Ill 



GROUP v. — WESTERN COUNTIES. 

 DEVONSHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — The Right Honourable Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., M.P., 



Killertoii, Exeter. (John Garland, Gardener.) 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 40 



Observations. — Examples of fair average size, those of 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Madame Treyve, Beurre Diel, and Pitmaston 

 Duchess, from pyramids, and Marie Louise, from wall, were large 

 and very good. IVIost of the trees are on the Quince stock. 



Exiiibitors licniarhs. — Situation, fairly sheltered ; aspect, 

 south-east. Soil, ordinary garden, trees planted in loam ; 

 subsoil, red sandstone. The trees on walls are trained 

 horizontally, three courses of bricks between each branch ; the 

 spurs are kept very close to the walls by pruning, the longest 

 often being cut close back to the branch. The root-pruning of 

 wall trees and pyramids depends on the amount of vigour in the 

 tree, such sorts as ^Winter Nelis, Comte de Lamy, Victoria, and 

 other free-bearing sorts seldom require it — the crop they bear 

 moderates the growth. AVe always protect our choicest sorts 

 from birds by netting, and allow them to hang on the trees as 

 late as possible, thereby prolonging the season. I have had 

 Winter Nelis fit for the table from October until February, and 

 this I consider from its excellent qualities and keeping properties 

 unsurpassed by any other sort. Doyenne du Comice is another 

 favourite. This I have grown over lb. in weight. 



2. — P. G. HoKXE, The Grange, Witliycombe, Exmouth, Devon^ 

 Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 1'^ 



Observations. — Examples small and inferior. 



E.i'hibitors Remarks.— f^iiusitiou, sheltered, about a mile from 

 the sea. Soil, heavy ; subsoil, gravelly clay. Spur-pruning is 

 adopted. 



