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recently undergone. A fourth prize, consisting of a bronze medal, was also ^ven 

 to the collection of Herefordshire cider apples and perry pears. The Association 

 also awarded a " Dipl6me d' Honneur " to the Pomona for its representations of 

 cider and perry fruit. 



A very great ceremony was made of the presentation of prizes. This did not 

 take place until Thursday, the 9th, and the representatives of the Woolhope Club 

 were obliged to remain for it. It was held at the Hotel de ViUe, and a large 

 miUtary band was in attendance. The Mayor of Rouen took the chair, and after 

 some little speechmaking by the lea.ling authorities, the successful competitors 

 were successively called to the table and presented with a certificate on large 

 paper, in addition to what other distinction they might have acquired. M. Hoche- 

 corne, (the joint writer of the work entitled Le Cidre,) a very old man, and highly 

 esteemed, received a medal and monetary prize for the most successful essay, and 

 he received perhaps the greatest ovation ; but second only to this, when the Pre- 

 sident handed the gold medal to the representatives of the Woolhope Club, was 

 the applause awarded. The band struck up, and a sort of international ovation 

 occurred. With this ceremony the Pomological Congress was brought to a close. 

 The Woolhope Club has become recognised in France, and the Normandy fruit- 

 growers and cider-makers have become aware that good apples can be grown in 

 Herefordshire, and good cider made there. 



Another correspondent writes :-The publication of the beautiful Hereford- 

 shire Pomona, and the apple shows which have been held at the city of Hereford 

 on several occasions during the last few years, have attracted much attention to 

 the growth of apples and pears, for the full development of which the county of 

 Hereford is so eminently capable. It was announced last year that a great exhi- 

 bition of fruit would take place at Rouen, the ancient capital of Normandy, from 

 the 3rd to the 12th of the present month of October, under the auspices, and with 

 the co-operation, of the undermentioned learned societies of France, viz :— The 

 Society Pomologique de France, the Association Pomologique de I'Ouest, the 

 Societe Centrale d'Horticulture of the City of Rouen, and the Societe Centrale 

 d' Agriculture et des Departements de la Manohe, d'lle-et-Vilaine et de la Seine- 

 luferieure. When this became known, the Woolhope Club, with that spirit of 

 enterprise for which it has become so conspicuous, resolved to be represented at 

 the great Conference, and for that purpose nominated as a deputation Dr. Bull, 

 of Hereford ; Dr. Hogg, of London ; and Mr. G. H. Piper, of Ledbury ; who 

 undertook the trouble and responsibility of collecting and forwarding the beauti- 

 ful fruits of our county for exhibition at the meeting. Some of the objects of 

 inquiry were to ascertain whether the numerous family of bitter-sweet apples, 

 generaUy known here as Normans, really came from France, or whether they 

 were not, in fact, Euglish seedlings ; and to find out what apples were most prized 

 in France for vintage purposes. On the deputation reaching Rouen, they were 

 waited upon, at their hotel, by M. M. Heron and Lechartier, the President and 

 Vice-President of the Societe d' Horticulture de la Seine-Inferieure, and invited 

 to attend a stance at the Hotel des Soci(Stes Savantes on the 1st October, and the 

 opening ceremony on the following morning : they also received formal invitations, 



