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Doyenne du Cornice, Beurre Hardy, Belle des Abres, and Comte 

 de Flandres very good. 



3. — J. R. Pearson & Sons, Nurserymen, Cliilwell, Beeston. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 69 



Ohservations. — An extremely interesting collection, repre- 

 sentative of the Pears grown in that district ; many old varieties. 

 Examples small, those of Welbeck Bergamot and Grey 

 Beurre, from standards, were specially noted as apparently well 

 adapted for that locality ; Flemish Beauty, Beurre Superfin, 

 Beurre Bachelier, Doyenne du Comice, Conseiller de la Cour, 

 from walls, were fair examples of these varieties. 



Exhibitors' Remarks. — Soil, clay ; subsoil, clay. 



4. — N. H. PowNALL, Gardener to F. Wright, Esq., J. P., Lenton 

 Hall, Nottingham. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 20 



Observations. — Examples of fair average merit, those of 

 Easter Beurre, Triomphe de Jodoigne, and Marie Louise, from 

 walls, specially noted. 



Exhibitor s Bemarks. — Situation, high and open, sheltered on 

 the north side. We stand on a gault, Keupfer clay and Bunter 

 sand ; in some places it is definite — absolute, in others the gault 

 is sinuous and mixed ; subsoil, as a rule, clay. The stock used 

 all over is the Pear. Pruning done— on bushes and trees, very 

 little, nothing but thinning out. Sap regulated by judicious root- 

 pruning. On walls, the orthodox shortening back, only perhaps 

 our shortening back is done closer than ordinary ; we have no 

 " stags' horns " on our wall trees. The fruits grown on the 

 Keupfer clay swell off larger than they do on the Bunter sand, 

 indeed Bon Chretien (Williams's) on the Bunter sand in the past 

 season, consequent on the long drought, were only half their 

 usual size, and were not up to general standard of quality, and 

 all ripened together. 



