1869.] 



QUINCE STOCK. 



415 



sled sown. ^^^^^ ^^ Potatoes 



1. 141b. — Paterson's Blue 



2. 141b. — Paterson's Regent 



3. 141b.— Paterson's Hed . 



4. 141b. — Dapitree's Early 



5. 141b.— Paterson's Oval Blue 



6. 141b. — Paterson's Victoria 



7. 141b.— Webb's Imperial 



8. 141b. — Paterson's Napoleon 



9. 141b.— Dalmahoy 



10. 141b. — Pinkeye Kemp . 



11. 141b. — Arrowsraith's Seedling 



12. 141b.— Fluke 



13. 141b.— Bloomer . 



14. 81b.— Kosse's Early . 



"Weight of Marketable Produce. 



6181b. or 44 times weight sown. 



5391b. or 38 times. 



4011b. or 281 times. 



3941b. or 28 times. 



3591b. or 25 times. 



3291b. or 231 times. 



2721b. or ig^times. 



2291b. or 16 times. 



2211b. nearly 16 times. 



2001b. over 14 times. 



1791b. or 13 times. 



951b. or 7 times. 



921b. or 6J times. 

 2721b. or 34 times. 



QUINCE STOCK. 



I WAS pleased to see Mr M'Millan's supplementary paper on this sub- 

 ject, and I am gratified to learn that he is experimenting practically 

 with the Quince : he has my best wishes f©r his success, and none will 

 be more willing to acknowledge it than myself, and profit by the re- 

 sult. There are one or two statements in his paper, however, which, 

 as they are slightly calculated to create a false impression regarding 

 some of my remarks, I would like to notice as briefly as possible. 

 Mr M'Millan alludes to my remarks about him being guided 07ily by 

 " considerations of soil and climate" in adopting the Quince in prefer- 

 ence to the Pear ; and from the way in which he discusses these points, 

 in their relation to horticulture generally, I fancy he has rather mis- 

 apprehended me. To the most of what he says on these questions I 

 cannot demur ; I certainly agree with him that " considerations of soil 

 and climate" a?'e important points to be studied by the gardener — 

 points, indeed, which we cannot easily avoid studying, since they are 

 pressed upon our attention too frequently, and in the most forcible 

 manner sometimes ; but in my former article I spoke of these points 

 only in relation to the Quince stock ; and Mr M'Millan is aware, as 

 his very explicit papers on hardy-fruit culture indicate, that there are 

 considerations, other than soil or climate, to be taken into account in 

 choosing between the Quince and Pear stock; and I think that a careful 

 perusal of my remarks will show, that while I did not ignore the 



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