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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
estate will thus acquire the value rst-class | Some said that it succeeds upon the Quince stock, but 
timber for posts, me, » peni fences, pe i all pur-| does not live long except against a wall, and in good | 
of perman ere ms | 80il; others who cultivated the variety on the Pear 
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aratus, purchasing a license to Coik it 
fin the; patents, and he becomes almost wholly 
independent of the dealers i in foreign timber. e 
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m, | 
? | oth ers, who cultivated it asa oar pyramid, 
wi stock, did not obtai ain the desired re 
stock, planted in a a wae ren poor soil, had 
757 
threads produce mpa which sometimes pro- 
globose 
| duce others of a third order. 
on the Pear 
= On g 
| That 
yet been ascertained. 
it does | ente: er is certain, ed ith 
J yes © 
f an amateur, w remarked in 
-|1854 and 1855 a tree which was iinta on a rich 
humus soil. half frs ard, 
ears, The threads protruded rate from the spores 
are larger than the stomates and cannot enter fae 
part, o 
upper of 
und. These fruits, which we ver e perfeetly rar and 
as fine as that figured i nals of ee 
v. ii, p. 87, , ripened in the pole, of December an 
riod when 
Po apin 
wie Len 
trees, will = sl plan 
for which | slow- ero ing hard wood tree 
are nov 
Tue sorts of fruit trees best pi for an heey rng 
id to have bee: 
House cannot be sai n yet ascertai 
They ought to be pera oe A a good bearers ; a aud 
therefore all large fruite p varieties kei in our 
gment b eluded « ; for the of an 
hard House would we TRN A eat pr 
, prefer a good man its large enough for 
table, to a few very fine sp ens. They ought to 
be.of excellent quality, or they will not deserve the 
protectio Ore. use is able to give them; 
for which reason should exclu ch a Peach 
n view the other indnpenmble 
= alities of gi astly, 
e varieties ought to have “naturally ‘a compact 
mann “thon rowth, and not to bear long, weak, and 
ots, 
ERS’ new edition of ‘ ‘The 
mends as fit for 
use with a view $ abundant bearing 
and successional ripen 
, Willows, | tree 
e Fari from the noting 
ave had fruit from 
0; 
B, Bone is snot pee to ee grain, cen that is 
tuation. have seen it in a peti i 
grostis Spire 
Grasses, also to be found on Sorghum, 
but Tilletia sp MOD ood is a very doubtful | species, 
after havin 
aor a tree gr 
re than a hundred fruits, of which we cut off 
Eii iodo, produced 18 Pears similar to that fane 
f those 
meia of the common smut which bear a gai rigid 
OOT Nap 
7. eis more injurious to Cereals tl 
bunt, ‘but Eippily. = is one of the Pe affections pr 
Plants which is readily trolled, insomuch that the 
proportion of bunted ears tù a cro bly sure 
indication of the degree of skill X care ie belongs to 
cultivator, Each fi r has sart edy. 
imp immersion in water alone i t Gundi siderable 
ce from ff th but 
fth 
be made to corey those “hie vail share t to ie 
in 
vitriol 
"bat ‘iain me danger 
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d dried off with powdered qana 
the effect. ot Meet is to decompose sulphat 
of soda, th sulphu c acid cuaiblat ve with 
te of lime or gypsum, whil 
the enastie dai left behind to destroy the spore 
of en 
Seas 
asosa 
eTe ai not a Aet that Wheat much 
mixed ‘with cond is un The ate 
bet the bread made from is injured, an 
tritive qualities eironi Aerar but tor 
extensively © onsumed at times by farm 
labourers we AtA never heard that it is injurious 
to health, nor 
vigo: 
when i = = worked. a good Pi 
might be nord Be from the nauseous smell 
This fruit was produced on a spur from the stem. | of the raw fungus. Bunted Wheat is bought up 
| Ther are longer and narrower fruit produced by lats ve he i S H hin ed 
me e large, open, level with the top, with the five | enter safely into the composition of Katsup, the dark 
4 ts of Uapi projocnng. The sides form three | 8po! swering those of the 
ribs near the eye, skin yellowish at the time o x! rooi J. B. 
thering, freckled with brown, especially near 
siali, wi which is woody and about an inch in à Home Correspondence 
rous, MR abundant r| Bowood Muscat iy —A ee raised ‘nt Bowood 
between the ea kad d Muscat of Alexandria, 
a “sa 4 sorts o Ginan 
Seckel May ch 
Comte de Lamy Royal Duke 
Beurré de iaw g aan Downton 
Late Duke 
Marie L 
srie de” Brouwer |6 sorts of Apricots :— 
Thompson Red 5 Hate 
Beurré + Large Earl 
Winter Nelis Musch M 
Colmar Breda 
de Caissoy or Nut-| Roman or Brussels 
(delicious but 
Josephine de Malines ugly) 
12 sorts of Plu of Peaches :— 
Early Prolife ( s (Rivers) Eaei Now York 
et m Scott 
Mignonne 
Early € Orleans oyal Pate 
Denniston’s eres fered 
Perdrigon iol llegarde 
Reine Claude de Bavay 
4 sorts of Nectarines :— 
Jefferson’s Fairchild’s Early 
Nectarine Elruge 
Reine ae Violette Downton 
— Violette Hative 
yf our readers who have personal ex- 
pee in Orehard peeks can improve + this 
We should be thankful for their suggestio: 
COMTE DE FLANDRES PEAR (Cots. Vax Mons). 
Amone the new varieties of Pears there is one which 
EJ 
half psa i Taie i 
and thick shoots, — = r alicedy ‘kneed in ascending, 
d han 
fruit ripens rather perst ‘cn 
ag yenar PATHOLOGY.—No. CXLI 
‘aa effect ef bunt 
e tissues into, 
orirather to replace t them by, a pers dust-like spores. 
and bears after eig ten years dsome and excel- | The bunches are oon 
lent fruit, ri et in a on d January, the | sets, even in a agiep comparatively low. This is 
fruit is very heavy, and is apt to be bl down by th are i ly 
equinoctial gales, it is prudent to gather it a day or two | pact a mi regular in consequence, and must be well 
before the full m f September, These practical | thinned out to allow the berries to attain their full 
notes will perhaps assist some one in icant g the | size. The berries are ; when in a | 
account of this bing ig which we consider to be one of | house we find them Pear-shaped, more oval, large, 
the best new Pears. J. de Jonghe, Brussels, Nov. 2. and of a bright amber colour when a The habit is 
scarcely so sete. as that | M 
is Te especially m rite t thd attention of cultivators. It h finer, it freig h- 
pse Of Van Mons s' seedlings, and first bore fruit in make wood. J: is is a very fine thing, a 
i the ye r ing: Tt must hive bel nged the stronger texture of the walls en are as perf ety atin | The is large > 
is last generations d th m! have T, ghe -s dered, with s tstalk 
grown =h period when Van Mons s had ceased to ü harvest. 1 » though y d disagreeable, there oval, inclini obovate, en in length by $ of 
Sutntnes rigor oti ise have ioned | Odour like that, of smie fish. There are a ET to sea), Fhe skin Sak posers ish er ae 
im coe “When its cots begin to grow, this | differen pra hon7 En ut the walls of of the same colour as that of the White isiat of 
‘variety has a whitish down on its foliage similar to that | the spores simple ered a donpe cae syne ra Alexandria, but it was the berries had 
on the leaves P Poire de St, | While in bunt they eae sea the colour of complete maturity. The flesh 
es of the Gansel’s mot, Poi | Of of . Ms | acq our of comp! y. 
; Omer, the Legi i component Tk: iiot uii o | was firm, Ys with a rich sug Museat flavour. 
Cale f Van 12 the a = ra = In Ti Seeds p "A gex its an 
Mong, this indi Pi kii bearer Tee setter, forming mag 
Pear, or Ertl aie t qual they are very curi Each spore protrudes a thread, shouldered bunches, appears to be highly deserving of 
For 10 fon variety in n question, to wh which M. from the EA ai which me iene hone siform | cultivation. R. Thompson. e ver seen a 
Theodore Mons, son ot vow professor, had threads, which hey nent pro: hese be! of greater promise. The appearance of the 
the name Cite as rear bas existed in the cesses. When raami a. the new | bunch and berries is most magnificent. The quality is 
wl of tho mos Desa a | sata aE Tna een, ieee i | e e ae co 
rom indiaan exi te 
tea he bed has ro time - to examine it aces ty seman te yates sists te Journal of the | this condition i in some cultivated Grass, the an Pr smi 
We have heard different opinions upon its Horticultural Society of London. | of which we are unable to ascertain from the specimen. 
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