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1856. The following season it again bore fruit, and its good qualities 
being so apparent it was named Huyshe’s Bergamot. 
The fruit before us is fully as large as its parents, partaking more of 
the character of Marie Louise, only it is nearly overspread with soft 
cinnamon russet, and the eye set in an even cavity, with short stiff 
blunt 'calyx. The fruit, to all appearance, will keep till the end of 
December, consequently, at the present time it is not in a condition to 
prove its merits, therefore, we cannot do better than refer ta the 
following description taken from the Gardeners' Chronicle of December 12, 
1857, where it is said, “ This Pear is worthy of its parents, which 
is saying all that can be said. It is a very handsome solid fruit, with 
a rich clear cinnamon brown skin, rather darker on one side than the 
other. Its flesh is like that of the Brown Beurre when in perfection, 
or Gansel’s Bergamot, as rich and melting as in either of these famous 
varieties. Last year, when no Pears would keep, it was ripe in the 
end of November. In ordinary seasons it may be expected to be fit for 
table by Christmas.” 
This new Pear is reported to be a very abundant bearer, and its 
habit particularly adapted for pyramid culture. We may also add that 
a large silver medal was presented to Mr. Huyshe by the Devon and 
Exeter Horticultural Society, in acknowledgment of the good service 
he had rendered to horticulture in the production of his two celebrated 
Pears, the Victoria and Bergamot. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S AUTUMN EXHIBITION AT 
ST. JAMES’S HALL. 
Nov. 17, 18.—The experiment made last year by the Horticultural 
Society of holding a grand exhibition of autumn fruits at Willis’s 
Rooms proved so successful, that, before noticing the exhibition which 
took place the other day, we may state that there is now but little doubt 
felt that these exhibitions for the future will take their place as esta¬ 
blished institutions in the horticultural world; the support which was 
given to the last show—so considerably an increase on the success of 
the first—fully justifies our recording this opinion; indeed, looking at 
the extent and quality of the contributions, we are the more surprised 
that nobody thought of an autumn show before. We have plenty of 
evidence before us to know how much the interest felt in the cultivation 
of hardy fruits is increasing, more especially among what we may term 
the middle classes of society. We hail this as one of the most satis¬ 
factory proofs of an advance in social progress, and we hope that 
through the efforts of Pomologists the best hardy fruits of Britain will 
ere long come within the reach of all—not in stinted quantities, to have 
and enjoy only now and then, but as a daily adjunct to the dinner 
table of the working classes. 
Referring to the St. James’s Hall exhibition, our only regret was that 
so very few people (excepting the contributors), who have the opportunity 
of growing fruit themselves, witnessed the long ranges of dish after dish 
of the most delicious looking of Pears and the most tempting of Apples ; 
