FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 13 & 25. 



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Fruit and Vegetable Committee, British Fruit Show, 

 October 13, 1910. 



Mr. Geo. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-six members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple * Hounslow Wonder ' (votes, 14 for), from Messrs. 

 Spooner, Hounslow. Fruit of medium size, flat round, yellow, but 

 spotted and striped with red on the exposed side; stalk half -inch long, 

 deeply inserted; eye open, in a moderate and rather puckered basin; 

 calyx upright; flesh very crisp, and excellent for cooking. The tree is 

 stated to be a great bearer. 



To Peach ' Salwey ' (votes, unanimous), from Duke of Eichmond 

 and Gordon (gr. Mr. Brock), Chichester. A well-known and popular 

 late variety. Colonel H. Salwey brought from Sicily about fifty or 

 sixty years ago a bag of peach stones and handed them over to Mr. C. 

 Turner, Nurseryman, Slough, and * Salwey ' was raised from one of 

 the stones. This information was supplied by Mr. T. Salwey, a 

 descendant of Colonel Salwey. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Daniel, Norwich: seedling Easpberry. 



Col. the Hon. G. Harbord, Norwich: Easpberry ' Alexander.' 



Duke of Eutland, Grantham : Peach ' Duchess of York. ' 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, October 25, 1910. 

 Mr. W. PouPART in the Chair, and twenty-two members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Sutton, Eeading, for a collection of vegetables. 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for a collection of vegetables. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Mrs. G. Banks, 102 Park Street, W., for home-made preserves. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Mr. W. E. Green, Wisbech, for a collection of Potatos. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To B. Broad, Esq., Putney Heath, for a collection of Apples. 

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