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Mrs. Kneller, Whitchurch, Hants : Apples. 

 Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park: Fruit. 

 Mr. H. H. Thorne, Teddington : Pears. 

 Eev. W. Wilks, M.A., Shirley: Apples. 

 Miss M. H. Wilhams, Wrentham : Apples. 

 W. A. Voss, Esq., Eayleigh: Fruit. 



Feuit and Vegetable Committee, November 21, 1911. 

 Mr. Joseph Oheal in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Knightian Medal. 



To Hon. Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree, 

 Herts., for Apples. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Mrs. Banks, 102 Park Street, W., for preserved Fruits and 

 Vegetables. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 

 To G. W. Tyser, Esq., Mortimer, Berks, for Apples. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Lord Hillingdon (gr. Mr. A. E. Allan), Uxbridge, for Pears. 

 To Mrs. Miller, Marlow, for " Moyleen " confections. 

 To Mr. W. Pope, Newbury, for Apples (Eoss's seedlings). 



Award of Merit. 



To Apple ' Sir John Thorny croft ' (votes, unanimous), from Lady 

 Thornycroft, Steyne, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. This fruit has a mode- 

 rately deep, closed eye, slightly corrugated. The stalk is half-inch long 

 and deeply inserted. The colour is yellow, flushed and striped with 

 red. The shape is flat and round, and the crisp, juicy flesh has a strong 

 " Cox's " flavour. It is in season from November to January. 

 (Fig. 143.) 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. W. Hobby, Yeovil: Apple ' Hobby's Seedling.' 

 Walliss Marshall, Esq., Alford : Peas for identification. 

 Mr. Minchin, Henfield : Apple ' Knight's Seedling.' 

 Mr. S. Eutherford, Nova Scotia: Apples. 

 Mr. T. Stirling, Bury St. Edmund's: Pomegranates. 

 Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea: Pear 'Dana's Hovey, ' A.M. Novem- 

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