HC Deb 03 April 1913 vol 51 c561
81. Mr. CHARLES BATHURST

asked if the President of the Board of Agriculture has yet appointed the senior inspector of the new Horticultural Department of the Board; and, if so, whether he will state his name and qualifications?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

I have appointed Mr. G. P. Berry to be the General Inspector in the Horticulture Branch of the Board. Mr. Berry, who has been engaged in horticulture from his early youth, holds the Diploma in Horticulture of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh, and certificates of the Heriot Watt College in Horticultural Physics, and for several years past has been head of the Horticultural Department of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. He has large experience of commercial fruit-growing and market-gardening, and has kept himself in touch with the developments in this industry in all parts of the country.