CCXXvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL BORITCULTIJRAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, October 24, 1911. 



Mr. A. PI. Pearson, P.P., V.M.H., in the Chair, and fourteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To Mr. W. E. Sands, Hillsborough, Ireland, for Potatos. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Ambrose, Upper Halliford, for Apples and Pears. 



Bronze Knightian. 

 To Mr. W. B. McDonall, Shepherd's Bush, for Grapes grown in 

 the open. 



Award of Merit. 



To Plum ' Vert's Violet ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. Vert, 

 Audley End Gardens, Saffron Walden. This is a sport from the 

 well-known ' Coe's Golden Drop,' differing only in colour, which is a 

 delicate buff shaded with violet, and with a distinct violet-coloured 

 line all down the suture. (Fig. 142.) 



Other Exhibits. 



E. Armstrong, Esq., Drumyarkin, Dartrey : seedling Apple, 

 Mr. J. Arthars, Studley E.S.O. : Apple ' George V.' 

 W. B. M. Bird, Esq. (gr. Mr. Gooding), Chichester: Apples. 

 Mr. F. H. Chapman, Rye: Tomato ' Autumn Dainty.' 

 Messrs. Dobbie, Edinburgh : Victoria Kale. 



Mrs. Haldane Stewart (gr. Mr. T. Waters), Limpsfield : Apples. 

 Mr. G. Littlewood, Brightlingsea : Apples. 

 R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley : Carrots. 

 Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea : Walnuts. 



Mr. H. Whiteley, Torquay: Apple * Endsleigh Beauty.' 

 Mr. C. Wright, Aylesbury : Apples. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee, November 7, 1911. 

 Mr. G. BuNYARD, V.M.PI., in the Chair, and ten members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple * Sir John Thornycroft, ' from Lady Thornycroft, Steyne, 

 Bembridge, Isle of Wight. The award is subject to more precise 

 information being supplied at the next meeting of the Committee. 



Other Exhibits. 



IVl'r. ¥i. Burden, Patney, Wilts: seedling Apples, 

 Messrs. Plartland, Cork : Apples. 



