VARIETIES OF PEARS SUITED TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 103 





No. of Times 

 Selected. 





No. of Times 

 Selected. 



Josephine de 





Bishop's Thumb 





Maliiies 



o 



Chisel 





Bergamote Esperen 





Colmar d'Ete 



I 



Beurre d'Anjou 



1 



Doyenne Boussoch 





Crassane 



1 



Welbeck Bergamot 



1 



General Tottleben 



1 



Williams's Bon 





Knio"lit's IVXonarcli 



1 



Chretien 





Nec Plus Meuris 



1 



Windsor 





Olivier de Serres 



1 



Zephirin Gregoire 



j 



Souvenir du Trepi 



1 







Winter Nelis 



1 



Stewincj Pears, 





For Orchard Culture. 





Catillac 



2 







Uvedale's St. 





Beurre d'Amanlis 



2 



Germain 



2 



Doyenne d'Ete 



2 



Bellissime d'Hiver 



1 



Hessel 



2 



Duchesse d'Angou- 





Beurre Capiaumont 



1 



lemc 



1 



„ Grey 



1 



Verulam 



1 



. GROUP IV.— MIDLAND COUNTIES— NORTH. 



RUTLANDSHIRE. 



Exldbitors, 



1. — W. H. Divers, Ketton Hall Gardens, Stamford. 



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



Observations. — Examples good, chiefly grown on bush and 

 espalier trees. Those of Marie Louise d'Uccle, from espalier on 

 wire fence, and Marechel de la Cour, from wail trees, very good ; 

 also Louise Bonne of Jersey and Catillac, from bush trees. 



Exhibitors Remarks. — Situation, in a valley, close to the River 

 Chater ; very cold and moist atmosphere, which is unfavourable 

 for fruit in the early part of the year. Soil, part of garden clayey 

 loam, part old garden ; subsoil, limestone, containing in some 

 places quantities of iron. 



We prefer bush trees, not exceeding 10 feet high, for open 



