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this account by stating, that fruits in 

 general may be altered and frequently 

 improved thereby ; but it is necessary to 

 observe, that places where experiments 

 of this nature are made should be at a 

 distance from any other trees of the same 

 species, and that the two varieties thus 

 intended to be used should be growm very 

 near together; thatboth should be deprived 

 of all fruit buds except so many as can be 

 kept within the scope of the experiment. 



Thus the Grainge apple and Downton 

 pippin were produced by Mr. Knight, 

 in the former instance a bearing branch 

 of the Orange pippin was brought in 

 contact with that of the Golden pippin, 

 and the stamens of all the flowers left on 

 the Orange pippin were cut away, and 

 thus the fruit became impregnated by 

 the pollen of the Golden pippin. 



In the case of the Downton pippin, 

 there was also the bloom of the Sibe- 

 rian crab impregnated by the pollen 

 of the Golden pippin, and the experi- 

 ment succeeded so far that even a pre- 

 tliction made some years since by the 



