HINTS TO CULTIVATORS OF PEARS ON QUINCE. 



rcgulaily since 1845. My notes and figure of it were first made in 1847, and have been 

 compared with the fruit yearly since that time. As a market fruit I think there is no 

 cherry at same time of maturity that will compare with it. As an 

 amateur's fruit to be grown for the desert, those who like Black Eagle 

 will have no cause to complain of this variet}^. In point of produc- 

 tiveness the Black Eagle maintains no chance for comparison, and in 

 flavor will only hold its own. 



Description. Size — with Black Eagle. Form — heart shape, 

 sometimes obtuse and varying to pointed. Color — dark purplish 

 black, when ripe almost coal-black ; surface uneven. Stem — stout, 

 inserted in a broad cavity. Flesh — dark purplish black, half ten- 

 der, juicy, good flavor, rich and sweet. Pit — medium size, its sur- 

 face undulating like the surface of the fruit. Ripe a few days later 

 thai Black Tartarian. Very respectfully. F.R.Elliott. 



Cleveland, O., July 6, ISol. 



We have fruited for a couple of seasons several of the Ohio seed- 

 ling cherries of Prof. Kirtland, described by Mr. Elliott in a former BiackHawk cherry. 

 volume — and can bear testimony to their being a most valuable acquisition to our list of 

 cherries. Rockport, Bigarreau and Kirtland 's Mary may be classed with the few most 

 select standard sorts admirably adapted to this climate. We therefore gladly give place 

 to the preceding account of two more new sorts likely to supercede foreign varieties for- 

 merly considered first rate. Ed. 



PRACTICAL HINTS TO CULTIVATORS OF PEARS ON QUINCE. 



BY W. E. HOOKER, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The pear-loving and pear-cultivating public, have of late years had their attention fre- 

 quently called to the advantage of growing pear trees worked upon quince stock, both by 

 the writers upon such themes, and by the nurserymen interested in supplying their wants. 

 The advantages and objections to the practice, have been fully discussed by many, and 

 now nearly every one who reads horticultural books, or attends horticultural meetings, 

 knows something about them from experience or observation. Still, there are many who 

 plant their trees, and are disappointed in their own case, and perhaps are disposed to 

 blame those who have led them into the experiment. 



My present purpose is not to give any new views of cultivation and management, but 

 simply again to call attention to a few important features which have been before ably set 

 forth, but which are often overlooked by cultivators, who proceed upon the supposition 

 that the same treatment which enabled them to gather pears from trees upon pear stocks, 

 will answer equally well with those upon quince. 1 desire to remove this mistaken idea, 

 and at the same time encourage the cultivation of this most desirable fruit, in the most 

 satisfactory and economical method. 



If we examine the roots of a quince, we find that they are numerous, but not large or 

 long; they do not extend to any great depth in the soil; nor are they inclined to spread 

 a long distance from the stem or collar of the tree; consequently, the supply of food 

 moisture must be obtained within a small space of ground, and the ability of the plant 



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