VI. 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 
auspices the Exhibition for Table and Orchard fruits were held. The very high personal 
compliment of a Gold Medal, was also given to Dr. Hogg for the great services he has rendered 
to Pomology. 
The comparison of the Orchard Fruits of the two countries more immediately concerns 
The Herefordshire Pomona. The labours of the Committee here, have also been very effective 
and practical. They have proved as far as possible, that the so called Norman apples of 
Herefordshire are not really Norman fruits ; and it may be added, that the result of a long series of 
enquiries renders it almost certain, that they are merely local seedlings. The conclusion therefore 
is, that wherever the name “ Norman” has hitherto been attached to a descriptive prefix, it should 
at once be changed into “ Hereford,” and where it is attached to the name of an English person or 
an English place, it should be changed to “Kernel” or “Seedling.” The following varieties, 
which were exhihibited at Rouen will therefore lose their Norman appellation, and assume the 
following names :— 
Black Hereford. 
Broadleaved Hereford. 
Brown Hereford. 
Cherry Hereford. 
Green Hereford. 
Handsome Hereford. 
Hereford Bittersweet. 
Hereford Redstreak. 
Red Hereford. 
Spreading Hereford. 
Shortjointed Hereford. 
Square Hereford. 
Strawberry Hereford. 
Sweet Hereford. 
Upright Hereford. 
Yellow Hereford. 
The right name of the apple hitherto called White Norman , is White Bacfi, which it must 
retain ; Phillips Norman should be Phillips’ Kernel ; Marden Norman , Marden Seedling, and 
so on for all varieties bearing the names of English persons, or English places. 
The great care with which the Committee carried out their next very important duty, that 
of selecting some of the best Norman apples to introduce into Herefordshire, is shewn by the 
Report. The apples they have selected are Rouge Bruyere, Bramtot, M£daille d’or, Bedan-des 
Parts, Michelin, Argile Grise, De Boutteville, and F requin Audievre. Sections of them have 
been taken, and in the order they are named here, they are placed on a plate from the drawings 
Miss Bull has made of them. Their descriptions, analyses, and characters are also fully given. 
The Orchards throughout Normandy—as observed in long journeys in several directions— 
are well cared for, and the great extent of young orchards planted was very remarkable. It is said 
that the supply of Cider Fruits is still much below the demand for them, owing in great measure to 
the extent of the phylloxera disease amongst the vines ; whether from this cause, or from changes in 
Agricultural commerce, the increase of apple trees appears to have become a necessity on the 
estates of landed proprietors of the West of France, and more particularly of Brittany. 
