GROUP I. SOUTHERN COUNTIES — KENT. 



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3. — C. Davis, Gardener, The Mote, Maidstone. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 53 



Observations. — Examples all large and good, mosfcly grown on 

 cordons on walls. The following were speciall^^ noted as being 

 excellent examples, viz. : Gansel's Bergamot, Beurre Diel (on 

 Pear), GlouMor9eau (on Quince), Beurre Bachelier, Conseiller de 

 la Cour (on Quince), Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre d'Aremberg (from 

 Pyramid on Quince), Fondante de Cuerne (from Pyramid on 

 Quince), Beurre Baltet Pere, Marie Louise d'Uccle, Emile 

 d'Heyst, Beurre Superfin. 



Exhibitor s Remarks. — GroAvn in enclosed garden, on oblique 

 and perpendicular cordons and pyramid trees ; soil, a strong 

 loam, overlying Kentish ragstone. 



4. — W. Divers, The Gardens, Wierton House, Maidstone. 



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



Observations. — Examples of moderate size ; quality excellent. 

 The following were noted as specially fine : Seclde, very large 

 and good. Doyenne du Comice, Beurre Superfin, Marie Louise 

 (from wall), Comte de Flandres. 



ErJiibitors Remarks. — Situation much sheltered by timber 

 trees, open to the south. Soil, light sharp loam ; stony substra- 

 tum, Kentish rag ; very dry, not suitable for Pear culture. The 

 Pear stock is better suited for this soil than the Quince, but 

 some early kinds canker badly, and soon get unhealthy, the fruit 

 cracking very much. 



5. — C. Haycock, The Gardens, Barham Court, Maidstone. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... 91 



Observations. — This collection Avas of the highest merit 

 throughout, a splendid example of what good and careful culti- 

 vation can produce in a soil that is not naturally favourable 

 for fruit growing. Of the more prominent the following were 

 noted as grown on cordons on the Quince, viz. : Marie 

 Louise, Pitmaston Duchess, Beurre Diel, Durondeau, Louise 

 Bonne of Jersey, General Tottleben, Winter Nelis, Emile 

 d'Heyst, Doyenne du Comice, Grosse Calebasse, Triomphe 

 de Jodoigne ; and the following on the Pear stock : Marie 

 Benoist, Souvenir du Congres, Olivier des Serres, Madame 



