cxliv PKOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. F. Collis, Bollo Lane, Chiswick, staged Pear 'Improved Hessle,' 

 not quite ripe ; also a splendid dish of Apple ' Mank's Codlin,' from trees 

 grown on their own roots. 



Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, sent Pear ' Aspasie Aucourt.' 



Feuit and Vegetable Committee, September 11, 1906. 

 Mr. J. Cheal in the Chair, and seventeen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for sixty distinct varieties of Turnips. 

 Hogg Medal. 



To the Hon. Walter Long, M.P., Rood Ashton, Trowbridge (gr. 

 Mr. Strugnell), for a collection of Fruit. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Miss M. H. Dodge, Losely Park, Guildford (gr. Mr. Stanard), for a 

 collection of Potatoes. 



To Miss Adamson, South Villa, Regent's Park (gr. Mr. Keif), for a 

 collection of Fruit. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. Wadds, gr. to Sir W. D. Pearson, Worth Park, Sussex, for a 

 collection of Melons. 



Other Exhibits. 



From the R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley, came Melon ' Wilhite,' which the 

 Committee wished to see later. 



Mr. Dalby, Greenham Lodge Gardens, Newbury, sent Apple ' Cook's 

 Seedling.' 



The Hon. A. H. T. de Montmorency, The Grange, Carrickmines, 

 Dublin, sent Peach ' Carolie,' which arrived in bad condition. 



Messrs. Harrison, Leicester, brought Crab 'The Harrison,' a very 

 large variety, and excellent jelly made from the same. 



Lady Plpwden, Aston Rowant (gr. Mr. Clarke), sent Crab ' John 

 Downie,' and branches of this variety covered with fruit. 



Mr. J. Stevens, Mile Town, Sheerness, sent an Apple raised from 

 Cox's Orange Pippin, but not so good as its parent. 



Mr. F. M. Bradley, Peterborough, staged a white-fruited Cucumber. 



Mr. W. Dawson, Alton, Hants, sent some very large ridge Cucumbers. 



Mr. J. Crook, Forde Abbey Gardens, sent Peas in excellent condition 

 to show the effect of spraying with a fungicide. 



Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, brought Apple ' Scarlet Beauty.' 



Mr. W. F. Collis, Bollo Lane, Chiswick, staged Pear ' Collis's Hessle.' 



Mr. Bannister, Cote House Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, sent very 

 fine Doyenne Boussoch Pears grown on bush trees. 



