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Mr. E. Poole, Clere Hill, Downend, said he made it a rule 

 never to plant more than twenty different Apples, and in packing 

 his maxim was, " No tops or bottoms, but the same quality all 

 through." He attached the greatest importance to grading, and 

 he would impress upon everyone that it took no more room to 

 grow good varieties than it did bad ones. He also mentioned 

 that in his neighbourhood there were orchards which had not 

 been disturbed for forty years. 



Mr. A. H. Pearson, Chilwell, said, although his experience 

 did not extend over sixty years, yet it had been considerable, 

 and he never knew Apples to grow well where Apples had grown 

 before. It was a most foolish thing to plant new fruit trees of 

 any kind where old orchards of the same kind had only recently 

 been removed. It was courting failure to do so. 



Mr. Eoupell, Streatham, said he was of opinion that the 

 trained trees of fifty or sixty years ago were far superior to 

 those of the present day. Everyone had gained enormously 

 through the introduction of Cox's Orange Pippin, and if they 

 had nothing else to boast of, that variety was one of which 

 they might always be proud. As to growing for profit, he would 

 only call their attention to what had been done with the Straw- 

 berry and the Tomato. There was practically an unlimited 

 demand for Tomatos, and all that was essential was that they 

 should be sent to market in good condition. The Tomato was 

 not now so much used as a vegetable as a fruit, and he scarcely 

 sold a pound of Tomatos except for dessert purposes or for salads. 

 There was a great demand for the five-to-the-lb. smooth variety, 

 and little for the great big corrugated ones. He believed money 

 might be made by growing Tomatos, but their culture should be 

 carried on near to a good market, so that they should not be 

 handicapped by heavy railway rates. 



Mr. John Wright, V.M.H., said they were under great 

 obligations to Mr. Bunyard. He thought it only right to call to 

 mind a fact which Mr. Bunyard's modesty had prevented his 

 mentioning, and that was, that had it not been for Mr. Bunyard 

 the Guildhall Show of 1890 would never have been held. Much 

 opposition and adverse criticism had to be encountered, but Mr. 

 Bunyard's foresight and determination overcame all difficulties. 

 That exhibition was a magnificent one, and much good came of 

 it. Gardeners were greatly indebted to the nurserymen of this 



