CXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Feuit and Vegetable Committee, August 17, 1909. 

 Mr. G. Bunyard, V.M.H., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 



The following Peas and Beans were placed before the Committee upon 

 the recommendation of the Sub- Committee at Wisley on August 12 : — 



Awards Recommended:— 



Dwarf French Beans. 



Award of Merit. 



' Cholet ' (votes, unanimous), from M.M. Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris. 

 ' Evergreen ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sutton, Beading. 

 ' Excelsior ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden. 

 'The Belfast ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Dickson, Belfast. 



Highly Commended (XXX). 



'Everyday,' from Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea. 

 ' Golden Wax,' from Messrs. Carter, Holborn. 

 ' Holborn Wonder,' from Messrs. Carter, Holborn. 

 ' Kaiser,' from Messrs. B. Veitch, Exeter. 

 'Longsword,' from Messrs. Carter, Holborn. 

 ' Superlative,' from Messrs. Sutton, Reading. 



Peas. 



Highly Commended (XXX). 



'Lord Leicester' and 'Mayor of Leicester,' from Messrs. Harrison, 

 Leicester. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. Coles, Balcombe : Gooseberries. 



Mr. H. Parr, New Barnet : Melon, ' Trent Perfection.' 



W. R. Pierce, Esq., Canterbury : seedling Apple. 



Mr. R. Thompson, Prudhoe, Northumberland : seedling Gooseberry. 



Mr. W. H. Young, Romford : Tomato. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 31, 1909. 

 Mr. A. H. Peabson in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To the King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford, for pot fruit trees. 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Messrs. T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth : for pot fruit trees. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Sir Mark Collet, Bart., Sevenoaks, (gr. Mr. M. Nicholls) : for six 



dishes of Pears. 



