October  28,  1897. 
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Chilwell. 
But  let  us  return  to  see  the  fruit  at  Chilwell.  The  difference  between 
the  ground  at  the  present  moment  and  its  condition  some  years  ago  when 
a  visit  was  made  was  remarkable.  Then  the  whole  of  the  land  was 
against  pests  are  always  taken.  The  energies  of  the  trees  must  not  bo 
sapped  by  foes,  either  insect  or  fungoid.  All  forms  of  trees  of  all  kinds 
of  fruits  are  grown  at  Chilwell  and  Lowdham,  but  the  best  are  the  trained 
trees— Apples,  Pears,  and  Plums  as  espaliers,  with  Peaches,  Nectarines, 
Pig.  62.— chrysanthemum  MADAME  G.  BRUANT. 
closely  occupied,  while  now  several  acres  are  innocent  of  stock,  owing 
to  the  removal  in  rapid  progress.  But  that  high  standard  of  quality  with 
which  we  were  first  impressed  remains  still.  There  is  a  beautiful 
cleanliness  of  wood  and  leaves,  simply  because  preventive  measures 
Apricots,  and  Cherries  in  fan  form— and  the  pyramids.  Mr.  Alfred 
Pearson  commenced  the  culture  of  trained  trees  rather  less  than  twenty 
years  ago,  and  took  the  greatest  pride  in  them.  Every  year  they  have 
in  training  his  personal  supervision  — not  given  in  any  perfunctory 
