INTRODUCTION. 



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Pru-icess. . 



Souvenir du Congres. ! _ Stewing Pe.ves. 



Suffolk Thorn. Bellissime cTHiver. 



Thompson's. Catillac. 

 Urbaniste. Gilles 6 Gilles. 



Van Mods Leon Leclerc. Grosse Calebasse. 



AVilhams's Bon Chretien. Uvedale's St. Germain. 



Winter Nehs. Yerulam. 

 Zephirin Gregoire. Yicar of Winkfield. 



No list of the worthless varieties has been prepared, it being 

 deemed sufficient in this Eeport to notify those that are worthy 

 of cultivation. 



Without entering into minute comparison of the merits of 

 the different collections exhibited, it is important to notify this 

 fact — that the cultivation of good Pears does not seem to be 

 confined to any particular climate or district of the country. 

 If we take the magnificent examples from M. Joshua Le Cornu, 

 of Jersey, as the result of good and careful cultivation, we have 

 their equals produced by Mr. Haycock and by Mr. Thomas 

 in Kent, and closely followed by Mr. AVildsmitli in Hampsliire, 

 and Mr. Breese in Sussex. Many other individual examples 

 throughout the Exliibition were equally meritorious. No one 

 failed to remark on the excellence of the examples from Tord 

 Chesterfield, Herefordshire, or those still further north from 

 Mr. Dalrymple, St. Boswells, Scotland, which were probably as 

 meritorious as any at the Conference. Nothing contributed so 

 much to these successful results as good and careful cultivation. 

 It may be taken as a general rule, that the best fruits are 

 produced where the greatest care is bestowed. An important 

 factor in the successful cultivation of the Pear, as gathered from 

 the returns, is in the use of the Quince stock, which, from its 

 close surface-rooting character, is more directly amenable to the 

 attentions of the cultivator. 



Committee, Pear Conference. 



Those marked (*) forming the Executive. 

 Those marked (f) comprise the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural 



Society. 



Bashfobd, George, Bagot, St. Saviour's, Jersey. 

 *tBLACKMOEE, R. D., TeddingtoD. 

 Bbeese, G. M., Petworth Park, Petworth. 

 Brittan, John, Strabane. 



Brotherston, R. p., Tynninghame, Prestonkirk. 

 Browne, Colville, The Paddocks, Swaffham, Norfolk. 



