150 'REPORTS OF THE FRUIT COi[.MITT£E, 



the best late pear in the collection at Keele Hall. The fruit was 

 very juicy, but not so rich as the sorts above mentioned. Pro- 

 bably if not grown so large, fruit Avould generally be higher 

 flavoured, and flavour should be the principal aim, except in 

 growing for market. The Glou Morceau exhibited by Mr. Hill 

 from a south aspect, and also from an east aspect, were well 

 grown, but those from the latter were deficient in flavour, whilst 

 those from the south aspect were over ripe. 



The Glou Morceau from Mr. W. Meerick, Brickendonbury, 

 were large and fine in appearance ; but they were not so rich as 

 some others that were exhibited. The climate was described as 

 damp. The garden is about 200 feet above the level of the sea, 

 and is sheltered. The soil is strong loam, mixed with burned 

 earth ; subsoil, clay, with a little chalk ; the surface level. The 

 tree which produced the fruit exhiln'ted is about twenty years 

 old, healthy and vigorous, worked on Uw pear stock, spur-pruned, 

 and trained horizontally against a south-east wall. 



The specimens of Winter Nelis from Mr. A. Ingram, High 

 Grove, were well grown and of good quality, although not equal 

 in this respect to those of the same sort exhibited by Mr. MooR- 

 MA.N and Mr. Pvalphs. The situation and nature of the soil of 

 the garden at High Grove have been described at p. 115. The 

 tree is planted on the north side, and trained over the wall to 

 the south side, and from the portion on this aspect the fruits 

 exhibited were gathered. Mr. Ingram stated, that the tree is 

 old, but in good health, and always bears well. The fruit was 

 gathered on the 19th of October, and kept in a dry room, heated 

 by a small stove, which is found to answer well. It is known that 

 many kinds of Pears, when kept in a temperature of about 60°, 

 become better flavoured than those kept in a cool temperature ; 

 and some produced under unfavourable circumstances as regards 

 season or situation, will even become melting under the former 

 conditions, whereas they would not do so if kept in a cold room. 

 Fruit intended to be kept till late in spring should, however, be 

 kept in a cool steady temperature till within about three weeks of 

 its being required for use, and then introduced to a situation heated 



jcimens of Winter Nelis exhibited by Mr. E. Sage, 

 ill, were produced against a south wall, by a tree fifteen 

 They were very good, although not equal i 



