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GEOUP YI.— NORTHERN COUNTIES. 



YORKSHIRE. 



Exliihitors. 



1. — H. J. Clayton, Grimston Gardens, Tadcaster. 



Number of Varieties Exhibited ... ... ... ... 29 



Observations. — Examples small. The foUowmg were noted as 

 the more important, viz. : BemTe Diel, General Tottleben, 

 Easter Beurre, Marie Louise, Knight's Monarch, from espaliers ; 

 Beurre Superfin, from a cordon ; and Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



2. — Edward Hall, Gardener to Lord Bolton, Bedale. 



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



Observations. — A very good selection of clear, well-grown fruit, 

 the following being specially noted : Hacon's Licomparable, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre d'Amanlis, Seckle, Marie Louise, 

 Beurre Ranee, Catillac, Doyenne du Comice, and Beurre Diel, 

 from south and west w^alls. 



Exhibitors Bemarks, — Soil, of a heavy nature ; subsoil, gravel, 

 on limestone. Bolton Hall is situate in a very cold district, 

 about 500 feet above the sea- level. Our Pears are all grown on 

 walls here ; bush trees are considered worthless in this district. 

 They are mostly on the Pear stock, and are of a great age. 

 Some of them have been grafted several times over, a plan that 

 succeeds admii*ably. There are only about a dozen varieties 

 worth growing here; those that succeed best are Jargonelle, 

 Williams's Bon Chretien, Souvenir du Congres, Pitmaston 

 Duchess, Hacon's Incomparable, Fondante d'Automne, Marie 

 Louise (the best Pear we have, never fails), Josephine de Malines, 

 Seckle, and Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



Varieties of Pears suited to Yorkshire, 



Selected p.y 



E. Hall, Bolton Hall Gardens, Bedale. 

 July and August. ■ September. 



Citron des Carmes 

 Doyenne d'Ete 

 Green Chisel 



Jargonelle 



Souvenir du Congres 

 Williams's Bon Chretien 



