HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. Ill 



Again, the Quince stock is a very general term ; there is a vast 

 difference in the kind of quince, and it is now very strange that all 

 the pears on the Quince, whether worked thereon the past year or 

 ten years, are on what has recently been called to the peculiar bene- 

 fit of some, the Angiers Quince. Certain it is, that there is a va- 

 riety aptly adapted to the vigor of the pear more generally known 

 to the experienced eye by its growth as that variety, and we think 

 it is the variety only that demands particular notice. The growth 

 is clean and luxuriant, bark smooth and free, making shoots 6 feet 

 high in a season, readily propagated from cuttings, and even budded 

 the first season; these very desirable peculiarities have enhanced the 

 value two per cent, within the past two years of this variety in 

 France, and they are now very chary of parting with it, as those 

 nurserymen who have ordered their supply from abroad the past 

 season will perhaps ere this be aware of the usual supply being 

 eagerly absorbed by the local demand. 



Every cutting therefore, Of that variety, should be carefully plant- 

 ed on which you may grow either dwarfs or standards, with this re- 

 sult that the sorts of pear worked thereon will come into tearing in 

 two or three years, and continue productive for many years, say 

 half a century, and be more free from blight than if on the pear 

 stock, which roots deep, descends into the cold ground perpendicular- 

 ly, predisposes the tree to blight during summer, and if not blight, 

 produces a redundancy of wood almost beyond practical manage- 

 ment and not at all adapted for- gardens.- Another point in favor 

 of the quince stock I might refer to, is the certainty of its growth 

 after being removed and conveyed to a distance, the many fibres 

 close to the bole of the tree rending its growth almost certain, at 

 least 49 out of 50. The pear on its own stock makes few fibres, 

 and is more precarious in removal and carriage ; this is again par- 

 tially under control by frequent removals in the nursery when the 

 trees are young, which checks their growth of wood, produces 

 early fruiting properties, so that we hope to live to see dwarf fruit- 

 ing pears on the pear stock as eagerly sought for as those now on 

 the Angiers quince — you will please make a note of this assertion. 

 We are now deluged with names of new pears regardless of their 



