^SCXXll PROCEEDINCIS OF THE RO^ AL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



September 12, 1911. 



Mr. Owen Thomas, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eleven members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver -gilt Knightian Medal. 

 To Mr. Stanard, Hertford, for Onions. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



To Leopold de Eothschild, Esq. (gr. Mr. Reynolds), Acton, for 

 Nectarines from pot-grown trees. 



To H. B. Brandt, Esq. (gr. Mr. T. Heron), Nutfield, for Grapes. 

 To Messrs. Paul, Waltham Cross, for fruit trees in pots. 



Silver Banlcsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Fruit. 

 To Purfleet Council School, Essex, for Apples and Pears. 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Charles Eyre ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. Pope, 

 Welford Park, Newbury. A very large rather conical apple of a pale- 

 green colour, with a deep closed eye and a deeply inserted thin stalk. 

 It was raised by Mr. Charles Ross. (Pig- 141.) 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. G. Woodward, Barham, Maidstone, for Pear ' Dr. Jules 

 Guyot.' 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. N. G. Jolliffe, Wotton, Isle of Wight: seedling Apple. 



Dr. Lucas,. Dulwich : Oranges from Australia. 



Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech : Apple ' Red Victoria. ' 



Messrs. Rutter, Wisbech: Apple ' Peach Bloom.' 



A. Turner, Esq., Chelmsford: seedling Apple. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, September 19, 1911, 

 sub-committee at wisles. 

 Mr. A. Dean, V.M.H., in the Chair, and five other members present. 



The following were selected for exhibition before the full Com- 

 mittee : — 



Carrots:— 7.^ ' Best of AIL' 

 24. ' Early Gem.' 



* See footnote, p. 399. 



