FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, AUGUST 23. CXXVil 
(‘ William Tillery ’ x * Monroe’s Little Heath ’) sailed ‘ Lapp’s 
Seedling.’ 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee, August 23, 1898. 
H. Balderson, Esq., in the Chair, and nine members present. 
Awards Recommended 
Silver Gilt Knightian Medal. 
To Messrs. Bunyard, of Maidstone, for a collection of Fruit. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To the Dowager Lady Freake, Fulwell Park (gr. Mr. Rick- 
wood), for a collection of Fruit. 
To Messrs. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, for a collection of 
Fruit. 
Award of Merit. 
To Apple ‘ Langley Pippin’ (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
James Veitch, Chelsea. A hybrid from ‘ Gladstone ’ x * Cox’s 
Orange,’ and partaking of the character of both parents. Like 
‘ Gladstone,’ early, ribbed (slightly), and acid ; like ‘ Cox’s Orange ’ 
in general shape, stalk, eye (exactly), and delicious flavour. 
To Tomato ‘ Red Currant ’ as a dessert and decorative variety 
(votes, unanimous), from the Society’s Gardens. A nice and 
exceedingly pretty fruit, borne in strings like rather large red 
currants. 
Cultural Commendation. 
To Mr. Miller, Gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, for 
dishes of very fine Figs and Peaches. 
To Mr. J. Hudson, Gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., 
for a grand box of ‘ Royal Sovereign ’ Strawberries, from plants 
which had been forced in the early spring and then planted out 
after the forced crop had been gathered. 
To Messrs. James Veitch, of Chelsea, for a specimen of 
Bubus Phcenicolasius or Japan Wineberry. The plant, stood 
fully 8 feet high and 4 feet through; it was a mass of fruiting 
sprays from top to bottom. The fruit, though doubtless making 
good jam, is not of much value, otherwise than from an 
ornamental point of view. 
