NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 
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18. LIST OF THE MOST DESIRABLE VARIETIES OF 
FRUIT. 
Drawn up by the Fruit Committee. 
Orders for this list may now be given. Its price is 2s. post free. It contains 
nearly 200 pages, and besides the original list drawn up by the Committee, it 
gives lists of varieties recommended by nearly 100 expert growers and gardeners 
all over the country for their respective geographical divisions of Great Britain. 
The list shows the result of a ballot as to which varieties are to be preferred from 
such points of view as vigour of constitution, and for various types of growth and 
cultivation, as, e.g.] in the case of Apples — Bush, Standard, Espalier ; Pears — 
Bush, Standard, Espalier, Wall. It also shows the best varieties for cooking as 
distinct from dessert, the best for markets, and much similar detailed information 
which must prove of great help in these days when the planting of more fruits 
as well as of more vegetables is so widely recognized as being of urgent necessity. 
19. FREE LEAFLETS. 
The following leaflets may be had free on receipt of a \d. stamped addressed 
envelope : 
Fruit Bottling for Cottagers. 
Lady Carbery's Recipe for Preserving Fruits. 
R.H.S. Dutch Brown Beans. 
The Cultivation of Beans for Winter Consumption. 
A List of R.H.S. Gardening Charts for Societies and Schools. 
20. BOOK ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BOTTLING. 
Fellows of the Society have shown exceptional interest in the long series of 
lectures given during this year at the Fortnightly Meetings by Mr. and Mrs. 
Vincent Banks on Fruit and Vegetable Bottling, who have now, in response to 
many requests, prepared a book on the subject. The Council, recognizing the 
value of the information it contains, and the demand for instruction of this kind, 
have published it. It contains the most up-to-date information on the subject 
and is most practical. It deals not only with the Bottling of both Fruits and Vege- 
tables, but also with the making of Jam, and the pulping of Fruit to be made 
into Jam later on, when sugar supplies are more abundant than they are just now. 
There are also many useful household recipes, and all the information given is the 
result of the actual experience of the authors extending over a long number of 
years. Mr. and Mrs. Banks' exhibits of Bottled Fruits at the Society's Meetings 
are well known to the Fellows for their excellence. The price of the 191 8 revised 
edition, which may be obtained from the R.H.S., Vincent Square, London, S.W. 1, 
is is. 6d. over the counter, or post free is. 8d. ; bound in stiff paper covers. 
21. R.H.S. WAR RELIEF FUND. 
The work of the Society having greatly increased since the outbreak of the 
War and the staff having greatly diminished, the Council found that the manage- 
ment of this fund imposed far too great a demand upon the staff, a demand indeed 
which it was impossible to meet. A special Administrative Committee for the 
War Relief Fund was, therefore, appointed. The Committee is composed of 
Members of the Council, and of the Ladies' Executive Committee which has done 
such admirable work in collecting money for the fund. The Office' of the Fund 
is at 17 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. 1, where all communications and 
donations should be addressed. 
22. SHIRLEY POPPIES. 
Owing to the great increase in the Society's work both in itself and on behalf 
of the Increase of Food Production of the Government, Mr. Wilks is unable to 
undertake the distribution of Poppy Seed this year. He has, therefore, given 
