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seeds sent by Dr. Bonavia, Worthing ; Mr. J. B. Orman, Lewis, Iowa, 
U.S.A. ; and Messrs. J. S. Pearce, 119 Dundas Street, London, Ontario. 
Lord Walsingham, Merton Hall, Thetford, sent Melon ' Thirkleby 
Park,' a green-fleshed variety, with a green skin heavily netted. The 
•Committee desired to see it again next year earlier in the season. LorH 
Walsingham wrote that this " Melon is described in the ' Transactions of 
the Horticultural Society,' 1822, Vol. IV., page 514, and sent in the 
autumn of 1820, under the name of ' Green-fleshed Egyptian,' by Sir 
Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby Park, Yorkshire, the seed being originally 
received from the Archbishop of York in 1808, and has been grown at 
Merton Hall ever since under the name of ' Thirkleby Park Melon.' Sir 
Thomas Frankland was great-grandfather of the present Lord Wal- 
singham." It was noticed that whereas the specimen sent was of a 
decidedly green skin and heavily netted, it is described in Vol. IV., 1822, 
as " the skin is pale, almost white, very thin, smooth, with few reticula- 
tions." This illustrates the extreme difficulty of keeping a Melon quite 
true to character through a long series of years ; variation seems ingrained 
and inevitable under cultivation. 
Mr. W. A. Cook, gr. to Major Heneage, Compton Basset, Wilts, sent a 
dish of Carter's ' Michaelmas ' Pea. 
Mr. T. Mugleston, Brasted, Kent, sent an unnamed Apple. 
Mr. T. Elsworth, Corn Market, Warwick, sent a seedling Apple from 
Lord Suffield. 
Mr. J. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Hereford, sent Plum * Coe's Violet.' 
This variety differs from ' Coe's Golden Drop ' in being more bronzy in 
colour, and having a stripe of violet down the suture. 
Piev. W. Wilks, M.A., Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, sent a well-grown 
plant of Shantung Cabbage, Brassica sinensis. The plant has long 
succulent foliage like a Cos Lettuce, forming no heart, and quickly run- 
ning to seed in the early summer. The flavour is rather like Spinach, 
<!:ood and delicate, and, further, it is agreeable to the eye when cooked, 
which is not always the case with Cabbage. The young leaves are also 
recommended for mixing with salads. It is of no use whatever as a 
summer Cabbage, but will be found excellent for late autumn and early 
w^inter use — November and December. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, November 6, 1900. 
Joseph Cheal, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended: — 
Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 
To the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (gr. Mr. W. H. 
Divers), for 80 dishes of Apples and Pears. 
To Mr. E. Neal, The Gardens, Tilgate, Crawley, for 80 dishes of 
Apples and Pears, and two stands of Grapes. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Peed, Roupell Park Nurseries, West Norwood, for SO 
dishes of Apples and Pears. 
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