FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, JULY 11 & 18, AUG. 1. CV 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 11, 1905. 

 At Chelsea. 



Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eleven members present. 



[The Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be found on 



page xxvii.] 



There was no business before the Committee. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, July 18, 1905. 

 Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Mrs. Haywood, Woodhatch, Reigate (gr. Mr. Salter), for very fine 

 1 Early Rivers ' Nectarine. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Carter, High Holborn, W.C., for 125 distinct dishes of 

 Peas. 



To the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield (gr. Mr. Norman, V.M.H.), for 

 splendid ' Brown Turkey ' Figs. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs King, Coggeshall, staged a collection of Peas. 



Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent a dish of the fruit of Rubus Lucretia, 

 very similar to the common Blackberry, but much earlier, and a heavier 

 bearer. 



Messrs. Hobbies, Dereham, brought Red Currant 'Chevalier's 

 Sensation,' too much like ' Comet ' to be considered distinct. 



Mrs. Pollinger, Morrey Lodge, Campden Hill, sent an enormous 

 Cucumber of ' Improved Telegraph.' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 1, 1905. 

 Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for a superb collection of Gooseberries. 



Hogg Memorial Medal. 

 To the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield House, Herts, (gr. Mr. Norman, 

 V.M.H.), for a collection of fruit. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Rivers, Sawbridgeworfch, for Peach 1 Peregrine,' admirably 

 grown on pot trees. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for thirty-seven dishes of early Potatoes. 



