VARIETIES OF PEARS SUITED TO STAFFORDSHIRE. 



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Williams's Bon Chretien 



October. 



Gansel's Seckle 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey 

 Seckle 



Xovonber. 



Brockwortli Park 



Cxlon Mor9eau 



Marie Louise 



Van Mons Leon Leclerc 



December. 



Beurre d'Aremberg 

 ,, Clair geau 

 „ Diel 



Passe Colmar 



Pitmaston Duchess 



January to March. 



Beurre Sterckmans 

 Knight's Monarch 

 Josephine de Malines 

 Passe Crassane 

 Winter Nehs 



GROUP IV.— ^^riDLAND COUNTIES— NORTH. 

 WARWICKSHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — W. Davis, Grove Park Gardens. Warwick. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 18 



Ohbcrvations. — Examples of average merit, those of Flemish 

 Beauty, Easter Beurre, and Doyenne du Comice very fine. 



2. — Alfred Hewlett, Esq., Hazeley Manor, Warwick. 

 (Gardener, George Clements.) 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 2i 



Observations. — Examples small, chiefly from pyramids and 

 standards. Beurre Clairgeau and Marie Louise, from walls, 

 very good ; also Louise Bonne of Jersey, from a pyramid on the 

 Quince. 



Exhibitor s Remarks. — Soil, sandy loam and stiff clay ; sub- 

 soil, graveh The standard and pyramid trees Iiave the shoots 

 thinned and shortened where necessary to allow the air to 

 circulate through freely. They are frequently root-pruned, and 

 renovated with fresh soil, and well mulched with manure, &c., 

 at least three times each year. The ground should be well 

 drained for Pears. 



