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GEOUP III.— MIDLAND COUNTIES— SOUTH. 

 HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 



Exldhitors. 



1. — Albert Harding, Gardener to The Dowager Marchioness of 

 HuNTLT, Orton Hall, Peterborough. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 39 



Observations. — Examples small, mostly gathered from stan- 

 dards, those of Louise Bonne of Jersey and General Tottleben 

 very fair. 



Exhibitor s Bemarks. — Situation, fairly sheltered. Soil, loam 

 of medium texture ; subsoil, gravel. As a general rule there are 

 not many kinds of Pears that ripen properly in the open here. 

 This 3'ear is, however, an exception. The following are the sorts 

 most to be depended upon, viz. : Jargonelle, Doyenne d'Ete, 

 Lammas, Williams's Bon Chretien, Orange Bergamot, Beurre 

 Diel. 



Varieties of Pears Suited to Huntingdonshire, 



Selected by 

 A. Harding, Orton Hall, Peterborough. 



July and August. 



Beurre Giffard 

 Doyenne d'Ete 

 Jargonelle 

 Lammas 



September. 



Beurre Giffard 

 Orange Bergamot 

 Williams's Bon Chretien 



October. 



Beurre Bosc 



Beurre Eobin 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey 

 Marie Louise 

 Orange Bergamot 



November. 



Brown Beurre 

 Crassane 



Duchesse d'Angouleme 

 Forelle 



December. 

 Beurre Diel 



