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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 13, 1920. 
Mr. C. G. A. Nix in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
No awards were recommended on this occasion. 
Exhibits. 
Mr. J. J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen : Raspberries. 
C. E. Powell, Esq., Binfield : Raspberry ' Binfield Seedling.' 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 27, 1920. 
Mr. J. Cheal, V.M.H., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Gold Medal. 
To Hon. Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree, for vegetables. 
A ward of Merit. 
Subject to naming and confirmation after trial at Wisley an Award of Merit 
was proposed (votes 12 for, i against) to an unnamed Melon from Mr. A. Perry, 
Tendring Hall Gardens, Colchester. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. J. C. Allgrove, Langley : Apple ' Delicious ' and Apple * Ontario.' 
Messrs. Ryder, St. Albans : Broad Bean ' Multiple.' 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 10, 1920. 
Mr. Owen Thomas, V.M.H., in the Chair, and five members present. 
No awards were recommended on this occasion. 
Exhibit. 
Mr. J. M. Fleming, Hadlow : seedling Runner Bean. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 24, 1920. 
Mr. J. Cheal, V.M.H., in the Chair, and thirteen members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Gold Medal. 
To J. A. Nix, Esq. (gr. Mr. Neal), Crawley, for a collection of fruit. 
Silver Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. Spooner, Hounslow, for fruit. 
Award of Merit. 
To Apple ' Laxton's Peerless ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Laxton, 
Bedford. Fruit of large size, deep round, handsome even outline ; eye closed, 
set in a shallow basin ; stalk one inch long, thin, set in a small cavity ; skin 
green, dotted with brown spots on the exposed side, and suffused with a faint 
brown tinge. Flesh very firm, crisp, acid, and excellent for cooking. Trees 
in the Society's Gardens at Wisley have cropped well for four years successively. 
Tree is a moderate sturdy grower. 
To Apple ' The Premier ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Laxton, Bedford. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish conical ; eye closed ; stalk short, stem about 
one inch long, not very deeply inserted ; skin highly coloured and rather 
greasy; flesh whitish, firm, crisp, juicy, richly flavoured. A promising dessert 
variety, said to be a free bearer and combining the good qualities of both parents, 
viz. 'Mr. Gladstone' x ' Worcester Pearmain.* 
