with reflexed segments, in a rather shallow basin ; stalk 
^ inch long and deeply inserted ; skin yellow on the shaded side, nearly 
covered with red on the exposed side ; flesh firm, juicy, and of good 
