nsroTE. 



The Publication of this Volume is in fulfilment of one of the 

 most earnest wishes of its Editor, who was engaged in bringing the 

 work through the Press, when sudden fatal illness prevented his 

 seeing more than the first portion in print. The work, therefore, 

 lacks the finishing touches, which his experienced hand would have 

 given ; but care has been taken that the work should be printed 

 exactly as it was left by him. It is not a mere reprint of the 

 " Herefordshire Pomona " ; for much additional knowledge was 

 obtained, and the papers were re-written for this book, that it might 

 be specially valuable to the fruit growers and cider makers of the 

 county. 



It was during a visit to Rouen on behalf of the Woolhope 

 Club, on the occasion of the Great Exhibition of Apples and Pears 

 held there in 1884, under the auspices of the Societe Centrale d' 

 Horticulhwe de la Seine- Infirieure, to whose work reference is made 

 in the Preface, that the excellence of the Orchards in Normandy 

 was remarked. The care and attention evidently bestowed upon 

 them, and the numbers of young trees planted, were the subject 

 of special notice. It was felt that such results were largely due to 

 the work of the Society mentioned above. 



That similar results might be produced in the Orchards of 

 Herefordshire and of England, this work was undertaken by the 

 Editor. It represents the fruit of many years of patient labour and 

 study. 



Dr. Bull was greatly indebted to George H. Piper, Esq., F.G.S., 

 for much of the local history of the Orchard fruit, particularly in the 

 neighbourhood of Ledbury; and to J. H. Arkwright, Esq., of 



