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season, and the house is syringed daily during sunny weather, there 

 will be no trouble on this score. Temperatures : Low temperatures 

 should be the rule to start with; 45 (night) to 55 (day) will do at 

 first; when the fruit has stoned and is swelling, another 10 may be 

 given. The sun will aid more and more as the spring advances, and 

 as it gains power the ventilation must be increased. If early spring 

 forcing is to be carried on, 6 months must be allowed from starting 

 to gathering the crop: thus to have fruit in June a start must be 

 made towards the end of December. Propagation : Peaches are 

 largely budded on the St. Julien stock, but the work is almost ex- 

 clusively carried on in nurseries. Seedling stocks raised from 

 stones can be budded in summer or grafted in spring like other 

 fruits (see Apples). Varieties : Selections may be made according 

 as early, midseason, and late varieties are wanted. The following 

 are good in their classes ; (P) indicates a Peach and (N) a Nectarine : 



Early. 



Cardinal (N) 

 Early Rivers (N) 

 Kale's Early (P) 



Dymond (P) 

 Lord Napier (N) 



Late. 



Barrington (P) 

 Walburton Admirable (P) 

 Sea Eagle (P) 



Midseason. 

 Early Grosse Mignonne (P) 



The following are suitable for outdoor culture: Hale's Early, 

 Dymond, Sea Eagle, and Salwey. 



Pear (Pyrus communis). A delicious fruit, well suited according 

 to variety either for dessert or stewing, and admirable for bottling. 

 Pears are not largely grown as orchard 

 trees, but in some districts they thrive. 

 They are excellent as neat pyramids 

 at the side of walls, and may be 

 grown successfully as fans and cor- 

 dons on walls. Fruit lovers often 

 grow a collection of choice dessert 

 Pears as cordons in preference to a 

 small number of pyramids, in order 

 to get the benefit of a succession of 

 fruit, which can be got easily by 

 making a suitable choice of varieties. 

 Soil and site : The remarks made 

 under Apple and Fruit apply to Pears. 

 They are at their best on a strong 

 loam. Stocks : The best stock for 

 garden Pears is the Quince, but 

 amateurs will be well advised to leave 4 

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experts, LAYER. 



i. Roots. 2. Stem. 3. Side 

 shoots. 4. Leader. 



because many varieties have to be 

 " double-worked," that is, budded on 

 another variety which is itself budded 

 on the Quince. Bergamotte Esperen, Beurre d'Amanlis, Confer- 

 ence, and Oliver de Serres are Pears of double value, because they af e 

 not only worth growing for their fruit, but are also valuable as foster- 



