FRUIT CULTURE IN FRANCE 



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Varieties for Pyramids 



Andre Desportes 

 Bergamotte Esperen 

 Beurr^ Bachelier 



Clairgeau 



Dumont 



Giffard 



Gris 



Hardy 



Picquery 



Superfin 

 Bon Chrdtien (Williams') 

 Charles Ernest 

 Comtesse de Paris 

 De Tongres 

 Docteur Jules Guyot 

 Doyennd de Juillet 

 „ „ Dore 

 „ „ d'AIengon 



Doyenne du Cornice 

 Duchesse d'Angoulgme 

 Favorite de Clapp 

 Fondante des Bois 



„ du Panisel 

 La France 

 Le Lectier 

 Louise Bonne 

 Madame Treyve 

 Nee plus Meuris 

 Olivier de Serres 

 Passe Colmar 



„ Crassane 

 Remy Chatenay 

 Seigneur Esperen 

 Sol dat- Laboureur 

 Josephine de Malines 

 Triomphe de Vienne 



Varieties for Palmates 

 All the varieties mentioned for Pyramids, and especially 



Beurre d'Aremberg 



Epargne 



Beurre d'Amanlis 



„ Diel 

 Josephine de Malines 

 Triomphe de Jodoigne 



Bergamotte Crassane 

 Charles Cognee 

 Passe Colmar 



THE APPLE 



The apple, like the pear, is hardy and grows well almost anywhere, provided 

 that it has plenty of air, and a rather strong soil. i-wjaAo 



Propagation. — It is increased by grafting upon the wild stock for standard 



Net-Wokk Fokm of Training (Apple) 



trees ; upon the Doucin for pyramids, palmates, &c. ; upon the Paradise 

 stock for cordons. Varieties which are not sufficiently vigorous are grafted 

 upon an intermediate stock; for example, upon Noire de Vitry, or Genereuse 

 de Vitry, &c. The apple upon the Paradise stock does not require a deep soil, 

 but it must have a cool one. In dry soil and that containing lime it is better 

 to have trees on the Doucin stock for the small forms. The apple tree is 



