GROUP I. SOUTHERN COUNTIES — SURREY. 



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leme, Van Mons Leon Leclerc, and Beurre Diel, from walls. 

 Examples of AVilliam's Bon Chretien, Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, and Marie Louise, submitted during September, were 

 extremely fine. 



E.rhibitors Remarks. — Tlie fruit sent has been grown on very old 

 wall trees, which have been almost entirely renovated within the 

 past few years by cutting away old spurs and laying in young 

 shoots. The stem of a Marie Louise Pear tree girths 2 feet 6 

 inches at 1 foot from the ground. The soil is a light, shallow 

 loam ; subsoil, sandy, rather moist. 



3.— J. Burnett, The Gardens, The Deepdene, Dorking. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 58 



Observr/tidiis. — Examples moderately good, the following 

 being noted, viz. : Beurre Superfin, from a pyramid on the 

 Quince ; Louise Bonne of Jersey, from a standard ; Marie Louise, 

 and Pitmaston Duchess. 



E.rJnhUors lU'inarks. — Situation, sheltered from north-east. 

 Soil, sandy loam, of good depth, resting on green sand. The 

 most of the Pears here are grown on very old pyramid trees, the 

 branches trained downwards. They are mostly on the Quince, 

 and usually boar very freely. They are dressed freely with 

 stable maiRue every winter, and are never root-pruned, excepting 

 those on the Pear stocks occasionally. When the trees get to the 

 size that is required, they are kept continually pruned, so that 

 to-day they are much the same size as they were 30 years ago. 

 A large number of cordons have been recently planted, which 

 have cropped well this year, the second after planting. 



4. — J. Coombs, Gardener to Sir H. Meux, Bart., Sheen House, 



Mortlake. 



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



Ohsercations. — Examples of fair average merit. 



Exhibitor a Bemarks. — Fruit grown on pyramids, bush, and 

 espalier trees on the Quince stock. Soil, light ; subsoil, gravel. 

 Garden faces north. 



5. — G. W. Cummins, Gardener to A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, 



Wallington. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 114 



