FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 25. Cxlv 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, September 25, 1906. 



Mr. G. BuNYARD, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-seven members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, for superb Fruit Trees in pots. 



Silver-gilt Kniglitian Medal. 



To Captain Speer, Sandown Lodge, Esher, for seventy varieties of 

 Gourds. 



Award of Merit. 



To Tomato ' Lye's Early Gem ' (votes, 20 for), from Mr. R. Lye, 

 Sydmonton Court, Newbury, a medium-sized flat round fruit, bright 

 scarlet, produced in large clusters ; very solid and of good flavour. All 

 the fruit exhibited had been grown on outside walls, for which purpose it 

 appears to be eminently suited. 



To x\pple ' Miller's Seedling ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Fyfe, gr. 

 to Lady Wantage, Lockinge Park, Wantage. Fruit above medium size, 

 slightly ribbed, pale yellow, with a delicate flush on the exposed side ; 

 eye half open with reflexed segments, stalk thin, half-inch long, deeply 

 inserted ; flesh crisp and good, and said to cook well. The variety is a 

 favourite in Berkshire and a great bearer. 



To Pear ' Collis's Hessle ' (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Mr. F. Collis, 

 Bollo Lane, Chiswick. A deputation of the Committee, viz. Mr. A. 

 Thomas, Y.M.H., and Mr. ^Y. Poupart, inspected the tree on which this 

 fruit had grown, and stated that the variety or form bad sported on the 

 Hessle, producing much larger fruits than the ordinary * Hessle,' and 

 differing only from that variety in its much greater size. Young trees 

 raised from the "sport " showed the same very marked improvement. 



Czdtural Commendation. 



To Mr. Slade, gr. to Lord Poltimore, Exeter, for splendid fruits of 

 Pear ' Michaelmas Nelis.' 



Other Exhibits. 



A. L. Sabine, Esq., 88 Underbill Road, East Dulwich, sent a seedling 

 Apple, raised from 'Newton Pippin,' past its best. 



Mr. H. H. Gould, Synce Grove, Southampton, sent a Potato under 

 the name of ' Southern Queen.' The Committee requested tubers to be 

 sent to Wisley under another name, as there were already varieties in 

 commerce under that name. 



Mr. Divers, gr. to the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, brought Apple 

 'Dewdney's Seedling.' 



Mr. H. J. Dover, Langley, Bucks, sent ' Muscat of x\lexandria ' 

 Grapes, not quite ripe, but excellent in other respects. 



Messrs. Harrison, Leicester, staged Crab * The Leicester,' a very large 

 variety, of pale colour. 



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