Journal of Agriculture . Victoria. 



[lo Jan.. 1911. 



Flowering Times of Pear Trees. 



To ascertain the times wlien various pear trees at Burnley were in 

 bloom, observations were made by two of my predecessors. A partial 

 census was taken in 190^ by Mr. C. B. Luffrnann, and another in 1908 

 by Mr. J. Cronin. This season, 1910, a complete census was compiled, 

 and the three observations provide very useful data in connexion with 

 cross-pollination. While it is not claimed that inter-pollination is the- 

 sovereign remedy for every case of non-setting of fruit, there is no 

 doubt, whatever, that the crop may be very considerably increased, and 

 that trees may be made to bear by studying this question, and by planting 

 varieties whose bloom periods are concurrent. It is generally recognised 

 that Kieffer's Hvbrid, Gansel"s Bergamot, and Vv'inter Nelis, are the 

 worst offenders among pears for non-setting in this State, while Williams' 

 Bon Chretien or Bartlett comes a very good second. The following 

 tables show the various useful pears that bloomed concurrently with these 

 four varieties in the Burniev Orchards, as far as the records were taken : — 



Pears Blooming at the snm^ Tiniv as Williams' Bon Chr>'tien. 



Variety. 



Williams' Bon Cliretien 

 Beurre Capiaumont . . 

 Josepliine de Malines 

 Choisleau 

 Madame Cole 

 Glou Morceau 



1908. 



Pears Blooming at th., same Time as Kieffer's Hybrid. 



Variety. 



Kieffer's Hybrid 



Le Conte 



Monchallard 



St. Michael Archangel 



Harrington's Victoria 



Broompark . . 



September 22 



22 



!', 30 



October 5 



September 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 



Citron des Carmes is also accepted as a synchronous blossomer with Kieffer's Hybrid, but tliis pear 

 was lost from the Burnley collection some years ago, and was not replaced till 1910. 



Pears Blooming at the same Time as Gansel's Bergamot. 



Gansel's Bergamot 

 Beurre Deil . . 

 Glou Morceau 

 Winter Xelis . . 

 General Todleben 

 Leopold the First 

 Madame Treyve 

 Mother (Cole's) 



September 30 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 29 

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