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Theory of producing seedling pears. We have never been 

 convinced of its truth. The experiments of Mr. Knight, on 

 the contrary, show that seeds of the best pears^ which have 



Fig. 15. Duchesse d'Angouleme Pear. 



been saved from fruits, impregnated with others equally 

 fine, have produced superior seedlings, in one generation, 

 and with far greater certainty. Witness the Monarch, Al- 

 thorp Crassane, Dunmore, &c. And, in the present sub- 

 ject, we have one of the best pears, found growing in a hedge, 

 equally as good as the product of four generations of Dr. Van 

 Mons. We might also instance the excellence of our native 

 seedlings; as the Seckel, Andrews, Washington, &c., all 



