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GROUP III.— MIDLAND COUNTIES— SOUTH. 



HERTFORDSHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — Lord Ebuey, j\Ioor Park, Pdckmans worth. ( J. C. Mundell, 



Gardener.) 



Numbei" of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 60 



Ohservations. — Examples generally of fair average size and 

 appearance, some being exceptionally fine, to wit, Gansel's 

 Bergamot, from an old tree on east wall. The following were also 

 noted : King Edward, Doyenne du Comice, Doyenne Boussoch, 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme (from pyramid), Glou Mor9ean, Pitmaston 

 Duchess, British Queen, Van Mons Leon Leclerc. 



Exhibitor s BeiiiarJcs. — Garden in situation sheltered from the 

 north ; aspect, S.S.E. Soil, varied, chalky clay. The trees on 

 gravel do by far the best. The year 1885 will be memorable as 

 a good Pear year. At Moor Park, Pear trees on the Quince 

 have not borne a crop for years until the present, when there is a 

 fair crop. The majority of the varieties exhibited were grown on 

 pyramid and espalier trees, those on stiff soil this season 

 producing the finest fruits. The trees are all in excellent health. 

 The system I adopt is close summer pruning or pinching 

 espalier and trained trees, and judiciously thinning the shoots 

 of Orchard trees. 



2. — The ]\Iarquis of Salisbury, Hatfield. (George Norman, 

 Gardener.) 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... 57 



Observations. — Fruit of fair average merit, the following being 

 noted as meritorious : Fondante d'Automne (from wall), 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme and Verulam (from pyramids). Van 

 Mons Leon Leclerc, and Beurre Diel. 



Exhibitor s Eemurks. — Situation, somewhat sheltered on the 

 east side by plantation. Soil, heavy loam, and very stony 

 subsoil, mostly marl. Pruning is done in July, and again in the 



