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Col. Brymer wrote that he obtained the tree from Belgium thirty years 

 ago. 



To apple • Lord Stradbroke ' (votes, unanimous), from the Earl of 

 Stradbroke, Henham Hall, Suffolk, (gr. Mr. Simpson). Fruit very large ; 

 skin yellow, heavily suffused with red, especially on the exposed side, and 

 covered with small minute russety dots ; eye open, with reflexed segments, 

 set in a shallow corrugated basin ; stalk very short and thick, set in a deep 

 russety cavity. This should prove a valuable apple for cooking or exhibi- 

 tion. Parentage unknown. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Earl of Lathom, Ormskirk (gr. Mr. Ashton), sent Potato ' Earl of 

 Lathom,' which the Committee wished should be tried at Wisley. 



Lord Belper, Kingston Hall, Derby (gr. Mr. Cooke), sent a seedling 

 Apple very similar to ' Northern Dumpling.' 



Mr. Lane, Kynaston, Ross, staged two varieties of Apples. 



W. Shuter, Esq., 22 Belsize Grove, Hampstead (gr. Mr. Armstrong), 

 brought ' Black Alicante ' Grapes. 



Messrs. J. Yeitch, Chelsea, sent Apple ' G. Wythes ' and Pear ' Winter 

 "Williams.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, January 24, 1905. 

 Mr. A. H. Pearson in the Chan-, and sixteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Mr. H. J. Jones, Lewisham, for 130 varieties of Potatoes. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Hon. W. H. Long, Rood Ashton, Trowbridge (gr. Mr. Strugnell), 

 for thirty dishes of Apples. 



Cultural Commendation . 



To Mr. Wadds, gr. to Sir W. D. Pearson, Bart., M.P., Paddockhurst, 

 for very fine Tomatoes. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. B. Fortescue, Esq., Dropmore, Maidenhead (gr. Mr. Page), sent large 

 ' Roundway Magnum Bonum ' Apples. 



Viscount Deerhurst, Dynes Hall, Halstead (gr. Mr. Ridley), staged 

 Potato ' Lady Deerhurst,' which the Committee wished should be tried 

 at Wisley. 



R. C. Appleton, Esq., Beverley, Yorks., sent a small collection of little- 

 known Apples. » 



Mr. R. Grindrod, Whitfield, Hereford, brought Apple ' Winter Russet.' 

 Messrs. Lane, Berkhampstead, sent Apple ' Halletfs Seedling.' 



