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for a remarkably fine dish of stewing Pear * Double de Guerre.' The 
Rev. W. Wilks stated that the trees of this first-class stewing Pear pro- 
duced splendid crops annually at Coombe House. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. F. Steadman, Coddington Hall Gardens, Newark-on-Trent, sent a 
seedling Onion from ' Cranston's Excelsior ' x ' Veitch's Maincrop.' 
E. W. Caddick, Esq., Caradoc, Ross (gr. Mr. M. Roe), sent a highly 
coloured Apple named ' Caradoc Scarlet.' The Committee desired to see 
it again in February. 
Miss Roberts, Rose Hill House, Ipswich, sent Pear ' The Kieffer ' 
{syn. 'Kiefier Seedling'). Fruit over the medium size, obovate, and the 
colour of ' Buerre Diel.' The flesh is very distinct in flavour, and has 
somewhat the taste of a Quince, and though a great favourite in America 
is only second-rate in this country. 
Mr. Will Taylor, Hampton, sent large bunches of Grape ' Reine 
Olga.' 
Miss J. Ede, The Rest, Avenue Road, P)exley Heath, sent Apple 
' Bexley Heath Pippin,' raised from pips of ' Ribston Pippin,' but decidedly 
inferior to the parent fruit. 
Miss Breton, Forest End, Sandhurst (gr. Mr. R. Handley), sent 
magnificently grown Cardoons. 
Sir W. D. Pearson, Bart., M.P., sent a large cluster of the fruit of Musa 
Cavendishii — Bananas, grown at Paddockhurst, Sussex (Fig. 190). 
Mr. Kneller, The Gardens, Malshanger, Basingstoke, sent Apple 
' Malshanger Russet.' 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, December 4, 1900. 
Geo. Bunyard, Esq,, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-four members 
present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
First-class Certificate. 
To Pear ' Nouvelle Fulvie ' (votes, 16 for), from Roger Leigh, Esq.,. 
Barham Court, Maidstone (gr. Mr. G. Woodward). Fruit rather above 
medium size, pyriform, and very uneven in outline ; skin yellow and 
covered with small russety dots ; eye half open, with rather large flat 
segments ; stalk 1 in. long, fleshy at the base, and occasionally obliquely 
inserted ; flesh soft, melting, and of most delicious flavour. The tree is a 
good bearer on both the Quince and the Pear stocks, and though a 
comparatively old variety is not sufficiently known. (Fig. 188.) 
Atuard of Merit. 
To Pear ' Charles Ernest ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Veitch,, 
Chelsea. Fruit large and varying in shape, some being much longer 
than others ; skin yellow, slightly flushed with red on the exposed side ; 
eye closed, with small erect segments, set in a shallow basin ; stalk 
