GROUP I. — SOUTHERN COUNTIES SURREY. 



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Exhibitor s Eernarks. — Situation on south-east slope, no shelter. 

 Soil, " heathy," j^ellow, clave}- loam, and very poor sand ^ variea 

 greatly. The Orchard here is planted thickly in order to provide 

 shelter, and is mulched annually with decayed garden refuse, and 

 soaked with liquid manure ; it is also dressed occasionally with 

 soot and ashes. The only pruning is a little thinning out 

 of the branches to prevent crowding. 



13. — H. Matthews, Brookham Green, Betchworth. 

 Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 30 



Observations. — Fruit very small. 



Exhibitor s Piernarks. — Situation, open. Soil, light loam, on 

 gravel and sand. The Quince stock suits this district best ; the 

 Pear stock is liable to canker, some varieties do so a great deal more 

 than others. The standards are grown in orchards on grass, not 

 much pruned, only branches thinned when necessary ; pyramid 

 and wall trees are summer pruned. Spring frosts are very 

 troublesome, doing much damage to the fruit trees. All om* Pears 

 are small this season owing to the dry summer. 



14. — W. PiouPELL, Harvey Lodge, Eoupell Park. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 20 



Observations. — Examples of fair average merit. Some fruit of 

 British Queen, double grafted, were very fine, also Doyenne du 

 Cornice and Marie Louise. 



Exhibitors Rernarks. — Situation, rather exposed. Soil, average 

 garden, on clay and gravel occasionally. The old trees are generally 

 standards on the Pear stock, and in good years bear very heavy 

 crops. Pruning consists of thinning and trimming in winter. In 

 some instances the branches are encouraged to become pendent, 

 and where this is done the fruit is finer, more easily gathered, 

 and suffers less from storms. The trees planted near garden paths 

 are undisturbed in root on one side, and on the other they derive 

 benefit from dressings for the crops. Young trees on the Quince, 

 tramed as pyramids or bushes, have of late years come into 

 favour. These are partly pruned in summer and bear moderate 



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