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Bronze Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Massey, Spalding, for Potatoes. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Dobbie, Marks Tey, Essex, staged Borecole. 



Mr. J. G. West, Brentwood, sent seedling Apples. 



Mr. E. Ryder, Orpington, brought Apple 'Ryder's Scarlet.' 



E. G. Wythes, Esq., Bickley Park, Kent, sent Fruit and Vegetables. 



Feuit and Vegetable Committee, December 11, 1906. 

 Mr. G. BuNYARD, V.M.H., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Hogg Medal. 



To Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. Beckett, 

 V.M.H.), for fifty dishes of Apples. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To the Dowager Lady Hillingdon, Wilderness, Sevenoaks (gr. 

 Mr. Shelton), for forty-eight dishes of Apples and Pears. 



To the University College, Reading (gr. Mr. Foster), for Vegetables. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Sir E. G. Loder, Bart, Leonardslee, Horsham (gr. Mr. Cook), for 

 Apples and Pears. 



To Mr. W. Deal, Kelvedon, for Potatoes. 

 To Mr. R. W. Green, Wisbech, for Potatoes. 



Bronze Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Massey, Spalding, for Potatoes and Onions. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Apple ' Encore ' (votes, unanimous), from Colonel Archer Houblon 

 (gr. Mr. C. Ross). Fruit large, even in outline ; skin yellow, streaked and 

 flushed with red on the exposed side ; eye large ; open, erect segments, set 

 in a rather deep even basin ; stalk thin, half-inch long, and inserted in a 

 deep cavity ; skin very greasy ; flesh crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid. A 

 very handsome cooking variety. The tree is said to be a strong grower 

 and free bearer, raised from Warner's King x Old Northern Greening. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. S. A. Scarlett, Edinburgh, sent Potato ' What's Wanted,' which 

 the Committee wished to be tried at Wisley. 



Mr. H. G. Wadlow, Peterborough, sent a seedling Apple. 



Messrs. Toogood, Southampton, staged Apple ' Cox's Pomona.' 



Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, brought Apple ' Ard Cairn Russet.' 



Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, sent Tomato ' Murtown Seedling.' 



Mr. R. Lye, Sydmonton Court, Newbury, sent Tomato * Lye's Early 

 Gem.' 



Mr. Emmony, Streatham, staged two varieties of Apples. 



