JANUARY 17, 1860. ♦ 149 



Felix, Walton-on Thames : Winter Nelis ; Mr. Emanuel Sage, 

 gardener to the Right Hon. Earl Howe, Gopsall Hall, Ather- 

 stone : Glou Morceau, Winter Nelis, Easter Bearre ; Mr. J. 

 Hall, gardener to T. Lucas, Esq., Lower Grove House, Roe- 

 hampton : Easter Beurre. — Tlie First Prize was awarded to 

 JosiAH MooEMAN, Esq., for Winter Nelis; the Seco7id Prise to 

 Mr. Samuel Ralphs, for Winter Nelis; and an Extra Second Prize 

 to Mr. J. Hall, for Easter Beurre. 



Mr. Moobman's specimens of Winter Nelis were produced in 

 his garden at Bexhill, and under the same circumstances with 

 regard to climate, soil, &c., as have been previously detailed at 

 p. 123. The tree, worked on the pear stock, is about 10 years 

 old, and healthy. It is trained horizontally against a wall 20 

 feet high, with a south-west aspect, and is pruned in the usual 

 way. The fruit was well-grown, very rich and excellent. The 

 peculiar circumstance connected with its production was the more 

 than ordinary height of the wall, and the consequent reverbera- 

 tion of a proportionally greater amount of the sun's rays. 



The Winter Nelis, from Mr. Samuel Ralphs, Walton-on- 

 Thames, which gained the second prize, were from a tree 30 years 

 old, on the pear stock, not vigorous, planted against a south-east 

 wall. The soil is a dark loam 3 feet deep, upon an unknown 

 depth of red sand and gravel. The surface is level. Mr. Ralphs 

 stated that the ends of the shoots were dying 4 years ago ; but 

 the tree was well root-pruned in 1857, and burnt clay and manure, 

 in equal proportions were added, and it is now recovering. 



Mr. J. Hall, Roehampton, stated the circumstances under 

 which his Easter Beurre pears were produced, which gained an 

 extra second prize„as follows :— The garden is situated on the 

 south bank of the Thames ; the ground is exposed and slopes a 

 little to the north ; the soil is 18 inches deep, light and sandy, 

 on a gravelly subsoil. The tree, 12 to 14 years old, is strong 

 and healthy, and on the pear stock. It is trained against a west 

 aspect wall, 12 feet high; the shoots are pinched close in sum- 

 mer. The tree was mulched with vegetable refuse, and it was 

 well supplied with water during the time the fruit was swelling. 

 The specimens exhibited were large and handsome, very buttery 

 and rich,— more so than is usually the case with this variety 

 when it is grown to a large size, under which conditions it is 

 frequently deficient in flavour. 



The Beurrg Ranee from Mr. Hill, produced against a south 

 wall, were large and handsome ; and he stated that this proves 



