■in M3 



| place in "very shrubbery. An\ eommon SOU suits them, 



and they are readily propagated by budding or grafVi 

 the common hawthorn, or bv the seeds, which, h 



not OOme up till t ho second year. The oomnion medlar is 



(band growing wild in English hedges, and in tins state 



has thorns whieh disappear under oult.. 



ties ha\e been produoed differing 1' 



fruit has a harsh taste, whieh untits it for eating until ii 

 has been mellowed bv long K 



The 9 r ■ ■ . ■" s domes N 



the mountainous parts of Cornwall, an! though not 



cultivated, may be here uotieed. The tVuit has a peculiar 



aeid flavor, and is used onl\ when thoroughly mellowed by 



keeping. There is :, • tped, and also an apple shaped 



variety, both of whieh mav be propagated b\ layers, and 

 still better b\ grading on seedling plants of then »v 



kind Two or three trees may have :i place in the Orchard, 

 01 perhaps in a sheltered OOrner Of the lawn. The tree is 

 seldom productive till it have arrived at a gOOdlj 



The fruit is brought to C urdeo Market in winter; 



but it is never seen at Edinburgh, Near Paris, the tree 

 pod deal Cultivated under the name o( OOrtHSf; and 



there are a number o\ varieties o( the S rOWO UD the 



north of 1 talj 



The Mi i of Persia, and 



in England requires a warm sheltered situation. The 



fruit is in request for the dessert during tin* months of 



\ I September, having a rich aromatic fl 



a flne Bubaoid juioe, Where it is abundant, wine is made 

 from u. in Devonshire, a little of the juioe added to full- 

 bodied eider, produces a delirious be vo rage, called Mulber 



