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THE GARDENERS 
Until the — have become ke RE the 
structure in h they grow sh closed early, 
— thes sun 5 warmth, e С plants syringed 
Thomas 
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быш: Hendre Gardens, 
PEARS. 
Pongpas 
A SELECTED LIST OF ONE HUNDRED 
VARIETIES OF PEARS. 
(Concluded from p. 218.) 
January TO Marcu. 
1, Amiral Cecile. ү, small ; 
flesh, and of good quali 
2. Bergamotte aspen. —Generally rather small ; 
excellent жар, o0 ee eam 
3. B 
fine melting 
» А +h 
ME crisp flesh, doit 
Beurré Rance (fig. 68).—Large, very juicy, 
ен rich, but uncertain 
5. Beurré de Jonghe. Medium size, juicy, and 
richly flavoured ; constantly good. 
6. Duchesse dè Bordeaux.—Medium size; some- 
ы bas uncertain. 
hy.—Large, rather pretty, 
half melting, swee 
8. Doyen mé ГАЗа — Medium size ; flesh rather 
67).—Large, frequently 
handsome ; fine sel "hei excellent when well 
grown, but uncertain. 
10. Arn Bonne de Printemps.—Medium ; occa- 
sionally good, but uncertain. 
13. begin чт size ; occasionally good, 
but rather unce 
12. Madame Millet аб 70).—Medium, flesh soft, 
melting; moderate qua 
13. Marie Grusse viram and rather pretty ; flesh 
melting and pleasant. | 
14. Ne Plus Meuris.—Medium size, very irre- 
qu formed, SUME juicy; а к constant 
15 a des de o ed very good in 
q a good cr 
16. ба Collar. I sis very juiey, and some- 
times rich; pretty constant. 
d луш Crassane.—Large, sometimes good, but 
mie. irs Germain, —A fine old hardy sort, always 
moderately g 
19. Verulam (fig. 69).—Ripens seil and well 
and is then moderately good 
— Small ene moderately 
mely variable in 
point of quality. It is indeed difücult to find good 
Pears after about the rers of January, excepting 
after specially g reat care in their 
preservation in the ганла is nece 
Rance urré being specially amenable 
Veru п 
sionally Wa eue melting and is ro valuable, 
coming in so 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
POTTING PINE-APPLE PLANTS. 
WHERE there is accommodation at hand for the 
under glass orin а 
warm тт shed fad = ёч = material is being 
а ll be a good time for shifting 
An excellent compost to 
meting 
use at pedum борай of fibry, sandy foam, small 
i bones, and воо А нз 
pti ot the Seo ater трен 
he whole being а vel mixed ad 
| be 
sticks. Over-potting should be avoided, but a space 
of from 1 to 2 inches between the ball of the indi- 
vidual plants and the pot ‘should be given to all 
The pots should have from 2 to 
3 inches deep of thorough drainage, beginning with 
arge pieces of crocks and женш чу vith small ones, 
e plants firm about the collars, 
Mud be sched to the rim in the bed, the fruiting 
plants at from 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches from centre 
to centre, giving the smaller Ет врасе іп рго- 
portion to their size, and keep the heads of the 
plants within an inch or $wo or the glass, учее 
e 
of potting had better be deferred till warm weather 
in April, 
MELONS. 
As the plants in the early house are now making 
rapid progress towards the trellis they should be 
ured 
three days, until the shoots have nearly reached the 
top wire of the trellis, when they should be stopped, 
to secure an equal set of fruit regularly distributed 
. 67.—PEAR EASTER BEURRÉ. 
over the plants. "This can easily be done by = 
out the first flowers that show on the laterals nearest 
the base of the plants. Pinch the shoots proceeding 
from the main stem between the ground-line and 
the first wire of the trellis to one joint, to insure that 
portion of the stem being as thick as that furnished 
with fruit-bearing shoots above it. Damp the plants 
after- 
ша! 
with fire-heat, running 
da; 
it up 10° or 15° higher with sun-heat, and plenty 
f ospheri 
of atm с moisture at closing im 
230 in the afternoon. Successional sowings and 
eM 9 must now, and for pem next few months, 
be requirements, Earth-u] 
sy young plants Wat may require ity and 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 5, 1887, 
plant out or otherwise shift == plants into larger 
рон before they become pot-bou Plants gro 
n hot-water pits and dung, ani "hid have been 
rie some short time since, will now have 
some laterals, three or four of which should be 
AR over the surface of че be and stopped when 
hey have made or 1 s of growth, which 
vill result in the eodilitión p fruit-bearing shoots, 
which in their turn should be stopped at one joint 
beyond the fruit, after which, with the nece 
stopping and thinning of the shoots, the plants can 
be allowed to EM the allotted space. Impreg- 
nate the blossoms on fine days when the pollen is 
dry, and айша as far аз practicable a rather dry 
Fia. 68,—PEAR BEURRE RANCE. 
atmosphere while the p lants are in this stage. 
Three or four "uem will be enough for om plant to 
ripen at a tim 
PEACH TREES. 
The ng growths must be attended to in the way 
of tying ans, and the — of any unduly strong 
memi E arc VEU pov 
trees, Н. W. We WI Ling C 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
oor 
GENERAL WORK. 
Tue — cold — winds and sharp frosts 
ff nity 
that but little will now remain to be done. 
