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Observations. — Examples generally good and well grown, 

 chiefly from walls ; the following specially noted : Pitmaston 

 Duchess, Flemish Beauty, General Tottleben, Easter Beurre, 

 Beurre Superfin, and Beurre d'Anjou ; also some fine examples of 

 Catillac fi'om an espalier on the Quince. 



Exhibitors Reuiarks. — With but few exceptions the fruit shown 

 grew upon trees on walls, pyramids, or espaliers, of various ages, 

 all of which are more or less sheltered. The espaliers are 

 cultivated upon a dark, sandy soil, resting on a fine, yellow loam, 

 traversed with occasional bars of stone, and are principally on 

 the Quince stock. This form of tree is found more satisfactory 

 than any other in this situation. The wall and pyramid trees 

 are grown on Pear and Quince stocks, in cold, clayey soils, having 

 marl as a subsoil, and consequently need their roots pruned and 

 lifted periodically in order to check growth and encourage the 

 formation of fruit spurs. Upon these soils wall trees answer 

 best, and produce the finest fruits and heaviest crops. Some 

 varieties do not succeed here, notably Glou Mor^eau, while 

 others, for example, Beurre Diel, Beurre Superfin, Brockworth 

 Park, Brown Beurre, Jargonelle, Pitmaston Duchess, Flemish 

 Beauty, Easter Beurre, &c., do well. All the trees are once 

 summer pruned, or pinched, secondary growths being removed 

 when the leaves fall, at which time superflous spurs are also cut 

 away. This season we suffered considerably from a hailstorm 

 early in May, and many trees had thin crops in consequence. 

 Respecting the fiuits from walls it may be said the best were 

 gathered from trees favoured with south or west aspects, and 

 that they were mulched with manure during the growing season. 



Varieties of Pears suited to Monmouthshire, 



Selected by 



1.— Thomas Coomber, The Hendre Gardens, Monmouth. 



July and August. 



Beurre Giffard 

 Doyenne d'Ete 

 J argonelle 



September. 



Beurre d'Amanlis 

 Souvenir du Congres 

 Williams's Bon Chretien 



