FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE, AUGUST 30. 
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the Black Currant and the Gooseberry. The fruits are like very 
small deep red Gooseberries, but have a most decided Black 
Currant flavour ; the growth of the bush, though thornless, is 
like the Gooseberry, whilst the leaves have the Black Currant 
smell. 
Feuit and Vegetable Committee, at Chiswick, 
August 30, 1898. 
Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., in the Chair, and seven members present. 
The Committee inspected 69 stocks of Onions, 9 stocks of 
Beet, 34 stocks of Tomatos, a Canadian Clover, a new Shallot, 
a new Melon, and 49 stocks of Potatos, of which thirteen varieties 
were so good in appearance and heavy cropping, that the 
Committee ordered some of each to be cooked, viz. :— 
A 1. 
Challenge. 
Devonian. 
Fidler’s Queen. 
Fishtoft Seedling. 
Ideal. 
Ivo. 
Leader. 
Miss Ellen Terry. 
New Main Crop. 
Palmeira. 
Sir Walter Raleigh. 
The Major. 
Awards Recommended 
Highly Commended. (See page 221 et seq.) 
Onion ‘Banbury Cross’ (votes, unanimous), grown from 
seeds sent by Messrs. Nutting, Suffolk Street, S.E., and Messrs. 
Hurst, Houndsditch. 
Onion ‘ Nuneham Park ’ (votes, unanimous), grown from 
seeds sent by Messrs. Nutting. 
Onion ‘Wroxton’ (votes, unanimous), grown from seeds sent 
by Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, Exeter Street, W.C. 
Onion ‘ Rousham Park ’ (votes, unanimous), grown from 
seeds sent by Messrs. Watkins & Simpson. 
Beet 4 Red Globe ’ (votes, unanimous), grown from seeds 
sent by Messrs. Watkins & Simpson. 
Potato ‘ The Major’ (votes, unanimous), grown from tubers 
sent by Mr. E. R. Webber, St. Catherine’s Hill, Worcester. 
