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kinds of apple that were new to him. Many were sent to be named, and he could 
not name them, for they had no names (hear, hear). Many of them were valuable 
apples, so quite distinct in character, and with such excellent qualities that they 
deserved to be better known (hear, hear). Dr. Hogg suggested that a local Pomona 
should be compiled, and he himself promised, if the Club desired it, to give them 
the benefit of his experience and knowledge on the subject. He also offered, if 
the Club thought proper to call upon him to do so, to edit the Pomona himself 
(hear, hear). That revived the old idea which had been entertained by the Club. 
It was now many years since Knight’s ‘‘ Pomona Herefordiensis” was published, 
and that work had become so scarce and valuable that a copy could seldom. be 
procured. The expensive way in which that book had been brought out made it a 
very difficult one to follow. The Club felt a greater difficulty still, and that was 
the want of a real knowledge of all the recognised ‘apples, so that they might at 
once recognise what was new, and what was known elsewhere—so that our apples 
might be valued at the proper estimate. That difficulty, he believed, could now 
be overcome, inasmuch as they had the promise of Dr. Hogg to edit the publication 
(hear, hear). The Club, also, was particularly fortunate in having the Rev. 
Henry Bulmer, of Credenhill, as one of its members: He (Mr. Bulmer) was a 
noted pomologist himself, and had taken great pains to promote the study of 
pomology, and in bringing Dr. Hogg down to Herefordshire ; he had also kindly 
undertaken to work with Dr. Hogg, and take the lead in making inquiries in the 
different districts of the county (hear, hear). The Club would also require the 
cordial co-operation of the chief growers of fruit in Herefordshire, to obtain a 
proper account of the fruit which they grew. It would really be of value to 
Herefordshire to make known the description of fruit grown in the county, and 
the advantages which the county possessed for growing it. The orchards would 
become of much more value if the different kinds of fruit grown in them were 
carefully studied and properly known (hear, hear). Herefordshire had the very 
best soil for growing apples, and with the present rapid means of communication, 
Herefordshire—considering its soil—ought to be the orchard of England (hear, 
hear). This rendered it the more important, also that they should grow the very 
best kinds of apples, for ‘“‘pot fruit” would pay better than ‘‘cider fruit” in 
these days (hear, hear), They might, therefore, he believed, depend upon 
having the assistance of the growers in the work which the Clu» proposed 
to undertake. They had seen the trouble they took to send apples to the 
annual exhibition of the Club. The Club exhibited not for prizes, but 
simply to show the different kind of apples that were grown in the 
county. The growers would, he believed, help the Club to make the inquiries 
which they wished to make, in every way they could. The time had therefore 
arrived, he (Dr. Bull) thought, when they might attempt the publication of a 
“Herefordshire Pomona ”—with the scientific and practical knowledge of Dr. 
Hogg, and his hearty good-will, at the head of the movement; with the energy, 
perseverance, and knowledge of Pomology possessed by Mr. Bulmer to work up 
the required information ; with the growers of fruit ready to impart this informa- 
tion—and with the machinery of-the Woolhope Club they ought to be able. to 
