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same yellow foliage. After being planted about six years they 

 gradually die away ; it is not strange to find the strongest 

 Pears affected in the same manner after being i)lanted 50 years 

 or more. 



Pnminij.—^Iy method is to well thin the buds in June, where 

 they are too thick, and about the end of July I stop the young shoots 

 at proper lengths, so as to prevent the buds breaking at the base ; 

 then, as soon as the fruit is gathered from the tree, I go over them 

 a second time to thin all superfluous branches, so as to admit as 

 much sun and light as possible, in order to ripen the wood ; 

 wherever this attention is given not much pruning is required 

 in winter. A very good plan is to plant the Pear on the opposite 

 side of the wall, say on the east, train it up to the top as 

 quickly as possible, and then train it down on the other side, 

 either fan-shaped, or in a pendulous form ; both methods add to 

 the fertility of the tree and do away in a great measure with the 

 use of the knife. 



7. — David East, Gardener to F. Wigan, Esq., Clare Lawn, 

 East Sheen. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 12 



Ohser vat ions. — Examples good, well grown, and highly coloured. 



Exhibitor's Fieinarks. — Situation exposed to north-east. Soil, 

 light sandy ; subsoil, gravel. 



8. — A. Evans, Gardener to J. Stewart Hodgson, Esq., Haslemere. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 24 



Observations. — Examples very well grown, the following 

 especiall}^ so : Beurre Clairgeau (from a wall cordon on the 

 Quince), Marie Louise, Marechal de la Cour (espalier), and 

 Madame Therese Appert. 



Ejhibitor's Fieniarks. — Garden exposed to north and w'est. 

 Soil, sand, mixed with flint stones ; subsoil, sand. Elevation, 

 700 feet above sea-level. The soil for our trees has to be 

 made artificially by trenching deep, and adding- what loam we 

 can get. I grow Pears here in all kinds of forms ; a great many 

 on walls grafted on the Quince, and some double grafted. I find 



