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spreaders, a more shapely tree.can be grown. An early and regular 
abundant bearer; the crop usually needs thinning, especially on 
trees of considerable age; fruit is always inferior when the tree 
*s overloaded, but this applies to nearly all varieties, though not 
in the same degree. Fruit medium, roundish, obovate, narrowed 
near the stalk; yellowish-green, dotted with gray russet and a 
good deal covered with russet; stalk rather long, twisted, and set 
in a narrow cavity; calyx open in shallow basin. Flesh yellowish 
white, fine-grained, buttery, very melting, and full of rich, sweet, 
aromatic juice. Suitable for export. When planting, intermix 
with kinds blooming concurrently. : 
SELECT QUINCES (Pyrus cydonia). 
Not much grown except for preserves and jellies and for 
giving additional flavour to cooked apples. An irregular growing 
tree, propagated by euttings or by layering. The pruning consists 
in removing the suckers, leaving only one stem, and by eutting off 
irregularly placed branches. The shaping is also helped by rub- 
bing off misplaced shoots. The tree does best on rich soil. Grows 
well even on salt patches moderately saline. Under favourable 
conditions bears profusely for a great number of years. 
AncErS, A.—This is the variety most generally used for stocks 
on which to bud the pear. Fruit large, yellow, keeps well. A strong 
growing sort, and abundant bearer. 
CuH4mPion, A.—Fruit very large, smooth, bright yellow; tree 
very productive, bearing abundantly when young; flesh cooks tender 
and without hard spots or cores; keeps well. 
Bourceaut, W.—A vigorous French variety of good quality, 
keeps well, cooks tender. Fruit very large, golden colour, smooth 
velvety skin and resistant to the leaf blight. 
Van Dieman, W.—Seedling of “Portugal,” but much more 
prolific and an early bearer. Fruit large and of excellent quality. 
One of the best. 
Serecr Loquats (Eriobotrya or Photinia Japonica). 
Some amount of attention has of late been given to this fruit 
which, coming in at a time when the market is practically bare, 
constitutes a kind of hyphen between the winter and the summer 
fruits. When the cherry does not bear it forms a substitute for 
that fruit. The majority of seedlings more generally grown are 
ornamental trees of striking beauty, the blossoms freely produced 
in the autumn in terminal panicles, white and fragant, which set 
in compact bunches like grapes, from an inch to two inches in 
