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and vigour, all failed ; unless it is, that English seedlings will 

 brave our English climate : let us hope so, and all of us com- 

 mence to regenerate our fruits, and make them better adapted to 

 our climate than they are at pi'esent. 



We must not rest with Pears ; all our fruits deserve attention 

 to bring about that desirable quality, hardiness. Why should we 

 not have a pure Pdbstone Pippin growing on a tree hardy and 

 not liable to canker ? and why should we not have the Golden 

 Pippin regenerated ? Our only chance of this end is to raise 

 seedlings from blossoms carefully protected from any stain, by 

 enclosing them in fine muslin, as directed for Pears in this article ; 

 by this means also we shall be able to have some of our favourite 

 peaches, such as the G rosse Mignonne and Solande, with the quali- 

 ties of their fmit unimpaired, but the habit of the trees (to coin 

 a word) hardenised. I hope one day to be able to treat this matter 

 more at length. I can only say, that my attention has been 

 strongly drawn to the developing of this system of regeneration, 

 by my having raised from seed, Plums from delicate varieties with 

 habits most robust and hardy ; and a Nectarine partaking of all 

 the desirable qualities of its parent in its fruit, but of the most 

 robust and vigorous habit ; in short, the old varieties made young : 

 and I feel assured that although we shall not be able to grow 

 Peaches on standards in the open air, we shall have seedling 

 Royal George and Noblesse peaches growing on our walls, free 

 from mildew and curl, and all other Peach maladies. 



XXV. — Notes on Pears received in the Autumn of 1854, 

 from M. De Jonghe, of Brussels, and from Mr. 

 Langeliei*, St. Heliers, Jersey. By R. Thompson. 



Many of the new kinds of Pears being yet unknown in this 

 country, owing to bad springs, or in consequence of the trees 

 having been but recently introduced, and therefore not in a 

 bearing state, the following notes have been made with the view 

 of affording, in the meantime, some useful information to those 

 interested in Pear culture. It cannot, of course, be pretended 

 that descriptions taken from foreign specimens can be perfect as 

 regards the respective varieties, wlien they come to be fruited in 



