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18. — John Wood:bridge, Syon House Gardens, Brentford. 



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



Ohservatwns. — Examples good. Those of Pitmaston Duchess, 

 from a pyramid on the Pear, especially fine ; Beurre Superfin 

 and Beurre Bachelier, from pyramids, were also very excellent, 

 and Duchesse d'Angouleme and Beurre Diel from wall trees. 



Exhibitor H Remarks. — Grown in walled garden, facing south. 

 Soil, light garden, on sand and gravel. The Pear is 

 cultivated, perhaps, in more ways than any other kind of hardy 

 fruit. It is grown as standards in orchards ; as bushes, 

 pyramids, horizontals, and cordons on borders ; as horizontals, 

 fans, and cordons on walls ; and as pot plants in orchard 

 houses ; and under each of these systems very satisfactory results 

 may be obtained by a judicious selection of kinds most suitable 

 to the locality and situation, and of stocks best adapted to the 

 different modes of culture. Speaking generally as to stocks, I 

 am of opinion that for all trees that are wanted to grow large 

 and to cover a considerable space, whether as standards in 

 orchards, bushes or pyramids in gardens, or trained trees on 

 walls, the Pear or free stock is best. But, when the trees are 

 required to be kept within bounds, and it is desired to grow a 

 number of kinds in a limited space, then I think the Quince 

 stock is the best, and the cordon and bush form of growth the 

 most suitable. It is a very good plan, where cordons are grown 

 on walls and extra interest taken in their culture, to make a 

 thin gravel w^alk, about four feet wide, and about two feet from 

 the wall, as by this arrangement it is convenient and pleasant 

 to get at the trees to do whatever may be required at any 

 season of the year, and the radiated heat from the gravel helps 

 to ripen the fruit and wood. 



19. — J. Wood, Gardener to Mrs. Sanderson, The Avenue, 

 Chiswick. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 16 



Ohservations, — Examples small, chiefly of the more ordinary 

 orchard varieties. 



20. — A. Wright, Gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq., Devonhurst, 



Chiswick. 



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



