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VARIETIES OF PEARS SUITED TO LEICESTERSHIRE. 



Doyenn^ du Cornice 

 Glou Mor9eau 

 Orpheline d'Enghein 

 Soldat d'Esp^ren 

 Winter Nelis 



January to March. 



Beurre de Buisson 



Ranee 

 Doyenn^ d'Alen9on 

 Easter Beurr6 

 Josephine de Malines 

 Knight's Monarch 



For Orchard Culture. 



Aston Town 

 Beurr^ Capiaumont 

 Brown Beurre 

 Grlou Mor9eau 

 Hessel 



Louise Bonne of Jersey 

 Nec Plus Meuris 

 Swan's Egg 



Stewing Pear. 



Catillac 



GEOUP IV.— MIDLAND COUNTIES— NORTH. 

 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — Colonel Clarke, Welton Place, Daventry. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 6 



(Jhservatiom.— An extremely interesting exhibit. The 

 examples of Welton Beurre large and of good quality. 



Exhibitor's Iiemarks. — I send you an exhibit (in my odd line) 

 for the Conference — to wit, two wild kinds, borne on stock - 

 suckers, allowed to grow up on purpose ; also the historical 

 spurious " Knight's Monarch," with the true sort, both grafted 

 on one tree. N.B. — The false Monarch makes an excellent 

 compote fruit. Soil of garden, strong fertile loam, over clay or 

 shell-limestone; formation, " inferior oolite." 



2. — E. Cole, The Gardens, Althorp Park, Northampton. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited 64 



Observations. — Examples of fair average merit, mostly from 

 pyramid and horizontal-trained trees. Those of Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme (grown on Quince), Beurre Diel, Figue d'Alencon, 

 Pitmaston Duchess, Fondante d'Automne, Winter Nelis, Beurre 

 Sterckmans, and Louise Bonne of Jersey specially noted. 



