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GROUP I.— SOUTHERN COUNTIES. 

 KENT. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — Geo. Bunyard & Co., Nurserymen, Maidstone. 



Nuraber of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 100 



Observations.— A remarkably interesting collection, the ex- 

 amples, chiefly from pyramids, of fine size and excellent quality, 

 and all correctly named. The following varieties were specially 

 noted, viz. : Emile d'Heyst, B. Hardy, Glou Mor9eau, Marie 

 Louise d'Uccle (from standard), Beurre Bachelier, Dm^ondeau 

 (from Quince), Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise, Fondante 

 d'Automne, Beurre Clairgeau, Excellente de Coloma, and the 

 new Japanese variety, named Daimio. 



Exhibitors' Ilewarls. — Fruit chiefly grown on pyramid and 

 standard trees ; moderately sheltered ; soil, sandy loam overlying 

 sandstone rocks. Except for very light sandy soils, all garden 

 Pears should be on the Quince stock, and we prefer palmette or 

 candelabra trees to cordons. Pyramids require root-pruning 

 every two or three years, and should not be so closely pruned as 

 they are generally. All orchard Pears should be on the Pear 

 stock, and be freely thinned of spare wood. 



2. — T. Bunyard, Nurseryman, Ashford. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 52 



Observations. — Examples of fair average size and of good 

 appearance. The following varieties, grown on walls, were 

 remarkable for their extremely elongated form and long stalks, 

 viz.,. Grosse Calebasse, Beurre Bosc, Louise Bonne of Jersey. 

 Of others, the examples of Marechal de la Cour, from a Pyramid 

 on the Quince, Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise d'Uccle, 

 Durondeau, Forelle, and Huyshe^s Prince of Wales, were very 

 good. 



Exhibitors Eeinarks. — Grown on walls having various aspects; 

 soil, chiefly clay loam. Pears for market are grown in planta- 

 tions chiefly, the inter-spaces being devoted to bush fruits, 

 Raspberries, and Strawberries. 



