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beautifully coloured examples of Knight’s Monarch, an extremely useful 
kind, ripening gradually through the winter months, and affording a 
supply for table from November to the spring. Mr. Tillyard, gardener 
to Viscount Eversley, at Heckfield, sent good fruit of Winter Nelis, Ne 
Plus Meuris, Beurre de Capiaumont, Beurre Diel, Marie Louise, Louis 
de Orleans, Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, Hacon's Incomparable, and 
the Forelle or Trout Pear, a beautiful variety ; together with very large 
specimens of Grosse Calebasse and Duchesse d’Angouleme. The second 
prize was awarded to this collection. The next best contribution in 
this class came from Mr. Harrison, of Oatlands Palace, and contained 
the following:—Beurre Diel, Beurre Ranee, Easter Beurre, Marie 
Louise, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Hacon’s Incomparable, Passe Colmar, 
Winter Nelis, Ne Plus Meuris, Chaumontel, Glou Morceau, and Vicar 
of Winkfield. These were all well grown fruit, but not so large as the 
same varieties in the above collections. 
In addition to these, several other lots were exhibited in this class ; 
those contributed by Mr. Carmichael, of Dunmore Park, were well 
worthy of notice. They were very fair fruit from that part of Scotland ; 
amongst them were Marie Louise, Brown Beurre, Beurre Ranee, 
Dunmore, Urbaniste, Winter Nelis, and Glou Morceau. This was an 
example of what may be accomplished with Pears in the Carse of 
Stirling. A similar collection of equal merit was also contributed by 
Mr. Anderson, from Oxenford Castle, near Edinburgh. The latter, on 
being cut, were found to be excellent in flavour. Mr. Snow's collection 
contained some very fine specimens of Chaumontel, Beurre Diel, and 
Marie Louise. Mr. Frost, gardener at Preston Hall, sent excellent 
samples of Beurre Diel, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Marie Louise, and 
some beautiful specimens of the Trout Pear. Other collections were 
exhibited by Mr. Chesher, of Woking; Messrs. Lane and Son, Mr. 
Selkirk, Mr. Spivey, of Hollandbury; and Mr. Whiting, gardener at 
the Deepdene, near Dorking. These contained nearly the same varieties 
as those just mentioned. Mr. Whiting’s fruit was from pyramidal 
trees, and grown in a poor sandy soil, which is considered unfavourable 
to the successful cultivation of the Pear; nevertheless the fruit was 
clear and goo.d, and stated to be of excellent quality. 
In the Pears of home growth—six sorts, six of each—Mr. Sorley, 
gardener at Roselands, near Liverpool, sent good fruit of Marie Louise, 
Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre, Beurre Diel, Brown Beurre, and Glou 
Morceau. To these was awarded the first prize. The next best came 
from Mr. Wood, gardener to R. Scott Murray, Esq., whose varieties 
were Beurre Diel, Ne Plus Meuris, Duchesse d’Angouleme, Easter 
Beurre, and fine specimens of Vicar of Winkfield and Van Mons Leon 
le Clerc. Following these in point of merit in this class came fruit 
from Mr. Fowle, gardener to G. W. Cooke, Esq., Beesthorp, near 
Newark, of Marie Louise, Easter Beurre, Passe Colmar, Buchanan’s 
Spring Beurre, Glou Morceau, and Althorp Crassane. • There were 
several other competitors in this class, and good fruit furnished of the 
sorts already named was contributed by Mr. Baldwin, of Turnham 
Green ; Mr. Kinghorn, of Richmond ; Mr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, 
Esq. ; Mr. Mortimer ; Mr. Hope ; Mr. Parsons, of Welwyn ; and 
Mr. iSiewton, of Enfield Chase. 
