FRUIT COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 20. 



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of Apples grown in a London back garden within the three- 

 mile radius. 



To Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, for examples of their 

 new International Prize Leek along with the ordinary form ; 

 also good examples of Carrots, Turnips, Parsley, &c. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. E. Molyneux, Swanmore Gardens, Bishop's Waltham, 

 sent some very large and highly coloured fruit of Worcester Pear- 

 main Apple. 



Seedling Apples were shown by Messrs. John Laing & Sons, 

 who staged Milner's Seedling, and by Messrs. Kimberley & Sons, 

 Stoke, Coventry, who submitted Automne Rouge. 



Mr. S. Mortimer, Swiss Nursery, Farnham, sent fruits of 

 Bibes sanguineum. 



H. St. Vincent Ames, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Bannister), Cote 

 House, Westbury-on-Trym, sent some fine fruits of Doyenne 

 Boussoch Pear. 



F. Middleton, Esq. (gardener, Mr. E. Smith), Upperthorpe, 

 Sheffield, sent examples of Tomato Upperthorpe Orange. A 

 yellow Plum variety, and an enormous cropper. 



Mr. C. Leach sent examples of Tomato Ladybird. 



Mr. W. Shaw, Hextable, Kent, sent Tomato Mitchell's No. 1. 

 A dark red variety of fine appearance. 



From the Society's Gardens were exhibited 40 varieties of 

 Potatos which had been grown in the Gardens during the present 

 season. 



Fruit Committee, October 4, 1892. 



Philip Crowley, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and nineteen 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, for 130 dishes of 

 Apples and Pears, many of which were remarkably fine and 

 handsome. 



Silver Knightian Medal, 

 To the Dowager Lady Freake, Fulwell Park, Twickenham 



