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variety 7lbs. in weight, and but little more than 8 

 inches in length. It is a heavy weighing fruit if well 

 swelled, and the crown, to look correspondingly, 

 should be no more than 3 inches in length. 



The Russian Globe will weigh 6 or 71bs., or even 

 more if well cultivated. The pips, if well swelled, 

 are very flat, and, like the other black varieties, it re- 

 quires to be eaten early after being cut, or its flavour 

 will be much reduced. 



The Providence attains a large size, and certainly 

 has a noble appearance ; but it requires much room, 

 the leaves, if well cultivated, growing long, broad, 

 and very spreading. If full vigour is supported 

 throughout its growth, this variety will produce im- 

 mense sized fruit, with pips very large at the base, 

 and flat. A fruit weighing 121bs. does not look dis- 

 proportioned, if its crown is more than 4 inches 

 high. 



The sizes mentioned in the proceeding selection 

 exceed the averages assigned to the several varieties 

 in the alphabetical list we have given, but then the 

 larger sizes have been attained under the improved 

 mode of cultivation adopted at Bicton. Dr. Lindley 

 is quite right in observing that a gardener was thought 

 something of thirty years ago who could make his 

 Queen Pines average 2lbs. ; and a 2^1b. fruit was a 

 prodigy. Moreover, all those men who continue to 

 follow the routine of cultivation which was then 



