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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Jan. 12, 1856. 
ed by many varieties alter they a arrived at pyramid, when these are trained near the grou in the following manner, and every plant grew. ~The 
vrir is one of f the several | The formation of spines is continued o: ney sane , | plants were cut off in the stem at about 6 or 8, or 
cell walls, without any ‘change o! of colour or aiir branches, and partly on the shoots up to 8 or 10 feet perhaps 10 inches, for I write from memory, from the 
which ama al the state known commonly under the | above the en: ss the ground ; then they giaaeallg | base or root, for the convenience of packing. He 
name Mens mealine: isappear. They are not produced on the slender twigs. | packed them in a layer at the bo ly as he 
Pe, ta some eN however, as the Medlar, Service, | | It is in the appar part of a Seed ng reaps, could, the roots i ds ; and so, layer after layer, until 
Is i fi ful spurs, whic the whole were packed. Deion paige | layer he sifted 
ie e cells be gin to give way, Such fruits are kal: tinue Gok ng for a period = _perapa 10 — without po eart! rth, taken fr rom and withi old barn, perfectly 
uneatable so long as every part is in perfect he zalth, » but being | worn out. The spines on the stem and low i it was va tet so 
when the f vitality is deranged, year aier year, Baad se tat the whole, when finished, was as if the p d 
} n bur and stem. e cover = er 
sition commences, sugar is forme: 
contents of the cells, the ao mass o 
tender, and at same time there is an 
h toe the fri uit extremely | 
th + 
of the sar cocarp | as 
f the pyramid. us, 
warf pyramid, furnished only with fruit ve 
pre changing into spurs, as well as 
number ‘of twigs, after ha aving produced its first fruits 
grew. It is not for e to c 
> 
idity whic! 
panel where it is not too powerful. This is th 
ition known under the name of bletting, and though 
certainly of the nature oi eal it is one without the 
which the seless, as is aa unfre 
r varieties of Medlar, or where 
nds. 
afterwards on all the branches from top ottom. 
Without having seen it, no idea can be Fienie 
productive power of these fruit spurs forme 
r empie e ne bran wt tes phn ages nares 
or 
ars in a pry situation. 
0 Pea a 
differently air or sand — a. great ristes of 
m w South Wales, 
ng, | 
Ijo 
Resid 
actin 
faet, I have ‘from time to time similarly se azing in- 
New Zealan 
y ing from 2 
} a 2 
vlad seen 
c ecomp 
tructive of every good Kranp oa 
similar to bletting, obse.: 
place ll Apain pa a “hongh 
Lie is 
1 
y takes 
pay they eatable, „but this 
li by an amat pense Tr the e propagation 
of a seedl 
upper pa 
spines begin to disa) appea apes are freguently seen to 
reappear on the first branches th bree Langs plant. 
n, by i inad- | 
pte pes 
it must arise pS ‘ome. > cope cause, poe not 
culiarity. 
$3 #0063, 
ited t restauran 
po sent you poe recipe to show how 
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vertence, propag 
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fot 
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seedling are évideai i in m Eg. four ve fh year of 
S sho! itati ion gons; 
a beari 
ing s tree 
i subst fantial, 
aor will not be 
wth will not be so fine as 
will 
be wilder, 
mall 
f 
ro 
pot about cupful of water, fi 
add i little s salt tad pepper, and boil till done 
a 
zontal or pendulo n the |m 
There uld n en beat ’s hesi 
its age. 
sA E the flavour, and it has 
much approved on my anes eras though “never heard oË of 
if worth 
before.’ I have one or two ecipes, 
of these Iinds, [By all 
osing 6 rar amg of oxygen "yields 
the first flow of sap, to the "height of 7 feet, and there 
acceptance, Northwood. 
Pall of Rain at Deanston House, Perthshire ; holf- 
Cia H,, E or crystallised sugar. In like manner 3 | bud in August following v yY 
equivalents of malic acid ani of water losing 18 of | ing variety, which can be cultivated as a standard. 
oxygen like ld Grape sugar.” Greg. Org. bem, Soyer s that are furnished with an excessive number 2 ZOPPSSEPES & 
p. 460, e mae vere in Berard’s spines generally form trees of larger dimensions, and g 2 Sega S22 F E 
ly qual "leat rpt- ne "eye hose that h J. De SETER: rp ° 8S 
corresponding decrease o ater Ts agar in the jam Jonghe. aL mh spat 
“ocean + dently not formed at its dg Cones Pa OP eee Aas 
pea nor in all probability Eas Ta putt ee TRADE E MEMOR NDA. |e om emomp moo eel 
the quantity of sugar, though Shyer than in the fresh H Pens and we siete they find the a[SSSsSRRASRAS S| A 
fruit, has decreased one fourth, the water me trade profitable. We have warned people over and Bla wo = 
y inthe portion. while the mal over again a Spis these adventurers ; but te world is 2| 8 = S rs 3 8 8 BR 2 8 S % 
seid has increased, 1 ean find nọ. an orant§ of common things, and so uncommonly = ur 
or i rd. B. asa not think we have mee eh much 2 sSeeseeesess “g 
SPINES ON «ned Saipan TREES epee pele T 
nd SEY, emacs a previous-articloon| ya, a,.2tymne, Correspondence: >| S/ESESESERESES| E 
spines which are he branches an oci ite aaes 
shoots of Meh a SE ewe ‘tetany elected before 1821. T have always | cheer- & wd Baar nai a ~ ad ik eg ne ot all ol | 
a, ao and their > Tiata Prety ect 
absence, on a bad = ys 
omen. There is, however, a widel + te |The nnd te come y Banie great F NESeeeceeee sep E 
in nary hich nt 0 the cin fe hed I f F IIRAS RA ieod 
spring P „g |Support it, and to that decision I have adhered. Not pe ajoa on w e ao o o oma e & 
to. the preference being given that I underrated the a or was blind to the 2 Pi/SSERRBSZBRBSSER S 
fr cas Sree Te es there- benefits it conferred > orticulture, but because I S ; 
ape always felt, what the sat: eb-peuve ed, that it would be g D | oN er a A we MI] To 
inorder to dem the general opinion above | Mite beyond the strength of the Society. I therefore S SJR RBSRRSSSAASS 8 
alluded E ten, nid i agpo ne ee pects a te stairs, being 2| 5 = 
by facts. convinced that the pro of the Council are ratio e A RBSSEESREEZES £ 
All amateurs, who for the last 50 years have raised ii better gardening than a 3, z raeino toad X ; 
seedling Pear trees view of obtaining new and coly public a ga rey tc satin “a B fil 90 Or wrappers apimow ie sinetds & 
Dn coxiosteny Lana peeved ite-demsh onthe bser- ing very Ti BJSSRSSSSS SARE Š 
vation, that a a ciently strong stem, people no pea se their meki ae for Vbo 2 ! 
neither too thiek nor too tall furnished with spines, awd | 0% fr" the sake of conte Dit ie rere A EIESSESESRSSES S| 
forming branches and _ shoots, at wide ages a fate money they cur ma ae see, however, with regret | eRe e See ese 
that the Council wish to re exbi bitions, only BS os ao of s 
nor | changing their ground. or the objec E\RSSERSSRERRS) 27 
dai oe pie = sean Dh tage z ah S|\RSRSRESRSARAS cg 
rt oe tne A ae > a 
and most deli sve po en on ne with to carry on more important but less showy opera- jow pegoeo o vo maj &] | 
succession. tions. In this they are certainly wrong. They have Ae E SS 8 a | "4 
Tn. various passagesof the “Pomonomie” of Van Mons; carried flower shows toa —— agg the like ar ‘a 
the greatest raiser of paiva A modern times, the correct- last year, at EIS | = = 8 = b BERE g l 
ness: of vations are comple (areata as Speen Lahn rd a e Semana 5 
Feng si oe ee thei trends in the Re Let them now leay; such Bl egies OO A Pes aD ES 
pig ad Knight, and which still exist in the gardens |; > Le Sane 5 RSRSASSTSRER E 
„the Horticultural pty = —_ poesia z gaT E 
tnar If theseseedlings had d bee sid —the ecien ms as well ctical improvement of ae 6 inches diameter, sunk in the ground ip ~ 
have still fart ning. H ins ney questi fi by an open fence— 80 to | 
for in Unt na ANNI saako iir ir appearance 
ae 
the seedling is two, tito or fur yar Digan mis istake the temper of the gentlemen y 
more numerous on the ranches seedling | forms ] a pa tion, if they would pa earl pples? Mine are infested with — 
Ene e en Esicw ara E enia = not readily subseri as would place the | something of the ind, They eseten t, and appear 
sleepy, as an abs: nites! ee Thy on ener od. | Council in a position to think of something more than | quite sound b cut, hen cut through some are — 
lars and Services so agreeable to the In such fruit 1 tre. | the quickest way of providing ways a eans. I, at and good. while others that. look equall | 
fig fermentation das pot alaye iw, bat oven wiere Fe | lent, and some is carr con Parganas epena oa a 
duty artesved provided the atmo rr Wap tributions if such view i l pni 
ii core i I i i=} E t ty a 
Thich av in spasies wow bere mm etatncy umes |. Sending Live Plante to Australi sicle | AZZ, information on. the, subject would oblige J- HU 
condition and flavour krge Similar to those of the dri ied iii late N i “ p 
wiiich are sent from Normandy. jin vs ate Number (see z 852), on “the borer ath S Vitality of Seeds. —! n your volume for 1855, p: 85b Ë 
t fs carious at Berard does nt 2 or a a and beer Ang P a one nitro nacre Sears Mr. Darwin refers sD the airaa of ancient seeds ] 
himself s alluded to above. Dr. Thomson nglan Aae 
Fen chad ity ent in Apila bi of them Gribble’ (Gedling Applë trees) to New South Wales, looked e names.” If he will | 
mieroscopical examination wil however, I believe, always ex: {Tied tte following method wi success, In a| turn to your volume for 184 p. 700, he will find an | 
iit ee a nr daana |e vod case, closely ma gee at at the Frene he | persed t of these form of an abstract | 
of a des Moulins, of : 
an open field, protected 
100 sper sea level. J. Finlay, 
Diseased 
CP a RN ee ie L A 
Apples—Has an one been troubled | 
