BIGABEEAU AND HEART CHEEEIES AS PYEAMIDS 119 



Early Rivers 

 Bigarreau Jaboulay 

 Bohemian Bigarreau 

 Large Black Bigarreau 

 Early Black Bigarreau 

 Late Purple Guigne 

 Bigarreau 



Early Red Bigarreau 

 Bigarreau Napol6on 

 Black Tartarian or Bed- 

 ford Prolific 

 Elton 

 Florence 

 Governor Wood 



At tlie risk of repetition, and writing from my own 

 experience, I must say that no gardening operation 

 can be more agreeable than paying daily attention to 

 a plantation of pyramids. Prom the end of May to 

 the end of July — those beautiful months of our short 

 summer — ^there are always shoots to watch, to pinch, to 

 direct, fruit to thin, and a host of pleasant operations, 

 so winning to one who loves his garden and every tree 

 and plant ia it. 



I may here mention that the small Alberge apricot, 

 raised from the stone, and producing small high- 

 flavoured fruit, and also the Breda apricot, make very 

 beautiful pyramids if lifted or planted biennially. In 

 the southern counties of England, in a favourable 

 season, they will ripen their fruit and produce good 

 crops. The large Portugal quince is also very prolific 

 as a pyramidal tree. Some trees only two years old 

 have borne fine fruit here. This is the finest of all the 

 quinces, and in the south of Europe it grows to an 

 enormous size. The Medlar will also form a handsome 

 and productive pjTamid, and, ' last, but not least ' ia 



