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Report of the Committee appointed to attend the Congress 

 of the pomological societies of france, on behalf of 



THE WOOLHOPE ClUB, HELD AT RoUEN, FROM 



October 2nd to the i2Th, 1884. 



Your Committee, having obtained the Schedules of the 

 Exhibition to be held at Rouen, thought it best to compete in the 

 classes open to strangers. A collection of Table Fruit was 

 therefore obtained from the gardens of Stoke Edith, Holme Lacy, 

 Thing-hill, and other places. It consisted of fifty-seven varieties of 

 Dessert Apples, fifty-seven varieties of Culinary Apples, and 

 thirty-six varieties of Pears. This collection was very fine. It 

 formed the leading attraction at the Exhibition, in the Hall of the 

 Hotel de Societes Savantes at Rouen, and a Gold Medal was 

 awarded to it, by the Societe Centrale d' Horticulture de la 

 Seine Inferieure. 



A fine bunch of Black Alicante Grapes from the gardens at 

 Eastnor Castle was also taken, and received from the same Society 

 a large Silver Medal. 



The collection of Orchard Fruits exhibited by the Woolhope 

 Club, consisted of fifty-six varieties of Cider Apples, and forty-two 

 varieties of Perry Pears. To this collection the Association 

 PoMOLOGiQUE DE l'Ouest awarded a Bronze Medal. 



Two varieties of Cider made from mixed fruits, and four 

 varieties of Cider made from a single variety of fruit, with two 

 varieties of Perry, were also exhibited. To the Cider from mixed 

 fruits, a Silver Gilt Medal was given, and to that from a single fruit, 

 a Silver Medal. Prizes were not offered for Perry, of which very 

 little is made in Normandy. 



The first six Parts of The Herefordshire Pomona, 

 were also exhibited, and the high distinction of a " Diplome 

 d'Honneur " was awarded to the Woolhope Club, from the 

 Societe Centrale d'Horticulture de la Seine Inferieure, 



