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i,ï \\u- l'.tth criiliiry. il i- nnlici-jilil.' Ilial. willi llif cxrciilion of ;i Ifu sui-li as 

 lieiiné (lAiiiaiiIis, C.liarles ImiicsI, La l'rancc. de. tiolliint; ol' value lias Ijeen 

 oblaiiied. The variolics (liai are slill inosl g'cnerally grown and ilial are consi- 

 (lered llie Ijest, are due lu ^'an Mons, llie celehrated Belgiaii ( 17tj.'i-lNt;2 . Tiiev 

 include llie l'ollowlnf^ varielics, wliicli appeared in llie yeais iS^iO-lSi"); liem-ré 

 Diel, Jost^phine de Malines, Doyenné du Comice, Olivier de Serres. Ik-urn'' 

 Hardy, lieurré Clairgeau, elc. W'e owe olher varielies of slill earlier dale lo 

 llie IJelf^ian f,''ro\vers, wliile olliers are of unknown origfin, or \vere fourni in llie 

 woods and liedges. Van Mons, in a work puldished in 1><2Ô, descrihes liis 

 nielliod of procédure. Ile preferred nol lo use seed from llie best rullivaled 

 varielies, hul lo i^-row llie ofl'sprinu;' of wild l'omis, and tliese descendanls for 

 several geiieralions. Ile depended on favourahle condilions lo increase llie 

 si/e and ini])rove llie llavour of llie fruil. Van Mons did nol liyhridize and did 

 nol helieve llial cross ferlilizalion occurs in nature: hul il is possihle lo dill'er 

 from liim in lliis, and il seems proiiahle Ihal cross ferlilizalion oceurrinj; 

 wilhoul his knovvledge vvas an imporlanl faclor in liis success. 



Ahoul len years hâve passed since our firsl fruil sowing of seed from dill'e- 

 rent varielies of fruil Irees, some of whicli were cross fertilized. in our Nursery 

 al Bourg-la-Reinc. Fruil has novv been oblained from many of llie slone fruil 

 Irees, and from some apples and pears, and some good varielies hâve been 

 oblained, aniong many of indilïerenl quality. 



Wille endeavouring lo profit Ity the discoverics of Mendel, \\e cannol claiin 

 lo bave reached very definile resulls owing lo llie large numbcr of characlers 

 invoh éd. Ihc absence of any fixed types, and the lenglli of lime required for expe- 

 inenlal breeding of fruit Irees. Ail thaï could be done was lo examine tiie 

 l'orms arising from non-ferlilized fruits, with the follovving resulls: 



Cher)-!/ : \\"(> hâve shown Uial certain types as the Bigarreau, Morello. 

 Black Ilearl. etc. possess some degree of lixily. 



Plum : The Miialielle plum, and llie Oreeiigage, hâve coine more or less 

 Iriie lo ly|)e. 



Peach : Cerlaiii types, nolably " Reine des \'ergers ", iiave proved to be 

 relatively (ixed. 



Apples: In llie firsl génération vve hâve oblained many forms var\iiig in 

 llieir végétative characlers, and nol resembling the maternai parent. 



/VfO':'liie resulls liave Jieen siniilar lo liiose oblained in llie case ol' I hc 

 Apple. 



Wiliiont going deeply inio llie question of the meliiods l'or shortenini^ Ihe 

 lime Ihal elapses before fruiling begins, vve may say thaï vve doiibl whelher 

 grafling has the desired efl'eel. \Ve bave found Ibat Peaches may bear aller 

 Iwo or lliree years, Charries afler four or live years. Plums after live or six 

 years, but for Apples and l'ears. the vegelati\e period is much longer. 



