428 Report on the progress of the Horticultural Society, 



ticular may be mentioned, namely, that many new varieties of 

 Pears have been made known, which are found to bear abundantly 

 as standards, with fruit superior in flavour to that formerly cul- 

 tivated, and only capable of being grown against walls. 



The number of fruit trees of which notes have been taken since 

 1830 is as follows :— 



Apples - 388 of which 



119 proved t< 



a be synonyms and 32 



Pears - 318 



90 



42 



Plums - 99 



29 



10 



Cherries -55 



15 



3 



Apricots - 28 



14 



2 



Peaches - 41 



21 



4 



Nectarines 16 



4 



3 



Grapes - 122 



40 





Nuts - 33 



18 



2 



UOO 



350 



127 



The collection of Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, and Straw- 

 berries might also be mentioned, as having received valuable 

 additions. 



The following are the best of those varieties which were either 

 imperfectly or not at all known in this country previous to 1830 :— 



Pears. 



Althorpe Crassane 

 Winter Crassane 

 Marie Louise the 2nd 

 Fondante d'Automne 

 Louis Bonne (of Jersey) 

 Burgermeister 



Emerald 

 Thompsons 

 Hacons Incomparable 

 Beurre Bosc 

 Nelis d' Hiver 

 Monsieur le Cure. 



Royale Hative 

 Ickworth Impera 



Knight's large green drying 

 Reine Claude Violette. 



