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JOURNAL OP HOETICtLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEK. 



f January 81, 1867. 



the pruning 12 feet up can easily te done ; but for higher 

 pruning it is necessary to place a stout ladder against the tress, 

 held firm at the bottom, up which the operator can ascend and 

 prune a tree from 20 to 25 feet in height. If the pruning of a 

 still higher tree is required, it is necessary to have two strong 

 ladders of unequal lengths, so that one may lean upon the 

 other, and thus be held firm against the side of the tree and 

 moved round as the pruning goes on. 



The Deodar is now becoming a favourite tree to plant on 

 grass in front of villa residences, and if treated as described it 

 ■will soon become a picturesque object. Such trees should 

 always be protected with a wire fence, as many planted in such 

 situations get injured by dogs, and are never replaced, from an 

 idea that they will not succeed. — J. M'Nab, Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh. 



THE EOYAL PEARS. 



The Royal Pears have a just claim to such a title. Raised 

 as they were by the descendant of ancient royalty, introduced as 

 they have been at the table of royalty, and bearing as they 

 do right royal names, what better claim could they have to 

 such a designation ? In their origin, too, they are no haphazard 

 mongrels, but individuals of high descent and noble pedigree. 



It is to the Rev. John Huyshe, of Clythysdou, near Exeter, 

 that we are indebted for these valuable additions to our pomo- 

 logical collections. " It is now about thirty years^ or rather 

 more," writes Mr. Huyshe in the autumn of 18C-t, " since I 

 began the practice of hybridising Pears, and the effects have 

 been peculiarly striking. From Marie Louise hybricKsed with 

 Gansel's Bergamot, I obtained three pips from one fruit, and 

 the produce of these were respectively the Pears now known as 

 Victoria, Prince of Wales, and Princess of Wales." In a pre- 

 vious letter of the same year he says : " I send you another 

 Pear, a seedling, being a hybrid between Beurrc d'Aremberg 

 and Passe Colmar. It has borne fruit this year for the first 

 time, and what it may be of course I know not, but it seems to 

 promise to be good." It did prove good, and I was Subse- 

 quently informed that " Mrs. Huyshe wishes it to be named 

 HuTSHE's Pbince Consokt, in memorial of one whose character 

 Bhe greatly admired." 



Such, then, is the origin of these four fruits which we have 

 now the pleasure of introducing to our readers, and of which 

 the following figures and descriptions will fiunish a good idea 

 of their characters and qualities. 



are represented in the accompanying figure, where it will be- 

 observed that one is very similar to Beurrc d'Aremberg, with 

 the very oblique stalk ; while the other has the stalk inserted 

 in a line with the axis, and is particularly short and stout. 

 The skin is of a yellowish ground, and freckled and veined all 

 over with thin, smooth, cinnamon-coloured russet. The flesh 

 is yellowish, sometimes a little gritty at the core in dry seasons, 

 and melting, very juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous. It is in use 

 during December and January. 



I,, Huyshe'a yiototia. 



Htiirs^£'s t/if*TdKrA.— Thi^ and the following made their ap- 

 pearance in pilblic much about the same time, and at once 

 took their position as fruit of high rderit. In form Victoria is 

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HtfeaKE'S' PfeiNOE OF WAiiES.— This Jwas originally called 

 Huyshe'B Bergamot, not because it is at all like a 

 Bergamot, but because the flavour bears some re- 

 semblance to that of its male parent^Gansel's 

 Bfeirgamot. On it being represented to Mr. Huyshe 

 that such a name was at variance with the ap- 

 •pearanoe of the fruit, and might tend to mislead, 

 he at once consented to the change, and it has 

 now for some years been known as Huyshe's Prince 

 of Wales. The fruit is large, sometimes immensely 

 so ; and we have seen it grown against a wall as 

 much as 4 inches long and 3 J in diameter. Its 

 ordinary size when well grown is that represented 

 in the figure. The skin is of a lelnon yellow ground 

 veined with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye small 

 for the size of the fruit, and open. Flesh yellowish, 

 tender, and fine-grained, melting and very juicy, 

 'richly flavoured, and ■with a high aroma. 



IJuyshe's Phincesb Of Wales. — This is the 

 third of the produce of the " three pips from one 

 fruit," and like Victoria varies much in form. 

 " ■ ■ Sometimes it is quite cylindrical and pinched in 

 i'lBt the middle with a sort of waist, even more so 

 '"'"'Ihan is represented in one of the figures. The 

 ' '^ skin is like that of a handsome Marie Louise, with 

 " ■ W smooth lemon yellow ground colour, sprinkled 

 with patches, veins, and dots of pale cinnamon-coloured rus- 

 set. Flesh of a deep yellow colour ; a.nd in specimens received 

 from Mr. Huyshe in 18G5, was very melting and abundantly 

 juicy, fine-grained, richly flavoured, and with a very high 

 aroma. That same season it ■was presented to the Princess 



