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Kiiley Shaddock. 



duced these fruit was raised here from seed, and was kept in a 

 confined tub for a series of years previously to my having the 

 management of it. I was induced, about seven years since, to 

 o-ive it a trial in the conservatory, in a preparation of compost, 

 which occasioned it to grow very luxuriantly ; and, by gradu- 

 ally ringing the branches, I brought it most successfully into a 

 bearing state. It now produces many dozen fruit annually, in 

 clusters ; three, and frequently four, in a cluster. It is con- 

 sidered a fine dessert fruit, and we have given it the appel- 

 lation of the Kiiley Shaddock, until we can obtain a more cor- 

 rect term. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



Kitley, March 1. 1826. Herman Saunders. 



Note. — We tasted the fruit, and found it something in fla- 

 vour and consistency between an orange and a shaddock. The 

 cuttings are distributed among amateurs, there being but little 

 demand for the citrus tribe in the nurseries. One cutting we 

 kept, and prepared in a manner which, though not original, or 

 of recent invention, is not, we believe, generally known among 

 gardeners. We have heard, from different sources, that it was 

 the invention of the late Mr. Hoy, of Sion Gardens ; but if any 

 reader can claim it for himself, or refer it to the inventor, we 

 shall be happy to give place to his communication, and pay a 

 tribute to the memory of the author of a useful and curious 

 piece of manipulation. 



The cutting {Jig. 51.) being 

 cut across immediately below 

 a joint, is then slit up (a), and 

 tongued at the joint above, in 

 the manner of laying the car- 

 nation (b); and, if necessary, 

 the slits may be kept open by 

 interposing a small bit of any 

 thing, as in common practice. 

 We planted our cutting in a 

 pot of sandy peat, about the 

 ISth of March; it began to 

 push in a fortnight, and at the 

 end of eight weeks from being 

 put in we transplanted it, and 

 found abundance of roots, with 

 a shoot, in a growing state, of 

 several joints. It was kept in a 

 cucumber frame, and covered 

 with a glass. — Cond. 



