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kinds require the stock belonging to their race. This can only 

 be found out by the clever cultivator as, for instance, the 

 Jargonelle on the Beurre d'Amanlis, the union of which is so 

 perfect, and the trees thus formed so healthy, that an acre of 

 double-grafted Jargonelle Pears would be a little fortune to a 

 gardener. Gansel's Bergamot double-grafted becomes a marvel 

 of fertility; and the sorts raised by the Rev. Mr Huyshe, all of 

 which are of great excellence, become most fertile trees when 

 double-grafted on the proper kind of stock. When this scien- 

 tific method of cultivating Pears is fully understood, those who 

 introduced the culture of the Pear on the Quince stock will 

 have warm thanks from all lovers of fruit-tree culture. 



M. Baltet also recommends this method : " When the 

 variety to be propagated is a tender one, such as Esther 

 Compte, Brandes, Beurre Flou, Seckle, Van Mons, Bon 

 d'Eye'e, Madame Millet, Prevost, and others, we graft as an 

 intermediary some hardy and vigorous variety, such as Due 

 de Nemours, Beurre d'Amanlis, Beurre Hardy, or Napoleon 

 Savinien. These, grafted close to the ground on the Quince, 

 soon rise into a stem, and after at least two years' growth are 

 crown-grafted with the desired tender-habited variety." The 

 same plan also answers for those varieties which do not form a 

 good or perfect junction with the Quince stock. 



Another Continental nurseryman, M. Jourdain, adopts a 

 method which is by no means a common one for the estab- 

 lishment and formation of his Pear-trees. He raises them in his 

 own nursery, the Quince serving as the stock; upon this he 

 grafts the Cure' or Belle de Berry, upon which finally is grafted 

 the variety chosen. It is true this plan is not altogether a new 

 one. Many other vigorous-growing varieties are often used 

 for super-grafting as, for example, the Jaminette, Sucre Vert, 

 Beurre d'Amanlis, &c. A rapid growth is thus obtained with 

 varieties that push slowly when grafted on the Quince or upon 

 seedlings. Amongst these may be mentioned Beurre' Clair- 

 geau, Beurre d'Angleterre, Bon Chre'tien Ranee, or Beurre 

 Noirchain, and others. But M. Jourdain's system differs from 

 others, inasmuch as he allows the first graft that is to say, the 

 Curd to grow vertically ; and, in order to obtain the tiers of 

 his palmette, he inserts in the upright stem, at a distance of 

 about ten inches apart, the buds of the variety he wishes to 

 crop. By this means he is enabled to insure perfect regularity 

 of form and extraordinary vigour. This satisfactory result is 

 obtained by care in the choice of good one year's cuttings of 

 the variety of Quince called La Quintaine, and by using the 

 eyes of young and vigorous trees upon the young scion. It is 



