96 GROUP IV. MIDLAND COUNTIES— NORTH. DERBYSHIRE. 



Exhibitor's EemarJis. — Situation, bleak, exposed to west and 

 north winds. Soil, strong loam, resting on a subsoil of limestone 

 boulders and clay. Grown on standard trees on Pear stock, 

 planted about 35 years ago. Climate very cold, and ill- adapted 

 for tlie cultivation of choice Pears in the open air. This is the 

 general character of Pear-growing in the Peak. 



Varieties of Pears suited to Derbyshire, 



Selected by 

 W. Froggatt, Wingerworth Hall, Chesterfield. 



July and August. 



Citron des Carmes 

 Green Chisel 

 Jargonelle 



September. 



Beurre Golden 



5 , Goubault 

 Hessel 



October. 



Autumn Bergamot 

 Beurre Capiaumont 



„ Diel 



, , Supreme 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme 

 Duchesse d'Orleans 



November. 



Chaumontel 

 Crassane 

 Marie Louise 

 Passe Colmar 

 Swan's Egg 

 Winter Nelis 



December. 



Beurre Bachelier 

 ,, Clairgeau 

 ,, Magnifique 



Glou Mor9eau 



Januciry to March. 



Beurre Ranee 

 Hacon's Incomparable 

 Knight's d'Hiver 

 ,, Monarch 



GROUP IV.— MIDLAND COUNTIES— NORTH. 

 LEICESTERSHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



I.-'-'Harrison & Sons, Nurserymen, Leicester. 

 Number of Varieties Exhibited ... 53 



